We spent 5 nights in Amsterdam last Fall. Total bike consciousness! We loved sitting outside cafes near busy intersections to watch how the pedestrians, bikes, scooters and occasional vehicles negotiated the chaos. Somehow it all works. There are multiple shops to rent bicycles so find one in your neighborhood in Amsterdam. Tours into the countryside might be nice; we didn't get the time to do that. Get your bearings first since this city is very walkable. Frankly, as much as I love to bike, we only did that for one day. Thievery is a bit of a problem in Amsterdam and I didn't want the hassle of worrying about my rented bike being stolen. Plus, this amazing city is quite easy to negotiate by foot. On another note. I just finished a book titled "In the City of Bikes" by Pete Jordan. A book that details the history of bicycling from the late 1800s, through WWII to the present. I found the book fascinating. Mr Jordan exactly captured the vibe of biking in Amsterdam. I hope to return some day to Amsterdam. Safe travels. Tim
On Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 11:15:59 AM UTC-5, Surlyprof wrote: > > My wife has re-caught the travel bug and we have someone to live in our > house and take care of the dogs so we're off to both Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto, > Kurosawa) and Amsterdam this summer. These seemed to both be very bikeable > places (obviously Amsterdam) so I wanted to solicit any suggestions and > experiences you all may have as to how/where I might rent bikes, biking > travel suggestions and fun bike sights to check out (and geek out). Jan's > post about C.S.Hirose looked really great although I am hesitant to bother > small shop craftspeople when they are working. I've thought about taking > the Brompton but figured there may be easier ways to rent. > > Looking forward to your suggestions. > > John > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
