Avenue bikes from Denmark
 

Hello,

My wife and I just came back from Copenhagen. We went there purposely to experience the bike culture. I was in bike heaven! I have never seen so many dutch or dutch styled bikes in one place. Even when I was renting bikes, and only dutch bikes were available. Really enjoyed the upright position especially riding in an urban setting. I don't understand why SG/FG are not popular being the land there is so flat and with the bad weather. I saw a few of these bikes called Avenues and thought they were really unique to the States. What do you guys think? They remind me of those Motocane bikes.

http://www.avenue-cykler.dk/showbike.php?bike=A-111214

I thought this gold bike (derailleur) was trendy but wouldn't own one.

And here is a city bike (white) you can get at any location around the city for free. They are like 40 pounds! I don't recommend it.

Happy pedaling,

Chris

I like that Avenue sells a bike called a "fixie" that has seven speeds and a freewheel.

I'll be honest, I really wanna ride one of these:
http://www.avenue-cykler.dk/showbike.php?bike=A-110994


Ubringliten, did you get to try any of their bikes? The frame design is insane

Try Amsterdam ;)

Yes, it's flat, but keep in mind that a "bike culture" of this sort is much more about utility and practicality than making a statement. Upright bikes are very comfy, and weight isn't much of an issue for bikes that never see a hill and rarely go indoors. And if bike theft in Copenhagen at all rivals theft in Amsterdam, flashy bikes with pricey components probably aren't the best choice.

That is really cool that you went there just to experience bike culture. I would be in heaven too

No, I was too busy checking out all the bikes that I don't have time. :( And they cost about $2K and was locked up pretty good. I didn't want to hassle them if I wasn't serious.

Crime in Copenhagen is really low, one of the lowest in the world. Bikes like that were left out in the open with attached lock that lock up the rear wheel only and because of few bike racks, all bikes have kickstands. I only saw two bikes with u-locks.

Also, Danish women on bikes are such hotties! :thumb:

It's funny when I had a layover in Amsterdam and the customs guy asked me why are we going to Copenhagen and I told him because of the bike culture. He then said why not Amsterdam. My tongue was tied. LOL. I thought Copenhagen was more organized in implementing bikes in its infrastructure than Amsterdam. Of course I didn't tell him that.

Most of the bikes there are shoddy because of the weather and small living spaces. So, you rarely see nice ones. However those nice ones are parked in the public as well.

Pics or it's not true ;)

Or the Netherlands:

http://youtu.be/n-AbPav5E5M

yah i went to amsterdam in may, excited to see an extremely pro-bike culture....more excited thinking i would see lots of cool road/track bikes....and yes there are MILLIONS of bikes everywhere, like literally piles of them filling the streets. BUT they are pretty much ALL huge pieces of crap. Like, i did not see one nice road or track bike there out of the literally millions of beaters i couldn't NOT see (i know double neg but you know what i mean. you cant look anywhere and not see a bike)

ok i saw a few nice dutch bikes that looked like fun....

i knew i was going to see allot of dutch bikes (obviously) but i would think i would have seen at least a dozen nice non-dutch bikes....kind of disappointing (but the canal boat ride with free all you can eat gouda and all you can drink wine and a ridiculously hilarious tour guide more than made up for it)