Originally Posted by
Smaug1
Welcome, from SE Wisconsin.
You have sure traveled a lot! It's funny to think that you were going to school nearby to me at some point, with us on different paths in life, and now years later we meet up here and discover our paths have nearly crossed.
Is Moldova disappointing in terms of bike infrastructure compared to Belgium? I've visited Belgium once and it is a bike commuting paradise.
One thing about the vintage bikes is that they are maybe not too attractive to thieves, who are looking at bikes that are worth a lot to resell and not needing any work. It's a smart angle you have chosen there. Where do you store them all?!
Thank you! I went to college in SW Wisconsin and I would not be surprised if transited your county at some point, or even had colleagues from where you are
World is small after all.
Moldova as in many places around Eastern Europe (especially post-soviet Eastern Europe) is lagging behind in many areas and bicycle lanes have been inexistent until more or less recently. In my city (Chisinau - and it is the capital of the country), we have bicycle lanes on several large boulevards and a few streets in the city center only. However, you can also ride bicycles on bus lanes. I lived in Brussels in 2014 - 2015 and the city was also a bad example in terms of bicycle infrastructure compared to other cities in the region. It had some bicycle lanes on the main streets and shared lanes with public transport but not enough. Cities in neighboring Netherlands or even other cities/towns in Belgium had much better infrastructure than Brussels. But as far as I know Brussels also improved in the past few years.