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Dave,

Your idea sounds similar to the white bike scheme that existed in the mid 60's.  To quote from Wikipedia "White bicycle plan: Initiated by Luud Schimmelpenninck, the white bicycle plan proposed the closing of central Amsterdam to all motorised traffic, including motorbikes, with the intent to improve public transport frequency by more than 40% and to save two millions guilders per year. Taxis were accepted as semi-public transport, but would have to be electrically powered and have a maximum speed of 25 m.p.h. The Provos planned for the municipality to buy 20,000 white bikes per year, which were to be public property and free for everybody to use. After the plans were rejected by the city authorities, the Provos decided to go ahead anyway. They painted 50 bikes white and left them on streets for public use. The police impounded the bikes, as they violated municipal law forbidding citizens to leave bikes without locking them. After the bikes had been returned to the Provos, they equipped them all with combination locks and painted the combinations on the bicycles."

Quoted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provo_(movement)

On 22 June 2012 23:12, Dave Holladay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I understand the traditional way to get a bike in Oxford & Cambridge used to be just to pick up one that was on top of the pile outside, ride it to where you wanted to go and put it down. When you came back there would be a different bike but you would simply repeat the process - the original bike share schemes. Probably similar bikes which will adopt you in Amsterdam.

Dave


On 22/06/12 22:31, Adonia Lugo wrote:
Thanks to all for advice!

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Sabelis, I.H.J. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear Adonia,

While your friend is at it, suggest her to have a look at www.ligfiets.net
Crossing Amsterdam on, or in, a recumbent is of course the ultimate experience|: such a view!

On Twitter you may find the AmsterdamIze guy for guidance.
But here we already go into cycling cultures, not just plain cycling advice :-)

Best,
Ida



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Onderwerp: Re: Rent or Purchase Bicycle in Amsterdam?

Hi Adonia,
I don't know much about bike rental or purchase options in Amsterdam,
but given any possible rental fees over a two months period purchase sounds like the better option.

"Department store" dutch roadsters should not sell for much more than 120€ new,
and could probably be resold upon departure.

There is a popular American auction website, where you run no more risk than in the US to
buy a stolen bike (.nl).

Depending on how much of a bike geek your friend is it might be interesting to purchase
a bike worth taking back as a souvenir.
There are various brands of interesting classic lightweights (gazelle and RIH come to mind),
as well as a number of innovative/experimental urban bike concepts (Giant NL had a number of
interesting bikes(from the time of Mike Burroughs stint at Giant?)).

Be wary of bikes offered to you at the price of a consummption unit of whatever drug by
people on the street.

Serious used bike shops may get "certificates of innocuousness" from the police, which would at
least prove that the bike was never reportet as stolen.

Tobit Linke, Dortmund, Germany








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Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:13:56 -0700
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Subject: Rent or Purchase Bicycle in Amsterdam?
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Hi all,
A friend is going to Amsterdam this summer for a research position, and she has been wondering if she should purchase a bicycle or rent one while living there for two months. Does anyone have advice on this?
Thanks!
Adonia Lugo

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Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology
University of California, Irvine
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Adonia E. Lugo
Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology
University of California, Irvine
www.urbanadonia.com