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Bike Storage Room Window - Amsterdam

what bicycle storage room heaven looks like

Susi // advocacy, design
Over the past week several news reports have highlighted widening availability of indoor bike storage to encourage commuting on two wheels by offering secure and convenient parking. In Santa Monica, California over the weekend the nation’s biggest indoor bicycle parking [...]
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CowPannierRev2

an udderly charming set of bicycle panniers

Susi // accessories
Some girls jet straight to Viktor & Rolf on Herengracht in Amsterdam for high-style Dutch frocks. Me? I like to scout local bike shops for accessories when I travel. At a bicycle and scooter rental shop on Spuistraat, I snapped up these roomy white panniers (above) [...]
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Amsterdam Nordmarkt Flowers - velojoy.com

shopping by bike puts healthful eating on menu

Susi // travel
In a recent opinion piece in the New York Times, “The Dutch Way – Bicycles and Fresh Bread,” Russell Shorto, an American writer who has been living in Amsterdam for several years, contrasts car-centric culture in the U.S. with a European mindset that “hard [...]
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Omafiets Bicycle - velojoy.com

the dutch-style bike: why it’s a carefree city ride

Susi // bicycles, travel
The omafiets, or grandma bicycle, is synonymous with cycling in the Netherlands. In Amsterdam, where cycling accounts for 38 percent of vehicular trips, this black-painted steel design, which places the rider in an upright position, is ubiquitous on the streets and, in stylized form, emblazoned [...]
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hello amsterdam! what going dutch can do for us

Susi // travel
If you love cycling and you believe in its potential for improving the quality of life of city dwellers, then riding a bicycle on the streets of Amsterdam for the first time is like awakening to find that all your dreams have come true. Even [...]
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