Friday 21 November 2014

Abandoned Bakfiets Classic


This cargo bike puzzles me.


It's a Bakfiets Classic, from the Dutch company De Fietsfabrik. It may not be very fast and it may not be very attractive, but it is a good, sturdy cargo bike. These bikes sell for
€ 1895 from the factory in the Netherlands, or about € 1980 from De Fietsfabrik Cykelfabriken in Stockholm, Sweden.

This particular example has been standing on the exact same spot, since about three months back. It's a little worn, the colour is scraped, the seatpost is rusty, two tires are flat and now the platform is filled with junk and brown leaves, but still it's in pretty good condition. It's not parked outside a residential block, just standing in a busy corner.

I have been thinking about taking it the lost property department of the Police, but it's locked to a bike stand with a pretty solid chain.


My guess is whoever owns it left it there, becuase of a flat, but... It doesn't take three months to fix a flat.

Well, it's not my bike but I do think that it's a pity that a good, properly working bike is just standing there. Doesn't it deserve a better destiny?

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