WorkCycles
WorkCycles is an Amsterdam company founded by Brooklyn-born Henry Cutler. To date, Henry has exported most of the Dutch bicycles we’ve introduced to Portland, including the conspicuous Bakfiets Cargobike, but also the “Classic” and “Secret Service” series of city bikes. These are the finest examples of their type, a rarity in North America but the very soul of everyday Dutch biking sensibility. Timelessly beautiful and frankly heavy, what these hard-working tools may lack in miles per hour, they make up in miles per year (MPY) by being so capable, versatile, comfortable, and low maintenance. Miles per lifetime? According to Eric Kamphof, “The average Amsterdammer leaves their bike outside year round, rarely tunes it, and rides it nearly 3000 miles a year. The average age of a bike in Amsterdam is nearly 35 years old.” Meanwhile, WorkCycles city bikes are built and equipped quite a bit better than the average Amsterdammer’s best bike: they are “forever” bikes.
January 27th, 2010 at 06:34
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