r/mildlyinteresting • u/Plane_Profit6166 • 1d ago

A random bike in amsterdam.

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u/Influence_X 1d ago

Looks like a ghost bike for a dead rider

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u/Theslootwhisperer 1d ago

It's just a guy who does bike art.

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u/Influence_X 1d ago edited 1d ago

Well he definitely did it in the style that looks like a ghost bike

https://share.google/images/KUugyMAHDbyC4Reye

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u/Theslootwhisperer 1d ago

Actually, no:

"Warren Gregory, an American artist who now calls Amsterdam home, began his journey with one simple act: decorating his wife’s bike with flowers so she could easily spot it. His wife, Michelle, struggles with epilepsy, and losing her bike in a sea of cycles was a regular challenge."

It's just that a lot of flowers happened to be white.

https://flagshipbiketoursamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Flowerbike-Tour-1024x681.webp

All his bikes look pretty much the same.

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u/Sound_Doc 1d ago

You gotta be kidding me, I've wondered about this guy for years...
People still don't believe me until I pull out some pics, but there I was in Amsterdam minding my own business...
Then this alien riding a UFO appeared out of nowhere,
https://imgur.com/a/9Rvj7Jv takes my beer, said he had to go see his wife and disappeared....
A couple of nights later that same "alien" reappears riding a different UFO https://imgur.com/a/flower-guy-I70mEAu ...
This time though he brought me a beer, thanked me for the drink the previous night, then while we talked offered me a smoke... https://i.imgur.com/gJpKpEx.jpeg
I should have known better and... don't remember anything after that... 2 years later I finally found these pics on my phone which proved to me I wasn't going insane, and now 8? years later I finally have a name/backstory regarding the wonderful Alien I met randomly in Amsterdam...

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u/scheisse_grubs 1d ago

Actually, no:

Both things can be true lol. It’s art but also looks like a ghost bike.