Dutch bike question

StephenH · 2008-03-15, 05:45 AM

I just saw this forum, and thought maybe some of you could answer a question on a Dutch bike.

See photo here:
http://www.cyclofiend.com/working/20...greve1007.html

Between the kid's seat and the main seat is a silver-colored cylinder. What is the purpose of that cylinder?

Guesses have been to hold umbrellas or locks, etc., but no one seems to know for sure.
Thanks!
Stephen

ivan · 2008-03-15, 08:09 AM

I believe that's a champagne cooler.

Klaas Bil · 2008-03-16, 12:30 AM

I am Dutch so maybe I should know, but I have no idea. Can't see it very well either. Is it a cylinder in the first place? Regardless, this is not your average Dutch bike.

I note that the two kid's seats are on two rails. Both rails kind of emanate from the seat tube and then extend backwards. Maybe the silver thing is some kind of reinforcement structure between those two rails?

StephenH · 2008-04-19, 03:52 AM

Mystery solved.

A website for the manufacturer of this bike:
http://defietsfabriek.us/

On the listing for that bicycle, they show one of the options as "chromen slotbeker", which seems to be a lock holder for chain locks.

One of the guys on the bike forum furnished the website, and said this manufacturer now had a distributor in Chicago.

2008-03-15, 05:45 AM	#1
StephenH Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dallas area, Texas, USA Age: 52 Posts: 262	Dutch bike question I just saw this forum, and thought maybe some of you could answer a question on a Dutch bike. See photo here: http://www.cyclofiend.com/working/20...greve1007.html Between the kid's seat and the main seat is a silver-colored cylinder. What is the purpose of that cylinder? Guesses have been to hold umbrellas or locks, etc., but no one seems to know for sure. Thanks! Stephen

2008-03-15, 08:09 AM	#2
ivan Non-Danish Girl Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Age: 25 Posts: 7,210	I believe that's a champagne cooler. __________________ Did you know that lighter flame smells like burnt nose hair? Entropy isn't what it used to be.

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2008-03-16, 12:30 AM	#3
Klaas Bil Sir Prince of Newsgroupia Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Zoetermeer, Netherlands Age: 59 Posts: 2,303	I am Dutch so maybe I should know, but I have no idea. Can't see it very well either. Is it a cylinder in the first place? Regardless, this is not your average Dutch bike. I note that the two kid's seats are on two rails. Both rails kind of emanate from the seat tube and then extend backwards. Maybe the silver thing is some kind of reinforcement structure between those two rails?

2008-04-19, 03:52 AM	#4
StephenH Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dallas area, Texas, USA Age: 52 Posts: 262	Mystery solved. A website for the manufacturer of this bike: http://defietsfabriek.us/ On the listing for that bicycle, they show one of the options as "chromen slotbeker", which seems to be a lock holder for chain locks. One of the guys on the bike forum furnished the website, and said this manufacturer now had a distributor in Chicago.

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