Originally Posted by
tjspiel
We've had a Burley for years and while I think the kid hauling bikes the Dutch use are cool, I'm not sure that they're better than a Burley, - all things considered.
I've actually been lusting for a
Triobike, but there's simply nowhere to put it. Nowhere at home, nowhere at preschool, nowhere at my office. And it wouldn't fit out my door, or into the elevator, or down the stairs.
You'll also see a lot of people in regular clothes, -but why decry the use of spandex if that is what helps keep others on a bike?
I just find it easier to have one set of cycling clothes and habits, so when I go for a spin on my road bike, I don't forget my keys, and when I take the boys to the park, the headlight's not accidentally left back home, etc., etc. So I don't bother trying to avoid the lycra when I commute. I can't keep multiple setups straight. (And at 28 miles, the lack of underwear seams really is more comfortable.)
Amsterdam is what it is because they deliberately decided to make the bicycle a critical part of the transportation system. That and the fact that the bicycle has been an important part of their transportation system historically, - in a way that it never was here.
Yeah.
I wonder if it's possible to correlate historical bike transportation systems with lack of hills. I mean, it's an easy enough conclusion to draw, and I draw it myself, but I wonder if there's data to back it up.