Cool post. Funny to see these bikes chained to posts and left like monuments. I cycle everywhere and always worry about parts going missing when I chain it up. On my way to work a couple of weeks back I saw an old bike that had been dug out of a pit by construction workers – rusted to hell and back. Wished I’d snapped a pic now after seeing this post.
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Thank you! If I had a few months, I could probably fill a whole coffee table book with them. You are right, there seems to be something monumental to them. Did you see the vintage toy post? It was dedicated to you 😉
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Please… more photos of old bikes 🙂
I’m just catching up on all my stuff in my reader so will look forward to your vintage toy post v much! Dedicated to me? Wow thank you. Exciting! 😃😍😎 BRB!
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No probs, hope you had a nice time off!
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Challenging. I would have thought bikes were safe in Berlin…
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No, it’s a bit stragic. Most people I know had at least one bike stolen … With my better half, someone stole his seat, then waited to get a new one and next morning the whole bike was gone. Another friend had a van following him, went to the bank quickly and his (super expensive) bike was gone. Berlin is a place for tough cookies 😉
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Looks like it is. Isn’t that a shame though? I remember living in Holland as a child, and discovering the freedom or riding my bike everywhere. Of course we had locks but never had any problem then.
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Maybe I should do a post on locks 😉 Sometimes you see these old rusty bikes and the lock is worth a fortune!
Cool post. Funny to see these bikes chained to posts and left like monuments. I cycle everywhere and always worry about parts going missing when I chain it up. On my way to work a couple of weeks back I saw an old bike that had been dug out of a pit by construction workers – rusted to hell and back. Wished I’d snapped a pic now after seeing this post.
Thank you! If I had a few months, I could probably fill a whole coffee table book with them. You are right, there seems to be something monumental to them. Did you see the vintage toy post? It was dedicated to you 😉
Please… more photos of old bikes 🙂
I’m just catching up on all my stuff in my reader so will look forward to your vintage toy post v much! Dedicated to me? Wow thank you. Exciting! 😃😍😎 BRB!
No probs, hope you had a nice time off!
Challenging. I would have thought bikes were safe in Berlin…
No, it’s a bit stragic. Most people I know had at least one bike stolen … With my better half, someone stole his seat, then waited to get a new one and next morning the whole bike was gone. Another friend had a van following him, went to the bank quickly and his (super expensive) bike was gone. Berlin is a place for tough cookies 😉
Looks like it is. Isn’t that a shame though? I remember living in Holland as a child, and discovering the freedom or riding my bike everywhere. Of course we had locks but never had any problem then.
Maybe I should do a post on locks 😉 Sometimes you see these old rusty bikes and the lock is worth a fortune!
LOL
I like the “pickin’s” left and I really liked your caption: “Berliners are nice like that and only take what they need.”
Traurige Fotos!
Ich frage mich immer, wo die alle herkommen… Außerdem brauche ich echt ein neues Fahrrad. Lustig, wie sich der Blog manchmal unterbewusst füllt 😉
I wonder why the owners of the bicycles would leave the poor things abandoned in the streets.
Sometimes I think people jsut can’t be bothered to sell them for 30 bugs, but I’m really not sure. It’s a sad sight
It has a lot of rust though
I think of them as insect carapaces that are disintegrating …. we have so many chained to posts here in NYC.
I always wonder about the stories though …
Of picturesque bikes and such!
My bike is so on it’s last legs / wheels it breaks my heart to see those …
But it does have character!