That made me laugh thanks

Hahhaa that would worth a youtube upload! 🤣

Thanks Wise Cat. Laughing out loud here.

Boa 😅

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I always see them riding around with beer crates full of beer and have never witnesses any of them drop it or get into an accident, so you assumption is true.

Met zijn bakje Grolsh

He even looks guilty.

Ride on!

We always ride on bikes in Hungary especially in my village and people think you are poor if you have no car. Having a car is the most efficient way to get a girlfriend too. Such a shame. I will probably move to the netherland this month tho. Kinda scary even if i were living in 2 foreign countries in the last 4 years. . 🤪

On the other hand, riding a mountain bike as a recreational sport is very popular in Poland, but not as a day-to-day use.

Ey fun fact trader Joe's is a rebranded Aldi

@@SuperOtter The US also has Aldi’s and they’re nothing alike. In my opinion, at least.

I commuted from Torrance to LAX for four years back in the early 80s - give me a medal XD

Please let me know which bike you use. I’m looking for a practical commuter bike with racks and a comfortable saddle and fenders. This is so difficult to find in the U.S.

I also refuse to give up the bike, even in LA. The bike is freedom, the car is a prison.

I agree. Here in Czech Republic (I live in small city with 2000 people) people going with trash by car and I carrying 6x2L PET on my bike :-D If I meet someone who I know with car on street he always asking why I still don't have car. It's because car costs 2000 eur for year only for car insurance and reapairs, I don't want be slave of same stupid car ;-) I have shop 2 km from my home, it's really stupid paying car and making car licence because of 2 kilometers. And if I am in my home city Prague, car would only obstructs there, I can travel in city by my legs faster then people in cars. And if I need move some big things, I just pay someone, it's still cheaper than having own car.

I live in Omaha, Ne and have similar experiences. I ride a traditional dutch bike with a front wooden crate and rear saddlebags. The looks I get when riding. I even have a nice large trailer I can hook up for extra large shopping runs / home improvement projects.

Well done, my way of thinking is that you are the smart one, keeping fit and healthy at the same time, all the very best to you from England.

You'd fit right in here in NL :)

Nope. Nobody things that at all, you're just feigning for attention. Lot's of bikes have basket. Lots of touring bike with panniers on the front and back too.

When you are born in the Netherlands you get 3 bikes as a gift from the state.

yes more fun cause you easy get to places where you cannot go by car and see a lot more then when you are driving in a car.

If only every country had that infrastructure. It would be heaven.

Cars are useful when you need to travel long distances But the bike is more efficient in short distances, plus you get healthy and you exercise at the same time

TheMerkat55 right there with you at 43! Realized I was happiest the 12 years i didnt own a car, so im going back.

@TheMerkat55 Does tax also affect the car and by what rate

I heard a similar story about a Green Left counselmember who moved his furniture with an old fashioned big cargobike. At least he was practicing what he preached.

true. bikes boost little businesses and saves tons of money(less eco, infrastructure and healthcare problems)

allgoo19 it's true but try explaining that to the local shop owners in UK. as soon as there's a talk about pedestrianising a street and shutting it for motor traffic, they all start protesting and panicking that there won't be any more customers

siemenssx1 says: "allgoo19 you stupid idiot...money flows everywhere up.. there is no such thing as spending locally." == siemenssx1 you stupid idiot. When the Walmart owners come to our town to spend their money?

siemenssx1 says: "allgoo19 where the town businesses keep their money? in multi national banks where it is invested anywhere..." == Where do you think the local business owners go to buy the groceries?

siemenssx1 says: "smh u still don't get it..." == smh u still don't get it. lol You'll get it when you find out the answer of this. Unanswered, Where do you think the local business owners go to buy the groceries?

Ytsen Engelsma Beetje laat gozer

True, but.... you still need a good amount of common sense. A simple but very good example: if you can see the driver, the driver can see you. So, don't stand next to a large truck in his blind spot. A lot of deadly accidents happen like that.

