John Beekman wrote:

>     Regarding the bicycle library raised incidentally by Martin and Bill
> (or vice-versa?): I believe there was such an experiment tried in
> Denmark, or perhaps just Amsterdam, or perhaps Holland, in the 60's.
> Someone (a socialist-minded gov't. and/or manufacturer) provided a
> number of white bicycles for public use.  Each could be taken to ride by
> anyone, as needed, and then left, I think, by the road for he next user.
> Perhaps someone with knowledge of this experiment could provide details
> of the operation, and let us know how it turned out?      Otherwise,
> thank-you for this interesting discussion.

 I heard something about this happening a lot more recently in several
different places, though I can't remember where.

Dan Carkner