The most beat-up, crappy, worthless bicycles in Amsterdam are
secured to bicycle racks with these INSANELY gigantic hardened steel security
chains and locks as big as the bicycle seat made of solid metal. Even if
theft is a big problem in Amsterdam, I think these chains are overkill. I
think you could cut the BICYCLE FRAME faster than cutting through one of these
heavy duty chains. For example, look at the two pictures below. The
second picture is a close up from the first picture.
Check out this Amsterdam bicycle security chain and industrial
grade Amsterdam bicycle lock below. That chain looks like it could lift a
railroad boxcar full of lead weights without breaking! I have this image
in my mind of a bike thief with an acetylene cutting torch and welder's mask
sitting out in the open on the street in Amsterdam for 2 hours trying to cut
through one of these chains to steal a bicycle worth $15. :-)
Amsterdam bicycle thieves have to be starving to death in the face of such
industrial grade theft protection.
The guy who owns this bicycle is truly a security nut-case.
Look at the picture below, and tell me how two GIGANTIC REDUNDANT Amsterdam
chains and locks are helping security on this $15 bicycle? And my
goodness, could those padlocks be any more gigantic or secure or solid?
On the bicycle below seen sitting in a public place in
Amsterdam, you can see the large security chain locking the back wheel, and then
for added protection the circular sliding O-lock lock to *ALSO* lock the rear
wheel on this bicycle in Amsterdam. The O-lock circular sliding wheel
locks were also popular. I had one of these when I was 10 years old, but
my friends could easily walk away with my bicycle so I got a different lock.
The picture below is of the same bicycle, just zoomed out to see
the whole bicycle. Now a note about the solid orange color -> I have two
theories why Amsterdam bicycles are painted such bright and unique aftermarket
colors: either 1) it is so their owners can find them when piled high in other
bicycles in Amsterdam bicycle racks, or 2) as a security measure, so that if
somebody steals their bicycle the thief would be worried it is too easily
recognizable.
The picture below is annotated in red to show some classic
Amsterdam Bicycle Trends. One I haven't pointed out before is marked "A",
and is a type of bicycle fender that also has covers on the side of the wheel.
This is VERY common, scroll around and look at most other bicycles which have
this same side covered Amsterdam bicycle fender. Next is "B", a type of
bicycle stand that rotates under the back wheel, also very common in Amsterdam
and is visible in many other pictures on this page. Next is the dynamo
human powered bicycle head light marked "C" in the picture below. Finally
is "D" the circular bicycle wheel lock or O-lock found on many Amsterdam
bicycles.
Below shows a picture of one of the massive steel chains that
are standard for Amsterdam bicycle locks.
Intermixed big locks on bicycles in Amsterdam.
Notice the red circles on the picture below. That's a
Kryptonite style U-lock, plus a circular O-lock rear wheel lock, all to lock up
this bicycle, which I estimate to be worth less than $10 if you tried to sell
it.
A honking big Amsterdam bicycle chain secures this rear wheel.
The picture below shows how Amsterdam bicyclists carry these
gigantic chains when underway. The blonde Amsterdam woman in the picture
below wraps the gigantic chain around the handlebars and lugs it along until her
next stop.
The picture below shows a big thick special high security cable
on the front wheel, and a back wheel circular bicycle lock O-lock rear wheel
bicycle lock thing on the rear wheel, on one flower power printed cheap
multi-color bicycle in Amsterdam.
A double wrap on this gigantic huge chain securing this bicycle
in the picture below. And nice padlock too, the padlock alone is worth as
much as the bicycle it is securing here in Amsterdam.
I like the picture below because it shows both a nice hefty Amsterdam bicycle lock chain, plus the dynamo from a human powered bicycle light.
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