What does that have to do with my comment? 😂

We fall on our behind from time to time because of rain or snow .but never on our heads .. Car accidents to ocurr ofcourse but mosty because then on of the parties run a red light or not give right of way.

+holls Martijn said that, because you mentioned cars weren't squashing people, I think.

I using bikes for shopping and transportation since my chilhood (I am 26 now) and I've never need helmet. But I guess somewhere in road where cars riding fast it's better use helmet. But I know many people who falling from bike very often, so some peole really need helmet. ;-)

Yes! I started cycling at the age if 5, but I was late.

It is. The dutch culture is a very relaxed down to earth one. Same goes for foreigners thinking the dutch are rude/blunt....the truth is we just don't bs anyone and just say it like it is. Nor do we have a thing for cars being a status symbol....we are not that materialistic... no one cares about that.😂

@@maaiker2977 Is there a trend in bicycles? Like posh bicycles or embarrassing ones? Do people boast about their bicycles or show them off like some do with their cars?

@@melba10 there is not really a trend. I drive an old bike without gears which my father once won in an lottery. I use it quite a lot to transport my two kids thru my village. Whe don't feel the need to buy the newest item in general, we often use things until there broken .

@@melba10 not really. When my bike breaks down. (And it does) I use old back up bikes. Like those are really run down but noone bats an eye over it. I used to have a really cheap ugly old bike but it's just a vehicle. It gets you were you need to go. That's it.

@@melba10 nah we don't do that lol

We still have quite a few of those spandex twats around and they're just as annoying and self-absorbed as anywhere else. To see them riding three wide in front of you in the middle of the road, next to a wide open beautiful segregated cycling path makes me wish we could legalise running them over and selling the spare parts of their expensive bikes.

It's not just comfort, but also safer. You sit higher, meaning you can see over normal cars and see if there is any traffic.

My placenta was a bike with side wheels.

I'm doing almost the same in Torino. But saddly, it's unpopular here. :) P.S. Great vid! :)

m4d3y3m00dy so let´s do it popular guys!

@@m4d3y3m00dy As a Dutch native,i hated this back in the 80s,as a real car guy. How litle did i know back then. It would be inliveble,if the car was stil king over here. Yes sorry for that,but i was realy stupid back then.

@@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv How was your mind changed? Just by being part of a biking society? I want to open the eyes of my German countrymen, who are often car fanatics.

I am still a car fan. I loved my MGB and my V65 Magna. But I have become a bike convert in recent years. I can go somewhere in 20 minutes by car, the same place one hour by bike. But... it FEELS like 15 minutes on a bike, I enjoy the scenery, and arrive smiling !

I believe you have a major problem with bicycle thefts in the Netherlands too? I'm in Ireland and I just use one decent heavy U Lock in and around my local small town and rural area. But in larger urban areas unfortunately I feel the need to also carry a heavy duty gold and diamond rated chain and lock. Throughout all of Europe we need to have a mandatory registration system at point of sale for all bikes that will make them unsaleable again anywhere if stolen. This is a bee in my bonnet issue with me at this time.

@@tconnolly9820 if people didn’t buy things without a serial registry check we could eliminate theft entirely. Whenever I buy second hand equipment, I always want to see a receipt of the original purchase. It should be mandated. We could eliminate a great deal of theft overnight.

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FrequentFlier Anon all the countries should

@Douwe Bloot has nothing to do with that. The netherlands is a right wing country

Believe me having to push your sturdy no fringe just average dutch city bike out off an NS underground bike cellar thru such a rail. you'll start to resent it real quick

Yes, installing rear panniers (bags) is a good idea. TIP: also install a folding basket up front (if your bike has a front rack, of course). Then your bike can still fit a bike rack. Mine is made by YEPP.

Stuff tossed at you? They should applaud you!

If we would change clothes every time we ride a bike, we'd be changing clothes all day long, lol.

