A certain amount of irony

Frank the tank
Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
edited July 2011 in The bottom bracket
Just got back from (my first) visit to Amsterdam and must say I was impressed with the place.

It was so pleasing to see the bike being used as a (seemingly) first choice mode of transport by so many people. The irony for me though, was for a populous that obviously loves cycling it was sad to see so many "unloved" bikes. Cleaning and lubrication are obviously considered an unneccessary evil.

Great to see so many cycling and the motorists attitude to them though.
Tail end Charlie

The above post may contain traces of sarcasm or/and bullsh*t.

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  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    Yesh the bike cleaning dosh not happen so much when you have such good coffee shops.
  • Libraio
    Libraio Posts: 181
    The 'unloved' bikes you mention are just our transport/ banger/ pubbike/ grocery getters. Plus, in a city like A'dam most people keep their steeds on the street so keeping them clean is not a priority. Keeping them is. Filthy bike-> less likely to get nicked. Most of us into cycling as a sport keep the pretty bikes indoors, and don't use them for everyday commuting.
    And don't forgett: ALL people in A'dam are drug using stoners.. :D
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  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    It's difficult to find the motivation to clean a bike when you're whacked off your gourd !
    That's why I've never taken my bike there in the past :D
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  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Dirty weekend with random man?
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • Martincan
    Martincan Posts: 188
    The place to ride to get riden.
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  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    edited July 2011
    The irony is that Frank never actually went there. It's just a place he likes to 'visit' during a three skinner.
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    Libraio wrote:
    And don't forgett: ALL people in A'dam are drug using stoners.. :D

    Can you get non-drug using stoners?
  • Martincan
    Martincan Posts: 188
    Aggieboy wrote:
    The irony is that Frank never actually went there. It's just a place he likes to visit during a three skinner.

    Yeh, what a dope.

























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  • Homer J
    Homer J Posts: 920
    Their coffee shops are sooo much better than Starbucks
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Libraio wrote:
    And don't forgett: ALL people in A'dam are drug using stoners.. :D

    Whereas the hague is full of English ex-pats working for shell.... :wink:
    _
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    It's a great city.

    I really enjoyed it, even though I had no wacky baccy, space cake and as for paying for sex...........................I've been paying the price of having sex for thirty years or more. :lol:
    Tail end Charlie

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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Jeez,

    You people are just pedaling simple stereotypes. There's more to the Netherlands that hash and hookers..........





























    They've got windmills and wooden shoes too. :D
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  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    pottssteve wrote:
    Jeez,

    You people are just pedaling simple stereotypes. There's more to the Netherlands that hash and hookers..........


    Chill man





























    They've got windmills and wooden shoes too. :D
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    And tulips, Edam and very tall people.... :D
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  • balthazar
    balthazar Posts: 1,565
    pottssteve wrote:
    You people are just pedaling simple stereotypes.
    That's the first time on this forum I've seen someone confuse pedalling/peddling that way round..

    /missingthepointIknow
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    balthazar wrote:
    pottssteve wrote:
    You people are just pedaling simple stereotypes.
    That's the first time on this forum I've seen someone confuse pedalling/peddling that way round..

    /missingthepointIknow


    It's a bike forum....... :)








































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  • random man
    random man Posts: 1,518
    Aggieboy wrote:
    Dirty weekend with random man?

    He told me he'd gone with you :?

    So he must have gone to Amsterdam with Mrs Frank - so he does pay for sex :D
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    random man wrote:
    Aggieboy wrote:
    Dirty weekend with random man?

    He told me he'd gone with you :?

    So he must have gone to Amsterdam with Mrs Frank - so he does pay for sex :D

    Oh yeahsssssss. :wink:
    Tail end Charlie

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  • One Man And His Bike
    One Man And His Bike Posts: 661
    verylonglegs wrote:
    Libraio wrote:
    And don't forgett: ALL people in A'dam are drug using stoners.. :D

    Can you get non-drug using stoners?

    I believe so, check out some of the news headlines for certain Arab countries, they have legal "gatherings" involving stoners often... >.>
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  • Squillinossett
    Squillinossett Posts: 1,678
    I went there a few years ago, really lovely place. We only noticed the same thing about the bikes when we saw two chaps on super clean road bikes in lycra, stood out from a mile!

    I went with my now ex, and its not all seedy hookers and smoke shops, as much as I tried to make it that way :twisted:

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