Boat crane for pulling bicycles from Amsterdam's canals - GIF

**Jon** · Dec 29, 2019, 06:04 PM

Boat crane for pulling bicycles from Amsterdam's canals.

Previously: Panama canal Miraflores locks - GIF

**jdurand** · Dec 29, 2019, 06:50 PM

One might ask why there are so many bicycles in the canal.

**Frank S** · Dec 29, 2019, 07:02 PM

I was told that more bicycles are stolen in Amsterdam in 1 day than the amount stolen through out the rest of the world combined.
I spent a couple weeks in Zandvoort just South of Amsterdam Proper. I had rented a car but bought a bicycle to get around town and go to be beach on. 3 different guys tried to steal it within the first 2 hours of owning it

**mklotz** · Dec 30, 2019, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by jdurand

One might ask why there are so many bicycles in the canal.

Dutch gin is powerful stuff. The absence of guard rails along many of the canals doesn't help.

**Fluffle-Valve** · Dec 31, 2019, 02:17 AM

I was there on a long weekend away with the misses a couple of years back. We were on the bridge that had lots and lots of padlocks on it, just gazing up the canal watching the world go by. Along comes this bloke on his bike, cursing away in his own language and gets off the bike. He kicks the wheel and tyre and curses some more, then chucks the bike in the canal, as it had a flat tyre. Off he wandered and went out of sight. He probably found another bike soon enough, I reckon?