There is also the attitude among many "road" and MTB biker's that nobody else is really a cyclist or counts apart from them. One KZfaqr really annoyed me in saying he would have to give up road cycling and he wouldn't be able to call himself a cyclist anymore. Let's just say my p1ss was boiled at that comment. On the entire Irish Cycling Ireland website there is only one or two photos that doesn't have everyone dressed head to toe in full Lycra road warrior gear with road or MTB bike's. It's obviously plain who the organisers of this association see themselves as representing and also who they are also completely ignoring and disenfranchising. And they claim to be representing ALL cyclists. I'm planning to take my bike and trailer into town later to buy a new vacuum cleaner. But I'm apparently not a cyclist so I'm not represented.

Sorry , you`re number 2. Here in the USA we`re even fatter and uglier.

In Ireland we're getting fat and not so ugly. ..

Do note that the dutch approach with much freeway for cyclists is out of necessity. We are a very densely populated country and therefore the cities are more compact and distances short; there is little space for broad motorways and parking space. North American cities are much more spread out. To copy the dutch approach would require a completely different way of town planning, with fare more urban cores and shopping centers.

@@nlbergsma not entirely true. In the 1960s we had a lot of cars and build roads etc similar to the US. Then we complained about the amount of people dying in traffic. After which our government started making the streets safer. Part of this resulted in slower streets, which means other transportation methods are more often just as fast as the car. In some cases faster. Thus more people started using bicycles which eventually led to the safety for everyone mentality. Which gave us all the protected bicycle lanes, woonerf etc. Where cars can't go very fast and usually going to a store is faster by bicycle. Meanwhile in the US they don't really care about the traffic deaths as much and the layout of roads is more sperated between commercial and residential (increasing the distance to the stores) couple that with the generally car first mentality and terrible alternatives to a car. And you end up with a system where cars are used much more often as bicycles (or public transportation). Our mentality shifted from cars to public transport in the 70s, they didn't.

A good illustration of what I just said is in this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odSSibqJ37KYXWg.html from notjustbikes

WiseTibetanMonkey And burn fat not fuel. 😁

@@maaiker2977 We don't actually burn fat. It's neither sports nor competition. It's traffic jams, traffic lights and carrying kids on the back. Slow stuff. But happy stuff.

+Qauzy did a desk once ;p tilted the bike towards me while the boxed ikea desk leaned onto my bike and was supported by the peddle. Had to walk ofcourse, but hey, if you lack a car and you're not that far from ikea xD

Lol I can confirm this, moved several pieces of furniture by bicycle. From chairs to cabinets, and from carpets to even an entire computer desktop (complete with screen, keyboard, mouse and audio). Fuck, I'll probably won't even rent a company to move lol.

Yay! I moved house by bike once, all but the piano. No cargo bike, just a regular city bike :)

I wanted to visit my 78 year old ant. Drove in to a smal street,and saw here walking,with a door balancing on the padle of here bike. Haha.

My father always used to get the Christmas tree by bike.

Lol do you really think we don't lock our bikes?? Think again, it's about 450.000 (probably more) that's get stolen per year.

We do lock our bikes: bike theft is the most frequent crime here in the Netherlands. No lock = bike gone. But you may not see we lock our bikes as almost all bikes have a fixed lock on the rear wheel, just under the saddle. Locks and unlocks in a second. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sMBoqb2Zrd2laaM.html

Hell, yes we lock our bikes. Bike theft in Holland is waaaaaaay more widespread than car theft in any country. Unfortunately.

@@Hupjeflupje That does not stop teh bike from being stolen. Just pick up the back of l;the bike and wheel it off

Exactly bhai !The perception that cycle riding is for kids and for people who can't afford motorbikes and cars needs to change.

We're just fine, rather average really. Our mode of transport isn't all defining, you know...

Those were bike stalls. Like parking lots for bikes.

You don't need one. I use a hybrid bike. I have a selection of different sized cheap but good pannier bags and I have a large fully enclosed dog trailer for for full weekly family shopping trips or anything else too heavy or bulky for the bike alone. It's a real alternative to the car.

