Just got back from Netherlands a few weeks ago. That''s a cyclist's dream. I was in several areas between Zandamm and The Hague. It was incredible how many cyclists there are and how much respect they get. There must have been 10,000 bikes in lots and parking garages at the Amsterdam train station. Only actually got to ride one day near Haarlem. There was practically an entire numbered highway system just for cyclists. Rode by a school on the way back to hotel just as it must have let out. No school buses or soccer moms waiting in vans. Just hundreds of kids racing home on their bikes. Judging from the limited time I spent there, that's one country that doesn't have an obesity problem.