// Amsterdam’s Beer Bikes
Posted on Thursday, September 10th, 2009
I read an article about the famous beer bikes of Amsterdam a while ago, suggesting that the bikes be banned. Why, you ask? Because they’re essentially the equivalent of drinking and driving. But on a bike. With 12 people. And a bartender. Or something.
It sounded like a great idea to me, and somewhat tragic that the things could be banned (I might feel differently if the article had provided some accident statistics or something). I wanted to see these bikes in action. I kind of want to go to Amsterdam just to ride one. So what did I do instead? I went to the trusty Youtube–where one can always find exactly what is needed when one can’t afford a trip to Amsterdam. I present to you, the beer bike: