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Bike Shop Autumn Hours of Operation

  • Bike Shop Autumn Hours of Operation
    We are open Fri, Sat. Sun. Mon. 11am-6pm for bike pick up / drop off and retail bike accessories and supplies. A bike mechanic is available for consultation by appointment. Give a call or send an email to set up an appointment.

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Manhole and Utility Covers of Oslo, Norway

  • Oslo, Norway
    If you live part of your life on two wheels and are used to looking on the ground to avoid broken glass and cracked pavement, Oslo offers you, as Martha Stewart would say, "visual treats" in the form of differently designed manhole and utility covers.

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August 27, 2007

Beautiful Oslo on 20-Inch Rented Wheels

  1. Buy a 24-hour Bike Rental card at the Tourist Office in Oslo.You can rent a bike as often as you like within a 24-hour period, and you can replace it at any time in any bike rack in the city.
  2. Put the card in card reader located on the vertical post at the end of the bike rack.
  3. Norwegian instructions and a number will appear on the LCD screen on the card reader. If you can't read Norwegian, join the club. Simply, go to that number on the bike rack. The light on the bike rack next to your bike will be blinking green. Remove the bike from the rack. Easy as pumpkin pie.
  4. However, if you remove your bike, and it has low air in the tires or a flat, wait about 30 seconds after you remove it, and then replace it in the rack in a lower numbered slot. When you replace the bike, make sure to wait until the locking red light on the bike rack next to your bike stops blinking. So, let's say bike with a flat is on #4, make sure to replace it slots 1, 2, or 3. Put your card in the card reader again, and the card reader will remember that the last bike to be removed was #4, and it will continue on its programmed path to number #5, presumably a bike in better shape than #4.
  5. Joy ride around Oslo, and replace the bike in any one of the dozens of racks around the city when you are through. Or, replace the bike in a nearby rack instead of locking it, when you reach your destination. Then rent another bike when it is time to go home.

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