Hi Davis, This video is nine years old. If you make a video now, you would see far more cargo bikes and electric (cargo) bikes.

+shortliner68 Well the open frame bikes are the female models, and the closed frames are male models , it's that simple ! The trick is very good to see at 1:04 , she has the bike on her rightside and steps with her left foot on the left pedal, a little push with her right foot and there she goes.

The frame doesn't matter, it can be done on any bike. I never stopped to think about it, but we indeed do this all the time. Women use open frames. Most men use closed frames.

@EnigmaDrath I can see your point but I think emerging tech like E bikes and cargo bikes along with a revitalization of rail done the right way would definitely be a game changer

@EnigmaDrath Well in most US cities, the bicycle would function the same as in the NL. It is only changing the mentality and reform the road structures inside a city. Might take some time but I see no problems, put some local politicians on a bicycle and demonstrate for more bicycle-facilities.

Well, in The Netherlands we say, the bigger the car, the smaller the d*ck.

Well (three years later), did you?

I challenge everyone to ride your bike to the store this week and buy something. Just see how good you feel, and post how your experience went, whether it be good or bad. What do you think Philip Mc Adam ***** ***** DENNIS N. DUCE

I will take you up on the challenge Kirk Sherrod. Let's talk about the challenge on Jerks Corner this Monday and have every one post the comments in the event. goo.gl/ZlwVIc Philip Mc Adam H/T for a great comment on this video. I will make sure this link is added to the event above (give credit where credit is due) How would you like to join us on Jerks Corner to talk about this Cyclitis you have? I want to add a few more people to this challenge Sherrill Duce, *****, *****, Sheila B. DuBois are you all up for the bike challenge?

Great idea Kirk Sherrod and DENNIS N. DUCE

+DENNIS N. DUCE nope not up to the challenge in winter. My bike is up in the rafters

Kirk Sherrod - I'll throw in for a walk-around & let you know! It's been below zero for days but finally at a balmy 35 this weekend so I'll let you know. Thanks for the ping, my brotha!

Nobody is stopping you from leaving

Your attitude is wrong. It's not impossible. Rather, say, it's the future of Russia. Maybe 20 years into the future, maybe 30. But start fighting for it today, for the bicycle-friendliness of tomorrow! :D

….and (electric) cars!

No but it would be a good Idea to have them cause like you see in the video. many many people do shopping by bicycle. But most of the time the township places these racks.

No, but they will boost their sales revenues!

Is it mandatory to have car parking spaces?

Si es verdad. Perro tenemos cuestas al sur de Holanda

Commuting in the Dutch rain, example: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ichniZSi2d6chnk.html

We wear rain suits and if we don't have them we get wet, nobody is made of sugar.

@@taerial879 thank you.

Yes, the Dutch have a ring lock mounted on their bicycles.

Yes we do, several locks to be sure, one fixed on the bike for the rear wheel and one to connect the bike to a non-movable object.

Well yes, pretty obviously. All bikes have a lock which immobilises the back wheel. Most people have a chain and padlock to attach it to something but often people will only use this if leaving the bike for a longer period or in a dodgy place. The underground bike parks that we saw people wheeling their bikes into are usually guarded, and free. You get a ticket when you leave your bike and hand it back in when you collect it.

Absolutely. Bike theft is a problem.

Yes we do. Most bikes come with a frame lock.

I think since the change from communistic into the capitalistic system, Poland started to be a car country. In communistic times most people carried groceries walking home. It is funny to notice that in all countries (with almost no bycycles) where the car is no 1, people ask why Dutch people wear no helmet. Poland, USA, UK....etc.... Only with a racebycycle they use helmets. But a helmet has totally no safety if a car driver hits you with high speed. And in Poland they drive like crazy I know even inside the city.

I'd rather protect my joints (wrist, hip, knee). They take tend to take the most of the impact when you slip on an icy road

The share of electrical bikes has increased since 2012. It is flat,.. but we do have wind...