1 / 20

Bikes . Acquiring necessities …

Bikes . Acquiring necessities …. A little guide about buying a bike in the Netherlands and actually embracing using it. Index. Technical: Brands Brake types Gearing Size Locks Accessories. Daily Life: Where to buy Price range Circulation. Top Brands. Giant Batavus Gaz e lle

garan
Download Presentation

Bikes . Acquiring necessities …

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Bikes. Acquiring necessities… A little guide about buying a bike in the Netherlands and actually embracing using it.

  2. Index Technical: • Brands • Brake types • Gearing • Size • Locks • Accessories Daily Life: • Where to buy • Price range • Circulation

  3. Top Brands • Giant • Batavus • Gazelle • Raleigh • Ideal

  4. Brakes • Rim Brakes • Very powerful, easy to maintain, simple and easy to control • Not good behavior when wet and dirty, easy cut • Disc Brakes • Good behavior in all conditions • Coaster Brakes • Softer braking power for less effort, work well in wet conditions

  5. Single-Speed Bicycle - Cheaper - More versatile - Lighter - Less maintenance required Multi-Speed Bicycle Vs

  6. Multi-Speed Bicycle External Gearing Internal Gearing - Lighter - Less maintenance - Higher reliability - Less expensive to fix - More comfortable uphill - Shifting without pedaling

  7. The Right Size

  8. Secure Locks Portable Cheap • What do we want? • to prevent the wheels and the frame to be detached from each other. • to prevent the whole bike to be removed. • What should we look for?

  9. Secure Secure Locks Portable Portable Cheap Cheap • Chain • U-lock • Almost as secure as the U-lock • Heavy • Flexible • Very secure • Heavy • Not flexible

  10. Secure Secure Locks Portable Portable Cheap Cheap • Wheel lock • Cable lock • Secures the frame to the wheel • Difficult to break in the spot • Good in combination with U-lock / chain • Very basic lock • Weak • Cheap And always use two different locks! Thieves don’t usually carry multiple tools around!

  11. Pimp my ride! • You may want to look for a basket if you carry so much stuff in your bike. • Front (smaller) • Rear (bigger) • Also rear bags are good (+waterproof) • Nothing is dutchierthan carrying flowers (tulips) in your basket! • Use lights– a cheap LED will do (2€) • Seat covers are interesting in such a rainy country!

  12. Where to buy? Three ways to buy/rent : • From bicycle repair shops or first hand selling bicycle shop • From facebook group selling delft (*Student* sale in Delft !) • Renting of bicycle

  13. Price Range of Bicycles Second Hand Bikes 40€ - 150€

  14. New Bikes Starts from 130€

  15. Stolen bike? • Being (involuntarily) in possession of a stolen bike is illegal, if caught one can get into trouble • Get your bike from reasonably safe places, never buy from strangers on the street • Always ask for receipt • When caught one loses the bike, pays around 250€ fine and might get a criminal record

  16. Check status at: https://fdr.rdw.nl Chip number: • 15-digit number • Introduced in 2000 • Can be checked by police and at the bikeshops Frame number: • Usually 2 letters and 7 digits • Othe ring lock or the frame • Can be difficult to read in older bikes

  17. So what is the perfect bike for you? No one knows better than you. So choose wisely…

  18. Thankyou!

More Related