Amsterdam has more bikes than people, and far more of its 860,000 residents pedal to work than take a car or public transit. But at least 80,000 bikes are stolen every year, and flats and breakdowns are common. On any given day thousands of Amsterdammers face life without their two-wheelers. Richard Burger has a solution.Five years ago he, Martijn Obers, and Dirk de Bruijn co-founded Swapfiets in Delft, where the three were students at the University of Technology. Swapfiets-Dutch for "swap bicycles"-provides a basic bike for a monthly fee of about €16.50 ($18). That covers repairs and insures against theft. Although there are many motives for signing on, Burger says, "everything comes back to the fact that you get the advantages of a bicycle, and as soon as there are disadvantages, we will take care of them for you."
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机译：阿姆斯特丹拥有比人更多的自行车，而且超过86万名居民踏板的工作，而不是乘汽车或公共交通工具。但每年至少有80,000辆自行车被盗，公寓和崩溃很常见。在任何特定的日子里，在没有两轮车的情况下面对寿命。理查德汉堡有一个解决方案。五年前，他，Martijn Obers和Dirk de Bruijn在代尔夫特共同创立了Swapfiets，这三者是技术大学的学生。 Swapfiets-Dutch为“掉步自行车” - 为每月费用的基本自行车提供约16.50欧元（18美元）。这涵盖了维修和防止盗窃。汉堡说，虽然有许多用于签署的动机，但是一切都恢复了你获得自行车的优势，一旦有缺点，我们就会为你照顾他们。“
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