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Have a look at this video. It shows what bike power can achieve.( and no silly helmets nor lycra clad maniacs)
http://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2014/08/video_bicycle_anecdotes_from_a.php
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August 5, 2014 at 6:03 am |
Terrific! I will show this to my husband, because whenever he sees a local woman taking her two children to school on a bike (with a box), he says “Poor little boys, going to school in a box”. It’s not so strange; depends on where you live and what you’re used to.
And I like your sense of humour
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August 5, 2014 at 10:38 pm |
Yes, those that cycle together stay together. It is a well know fact in Holland that the bicycle is the much more preferred mode of getting from a– b.
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August 5, 2014 at 6:19 am |
I absolutely loved it. Thank you Gerard for sharing it. I shared it with my FB friends so they can see how it is done in other countries. The Dutch seem to be very sensible people.
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August 5, 2014 at 10:55 pm |
The bicycle is the answer for transport problems in cities. Unfortunately in Australia the bicycle and cycling has been hijacked by the ‘tour de France’ mob, and has become a fashion industry item with racing and lycra clad cyclists on dangerous bicycles with their heads down lower that their bums trying to outdo each other in the latest bike and fashion wear.
Those thin tyres are lethal and it is no wonder they all have to wear helmets.
We build more highways and buy more and more cars. In fact the opposite should occur. Encourage the use of bikes and public transport by making driving more difficult and more expensive. In Amsterdam they plant trees where previously people used to park their cars, penalising the car and encouraging the use of bicycles. It does work!
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August 5, 2014 at 11:18 pm
After I wrote my last comment, about the Dutch being sensible, I went to the mail box and found a letter from Amsterdam. I thought, that is quick. When I opened it I found an invitation to play the lottery in Holland. They shouldn’t have bothered, it went straight into the recycling bin.
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August 5, 2014 at 8:23 am |
It’s absolutely BRILLIANT, Gerard ! Oh, if only we had that kind of determination Downunder, eh …?
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August 5, 2014 at 11:03 pm |
Yes, rumour has it that I was conceived during a stormy day when my parents sought shelter in the lee of this howling wind behind a dyke. They ditched their bikes amongst the reeds and the rest is history but nine months later. I am only here to tell the tale because of that event. Amazing feat of the humble bicycle..
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August 6, 2014 at 7:45 am
[grin] If that’s what bike riding does …
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August 5, 2014 at 6:39 pm |
Over here it’s all about who can buy the biggest car. I suppose when the problem of pollution, parking and noise get to be too much someone will get the idea to say enough already.
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August 5, 2014 at 10:59 pm |
Yes Kaytisweet. It all started to go downhill since Mr Ford. Never enough highways, never enough traffic jams. All encaged in metal boxes, aimless and listlessly going somewhere, anywhere really. Ah, there is the large yellow M. Let’s stop and have a burger. Australia is hooked on the car like nowhere else. I mean, I have one on 4 wheels and…a footrest.
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August 6, 2014 at 4:25 am |
Got to love bikes. I spent several years commuting on a bike and, for a while, didn’t even own a car. I then spent six months doing a 10,000 mile solo bike ride around North America. When I finally returned to Sacramento, I met my wife when I got off the bike. 🙂 Not quite as good as the conception story but it works for me. LOL –Curt
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August 6, 2014 at 6:07 am |
Sometimes a bit of an effort does the trick. 10,000 Miles is a mighty effort. 🙂
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August 6, 2014 at 6:05 pm
One pedal at a time. 🙂
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August 6, 2014 at 10:27 am |
I had an electric bike for a while. Like magic up-hill. Feels like someone is pushing you from behind. If batteries can be made to last longer, which they will, I am sure the electric bike will take off, especially in hilly country and for those that are less young.
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August 6, 2014 at 2:19 pm
One of my friends who owns a bike shop in Davis, California was just trying one out in San Francisco.
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August 7, 2014 at 6:09 am |
I didn’t really have time to watch this, but I did and it cheered me no end. Here in Cambridge UK, you see bikes on an almost similar scale, but not so much elsewhere and the car is still supreme. (Sadly, I am a wobbly reluctant cyclist).
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