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Bike Heaven! If you haven't been, I'd highly recommend a visit --

I recently returned from a trip to the Netherlands and have dubbed myself the Unofficial Dutch Ambassador.  What an amazing place!  One of the main reasons for my new love is the bike culture.  You can see all the details below, I won't clog up the discussion board with my waxing-ons, but oh my goodness -- what a special special place for bicyclists.  If you're ever able to go, I recommend a jaunt to Haarlem, a small city that's a 20 min train ride from Amsterdam; an amazing national park on the North Sea, complete with forestry, dunes, beaches, and wonderfully paved and marked paths.  Heaven!

http://macncheeseproductions.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/holland-vs-am...

Has anyone else biked in the Netherlands?  Would love to hear your take!  Definitely plan on returning.

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Permalink Reply by Don Sorsa on August 6, 2010 at 12:50pm
Add Barcelona and Valencia (Spain) to the list of cities actively encouraging cycling by adding bike lanes, inexpensive rental bikes, bike racks, and cars that always stop for pedestrians and cyclists in intersections. Cycling would have been suididal in both places ten years ago, so this is a great change.
Permalink Reply by Shay on August 6, 2010 at 1:08pm
I was there in May and got to ride some borrowed bikes. It was awesome. It was soooo nice to be able to bike around without getting honked at, almost doored, or swerving around oblivious pedestrians. I want to go back and do a bicycle tour.
Permalink Reply by Duppie on August 6, 2010 at 1:31pm
Did you get to go to Deventer?
Did you end up buying an "Oma fiets" like you wanted?

Shay said:
I was there in May and got to ride some borrowed bikes. It was awesome. It was soooo nice to be able to bike around without getting honked at, almost doored, or swerving around oblivious pedestrians. I want to go back and do a bicycle tour.
Permalink Reply by Shay on August 6, 2010 at 4:14pm
Sadly, the answer is no to both. I ultimately decided bringing a bike home was way too much trouble and expense. But I sure liked riding it! They ride so smooth.

Duppie said:
Did you get to go to Deventer?
Did you end up buying an "Oma fiets" like you wanted?

Shay said:
I was there in May and got to ride some borrowed bikes. It was awesome. It was soooo nice to be able to bike around without getting honked at, almost doored, or swerving around oblivious pedestrians. I want to go back and do a bicycle tour.
Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on August 9, 2010 at 12:22am
20K per minute is 744 miles per hour.

Ya, you'd lose your balance due to your bicycle falling apart from the forces acting upon it. (Even a Seven would crumble at that speed sadly.)

:)

Michael A said:
The lights are times at 20 kpm, that is about 12 miles per hour... I would lose my balance at that slow speed and just fall over
milesperhour said:
i love the multi-level bike parking lots they have there.

Copenhagen is even more amazing. Commuters can travel into the city with green lights the entire way. I wish all cities would do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtX8qiC_rXE&feature=related
Permalink Reply by djm on August 9, 2010 at 8:41am
Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:
20K per minute is 744 miles per hour.
Ya, you'd lose your balance due to your bicycle falling apart from the forces acting upon it. (Even a Seven would crumble at that speed sadly.)

Seven tests each new bicycle in a wind tunnel down the street at MIT to validate the never-exceed speed of Mach 2.2. The frame is fine, but the grip tape rarely survives. :-)

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