On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 19:30:53 GMT, Werehatrack <
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>My impression is that this is the case in most of Europe. Certainly the Netherlands has more bikes
>than anywhere of my experience in North America. (Do they still say that the canals in Amsterdam
>are six feet deep, three feet of water and three feet of bicycles?)
5 years ago in Delft, I was being entertained by a fraternity, with one of the activities being
"fishing for bikes". So, no ****, there I was, rope with a big metal hook on the end on my hand..
and I grabbed about 5 bikes in as many minutes. One of them was a rental from the train station a
few blocks down that surely hadn't been in there for more than a couple of days, week at most.
I've always thought that the cheap way of getting spare parts here in Utrecht would involve the
same long rope with a big metal hook.. Hell, a couple times a year the dredgers come through the
canals, and their boat is always 95% bikes with a smattering of shopping trolleys and a little bit
of other ****.
(All three cities mentioned have fairly extensive canal systems, though Amsterdam does
have the most)
Jasper