Biomega Amsterdam Women’s Bicycle

I got this bike many years ago from an architect in Chicago. It was a present for my wife. I still have the box that it was shipped in. Feels absolutely majestic to ride, like being on top of the world, completely upright, balanced. Turns heads, starts conversations, hard to say exactly what it is, but this bike has personality in spades.

From the brochure:

AMS | AMSTERDAM

Amsterdam is the first purely woman's bike designed and made by Biomega. The shaft drive enables you to have a virtually maintenance free bike, no greasy trousers and stuck evening dress. Integration in general being Biomega's big credo, a hub dynamo, hub gears, a shaft drive and the logo are integrated. With the AMS a new colour of Beatrice Santiccioli will be introduced: Florence Lilac.

AMS is in design terms part of the retro wave like the Beetle, Firebird and Mini automobiles. It is an attempt to revive the Old Dutch bike style. We have chosen a silver colour on the mudguard to match our shaft drive colour instead of the traditional white at the rear to reflect light.

Apart from being a reference to a classic European typology there is also a reference to our MN bikes. It is a kind of inverted MN in profile.

Colours: Florence Lilac, Aspen Pearl White and Dragon Black

Design and Technical details:

Amsterdam is the first Biomega bicycle designed specifically for women. With the AMS, Beatrice Santiccioli introduces a new colour, Florence Lilac, and our shaft makes for a virtually maintenance-free bike and the absence of the oily trousers and tangled evening dresses that come with ordinary bike chains.

When you think Biomega, think integration: the AMS brings together a hub dynamo, 3-speed hub gear, shaft drive and clean, deco design.

Handlebar: 560mm Steel Silver, Satin Finish

H/bar stem: Kalloy 22.2X220mm Alloy Silver

Brake lever: Tektro Black Clamp Satin Finish

Grips: Velo 105/135mm EVA BLACK Plug-in Ends

Seat post: Kalloy: 28.6x350MM Alloy Silver

Head parts: TH 30X22.2 Steel Satin Finish

Crank arms: Biomega Design 170MM Cold Forged Satin Finish

Seat clamp: MJ-cycles: 31.8mm Silver, Satin Finish

Front Fork: Biomega Design 700C

Front Brake: Shimano BR-IM41 Roller Brake

Rear hub: Biomega Design Shimano 36H SG-3R40

Rear brake: Shimano BR-IM31 Roller Brake

Shifter: Shimano Revo Shifter SL-3S35

Pedal: PP Black Body, Steel Cage Satin, w/reflector

Reflector: Rear Red Reflector Mounted on the Mudguard

Brake Cables: Standard

Screws, nuts: Stainless

Tools: 15mm Spanner, Allen Key 5/6mm

Cable Guides: SW-414-A, 3pcs+small cable guides 2pcs

Mudguard: Biomega Design Front ¾ Same Colour as Frame, Rear ¼ with Silver

Bell: YWS Alloy Silver

Dress Guard: Black, by Flinger

Kickstand: Side Stand, Steel E.D. Black

Frame Raw: Hi-Ten Steel

Shaft drive: Biomega Design Alloy Silver

Saddle: SelleRoyal 8275 DET

Front Wheel: 3 crossing built

Front hub: Shimano Dynamo HB-NX50 14GX36H for Roller Brake

Rim: Van Schothorst Stainless Steel 18/10, 28 x 1 5/8

Spokes: DT Stainless 2mm

Tyre: Vredestein Black Scarab w/reflex 700*38 C

Tube: Vredestein 700*38C Schrader valve

Rear Wheel: 3 crossing built

Rear hub: Biomega Design Shimano 36H SG-3R40

Rim: Van Schothorst Stainless Steel 18/10, 28 x 1 5/8

Spokes: DT Stainless 2mm

Nipples: ½" Brass

GEOMETRY

Biomega frames are designed with a specific purpose: All for urban use, some to be aggressive and versatile, some to be comfortable and easygoing. Toby "Magic" Louis-Jensen makes the Geometries.

CONTINUOUS GEARS

All Biomega rear hubs have low-maintenance continuous internal gears - no more combining 21 or more external gears that only amount to 10 "real" gears.

SHAFT DRIVE

A special integrated transmission offers a host of advantages: no greasy trousers, hardly any maintenance and extreme durability. (Tech-heads: this shaft has less transmission loss than the average chain.)

BEAUTIFUL COULOURS

In plain words, Beatrice Santiccioli is a colour genius. She developed the colours for Apple's iMac in collaboration with the Apple ID Group and has worked on projects for Illy, Swatch, and Nike. She works as a consultant for Apple and Herman Miller - and now she brings her design expertise to Biomega bicycles.

Note that the Amsterdam bikes are ideally suited for people within approx. 1.55 - 1.85 metres (5.0 - 6.2 ft).

Biomega A/S reserves the right to revise the specs and to make changes. Biomega A/S is not obligated to notify any person of such revision or changes.

(2002)

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