You would enjoy biking on American roads even more!

Others have speed bumps, Leipzig has potholes 😂

That's German average. Trust me and my bum.

@@VikingDeluxe not THAT bad and plain cobblestone might be even better than these fragments of asphalt - especially as the gaps stay filled, if they scrub it of…

Thats why so many Germans cycle a mountainbike.

When I was 16 my front wheel got caught in the tram track. Catapulting me 10 meters forward. I performed a good imitation of superman. Then I landed with a summer salt. Pure luck.

@@Rabe1907 SUPER um zu hören. Ich liebe es.

@@Rabe1907jap, nehme als Beispiel Dortmund.. unfassbar hässliche Fahrradwege, teils nur seitenstreifen auf riesigen Hauptstraßen… aber für Autos natürlich 3 Spuren auf jeder Fahrtrichtung! Anderes Beispiel… Den haag: letztens dort länger Urlaub gemacht, war an einer relativ großen Straße (nähe europäischer Gerichtshof) , aber man konnte ÜBERALL so unfassbar gut mit dem Rad hin .. man man. Und es ist ja nicht nur dort so, sondern in eigentlich jeder Stadt in NL ! Das ist das Beeindruckende daran

That's normal german city design.

I'd say that Leipzig isn't really that good compared to the rest of Germany to be honest. Yes, there might be worse places to cycle, but Leipzig is certainly not above average in that regard. I've cycled alot in Frankfurt for example and can tell you it's alot better there

What road is that? I guess I've never been much outside of the centre in Lüneburg, and have cycled there exactly once (coming from Lauenberg), but can't remember seeing any really good infra.

@@simpleton7 the Southern half of Lüner Weg - there was originally a train crossing, which as been replaced by only an underpass for bikes and pedestrians. This is currently even the recommend route towards Lauenburg, however I've seen a lot of outdated signage there. Currently they are working on updating that route however. If you followed the "Alte Salzstraße" signage, that sadly is completely outdated. The trick is to turn right in Erbstorf (after the bus stop) and then follow the signs set by the city. This leads over a de-facto bike road ("Grüner Jäger Weg", will become an official soon), through a forest ("Lüner Holz") and then just straight the Lüner Weg towards the train station.

Ironically, until you get out of the city here, the 30km/h stretches on the residential streets are probably the most 'mentally' comfortable sections.

the streets aren't getting redone anytime soon, it's just the buildings getting redone mostly

@@miles5600 This isn't entirely true, Leipzig actually plans on improving its cycling infrastructure significantly, at least much more so than most other german cities.

@@Hurricane2k8 the rest of germany has absolute terrible bike infrastructure if you can even call it bike infrastructure. Do they have street redesign concepts? Also the fietsstraat in germany sucks, it needs a whole different approach.

De fato, você pode ver do asfalto que a Alemanha Oriental é a parte pobre da Alemanha.

As a fellow American, you're 100% correct, but I'd still love to have even a quarter of what they have here :(. Most of our smaller cities are woefully behind. It's a long battle to get this sort of thing, so I applaud them for having what they have, especially when it looks like they're trying to improve. But yeah, that tram section... what were they thinking?

Common in Eastern Germany, however Leipzig is currently once again reducing them.

The city is recovering from decades of neglect, as a former East German city it doesn't have much resources to restructure fast. Almost all cities in former West Germany are in a better shape. Reunification did spread rights and freedom, not wealth.

@@dutchman7623 totally on point

It's actually one of the better cities to cycle in Germany. Expectations should be lowered.

​@@dutchman7623 that is not completly correct. In Germany, hardly no investments have been made in rails, roads, bridges or the Internet in the last 20 years. That's why our cities look like this.

Hamburg? 😂

@@LikeToDrive braunschweig

Braunschweig is a lot better than the average (or Hamburg) in my brief experience. This is pretty average, a lot of towns in North-Rhein-Westphalia and of course the former east like this are pretty much like this.

@@simpleton7 yeah always disagreed w ppl saying germany has bad bike infrastructure but maybe i just got lucky

After 10 minutes in the video, I wondered if Leipzig is a former DDR town. And it was.

@@jannetteberends8730 Time for a second revolution, one with color and joy.

It depends. Leipzig is actually THE upcoming city and Germany pulling a lot of young people. It has charming quarters, lot of green parks and a vibrant night life. Though ofc it cannot hide 50 years of poor development under East German government and like all big cities, it has some ugly areas. I bet with a different route your impression would have been less depressing ;)