Timeline for What makes the bicycles in Amsterdam suitable for riding with jeans on?
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| Nov 23, 2018 at 19:14 | comment | added | PLL | You’ll see a few real junk bikes, sure, but most bikes you see in places like this are pretty good for their desired purpose — sturdy, low-maintenance, and suitable for a range of paths and weathers. Writing them off as junky because they’re not sleek road bikes is like turning up one’s nose at an old farm pickup truck with a few dents in because it doesn’t look like a BMW. | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 18:55 | comment | added | Paul de Vrieze | I would say even student bikes (cheap, n-th hand, high theft risk) they tend to still work reasonably well. Dutch bicycles are certainly much sturdier that you see in most places. | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 15:06 | comment | added | Chris H | @vikingsteve that's also true in parts of the UK. In fact in the city where I work I've seen bikes being ridden without functioning brakes, and with chains so rusty it's a wonder they got round. I keep a heap of junk here but it's a little better than that (much better in the case of the brakes) | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 14:53 | comment | added | vikingsteve | Most of the bikes appear fairly old too. They are not the sort of well maintained road bikes I am used to seeing in other cities where only "enthusiasts" ride bikes daily. | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 13:34 | comment | added | Chris H | @vikingsteve I believe that to be true. I'd probably find it quite frustrating | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 13:01 | comment | added | vikingsteve | I also note that people dont cycle terribly fast in Amsterdam - as far as I have seen. | |
| Nov 17, 2018 at 7:54 | history | answered | Chris H | CC BY-SA 4.0 |