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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 > > > > Dr. Ida Sabelis - FSW - Organizational Sciences > De Boelelaan 1081 / Metropolitan - room N-318 > 1081 HV - Amsterdam. > + 31 20 5987611 > > GWO2012 > 7th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference 27-29th June 2012. > Conference administration: Mrs. Nicola Nixon [log in to unmask] > > Discourse 2012 - July 18-20, Amsterdam, VU University > 10th International Conference on Organizational Discourse > > > > ________________________________________ > Van: Cycling and Society Research Group discussion list [ > [log in to unmask]] namens tobit linke [ > [log in to unmask]] > Verzonden: vrijdag 22 juni 2012 1:04 > To: [log in to unmask] > 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 > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:13:56 -0700 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Rent or Purchase Bicycle in Amsterdam? > To: [log in to unmask] > > 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 > > -- > Adonia E. Lugo > Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology > University of California, Irvine > www.urbanadonia.com<http://www.urbanadonia.com> > -- Adonia E. Lugo Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology University of California, Irvine www.urbanadonia.com