where can I hire a bike from near to Vondelpark

templeball · Post by **templeball** » Fri 23rd Apr 2010 08:41 am

Hi folks, right, flights booked, apartment booked on west side of vondelpark, just need a local bike hire place now to complete the whole thing (apart from an evil list of hash and buds of course....hehe), dont want to go all the way to central station etc and back for it/drop off etc, anyone know of a place near my apartment...thnx as ever fellow stoners

Marco · Post by **Marco** » Fri 23rd Apr 2010 08:46 am

Dutch Bike, Overtoom 45

http://www.dutchbikeamsterdam.nl/

templeball · Post by **templeball** » Fri 23rd Apr 2010 11:25 am

thank you very much for that, nice and handy

Pauli Wallnuts · Post by **Pauli Wallnuts** » Fri 23rd Apr 2010 02:56 pm

get the tram into centrum & head to recycled rentals, 84 spuistraat, local looking bikes (no ads or stupid colours) the 1i had last month had 3gears & normal hand operated brakes & its only 5euro a day & u dont need to show id or even let them take a copy of your card, dont think they open till 10am
http://www.recycledrentals.com/

templeball · Post by **templeball** » Fri 23rd Apr 2010 03:18 pm

..and another huge thanks Pauli

darkglobe · Post by **darkglobe** » Sun 25th Apr 2010 02:52 pm

Pauli speaks the truth,€5 a day in Recycles and €10 a day for a bright Orange byke in Overtoom...or €8 a day in Fredericks...

templeball · Post by **templeball** » Sun 25th Apr 2010 07:50 pm

..and do bright orange or very obvious rental bikes get nicked more or less than normal ones, or doesnt it matter....havent hired one for years, not since me and 4 mates hired four and all four of us had them nicked (was a different time I suppose, back when the junkies ruled the streets etc, it was like the film 28 Days)..

Pauli Wallnuts · Post by **Pauli Wallnuts** » Sun 25th Apr 2010 09:54 pm

templeball wrote:..and do bright orange or very obvious rental bikes get nicked more or less than normal ones, or doesnt it matter....havent hired one for years, not since me and 4 mates hired four and all four of us had them nicked (was a different time I suppose, back when the junkies ruled the streets etc, it was like the film 28 Days)..

no idea about them getting nicked, if anything id say their less likely 2get nicked, but i prefer riding round on a local looking bike & not an advertising board

templeball · Post by **templeball** » Mon 26th Apr 2010 02:21 pm

Pauli Wallnuts wrote:
templeball wrote:..and do bright orange or very obvious rental bikes get nicked more or less than normal ones, or doesnt it matter....havent hired one for years, not since me and 4 mates hired four and all four of us had them nicked (was a different time I suppose, back when the junkies ruled the streets etc, it was like the film 28 Days)..
no idea about them getting nicked, if anything id say their less likely 2get nicked, but i prefer riding round on a local looking bike & not an advertising board

..agreed, its like having 'I am a tourist knob' written in flashing neon

darkglobe · Post by **darkglobe** » Mon 26th Apr 2010 02:21 pm

The only advantage about hiring a Bright Orange Byke is after leaving a session in a C/S and being presented with a couple of hundred Black Bykes and wondering ,which ones yours???

...at least the Orange bykes stick out...Still prefer the black ones tho...

Pauli Wallnuts · Post by **Pauli Wallnuts** » Mon 26th Apr 2010 07:46 pm

darkglobe wrote:The only advantage about hiring a Bright Orange Byke is after leaving a session in a C/S and being presented with a couple of hundred Black Bykes and wondering ,which ones yours??? ...at least the Orange bykes stick out...Still prefer the black ones tho...

or when you leave nes pissed & the cops see you they just think tourist who cant ride a bike instead of local drink driving

XANAX · Post by **XANAX** » Sat 1st May 2010 04:03 pm

I've been to AMS several times and ALWAYS rent a bike for the duration of my stay (~10 days), as I do a lot of bicycling in NYC. I've used a lot of different bike rental places around Amsterdam, and they differ in selection and condition. One place I recently tried and liked is Discount Bike Rental. They had a large selection of bicycles to choose from and all in working order. A lot of other places seem to have bikes that have minor irregularities, like headlights that dont work (required by law in AMS at night - I got stopped for not having one lit.). I also dislike the tourist-looking bikes like MacBike and others with similiar form. This place Discount Bike Rental has nice low-key bikes with no advertsing other than a small sticker. I feel like you stick out poorly with those tourist bikes. Also, the guy at the Discount is very nice and accomdating, unlike the poor service you might find at other palces.

Anyway, their location, prices and selection can be found on their website:

http://www.discountbikerental.nl/

Enjoy the biking. Its so nice to ride around there. Be sure to go to the parks too!