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0 pointsgausswho9mo ago0 comments

I rented one of those in Amsterdam then rode the beautiful tree-lined path along canals to Utrecht one day. I then rode back with the bike to Amsterdam. When I arrived, I was told this was not allowed, but it wasn't clear why. Maybe the municipal bikes need to stay in city limits? This was about a decade ago. Maybe you can enlighten me?

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Vinnl9mo ago· 2 in thread

Was that an OV-fiets (which I was talking about)? (Also asking because they're not by the municipality.)

The main restriction is that you should bring it back to the place where you rented it, or pay €10 extra. I don't know how they'd even know that you took it out of the city?

gausswhoOP9mo ago

It was OV Fiets. Maybe the issue is that I wasn't supposed to have it on the train back from Utrecht during certain hours. Or a certain car. Despite receiving this info, I wasn't fined or anything.

Vinnl9mo ago

Ah, you took it by train - yes, that's probably it. You can only take bikes on the train outside of rush hours. The main reason I think is just because they take up too much space, so presumably it wasn't too much of a problem, so glad to hear they were lenient.

owenversteeg9mo ago

Hm, strange. That has been allowed for many years now, you do pay a fee of 10 euros though. There are no restrictions on where you can ride the bikes either.

https://www.ns.nl/klantenservice/deur-tot-deur-diensten/ov-f...

>Kan ik een OV-fiets op een andere locatie inleveren?

>Je kunt een OV-fiets ook op een andere locatie inleveren. Je betaalt dan wel € 10 extra. Deze extra kosten zijn voor het verplaatsen van de fiets.

>Lever je de fiets in bij een andere locatie op hetzelfde station? Dan betaal je niks extra.

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