Serious Bicycle Transportation
 

This site has probably been noted before, but it is worth a look if you haven't seen it. It's a private web cam in Amsterdam. Look at all those bicycles and cyclists!

http://www.eyelogue.com/donniecam.html

Very cool thanks for posting

I don't see any cyclists! :(

(Could it have something to do with the fact that it's 4:20 in the morning there?)

I've had this bookmarked for a while, it's fun to watch.

See also: Copenhagen Cycle Chic.

Wow, very cool. Thanks for posting!!!

Saw two bikes and a motorcycle in a few minutes of watching...it looks like most folks should be getting up and around soon.

Will be watching this.

Thanks.

Notice that almost every cyclist is wearing normal clothing. I haven't seen any lycra or even a helmet yet. There are quite a few children and even a few adults being carried as passengers and all kinds of luggage and parcels. I even saw one rider holding an umbrella over his head. You have to wonder how effective (or safe) that is.

It's quite effective and safe for their conditions and needs.

Nothing displays in firefox. IE won't allow activex controls, so I can't display it there either :mad:.

As I've heard in Amsterdam, "Helmets are for kids. Adults don't fall."

Seems very effective and if it was tremendously unsafe I can't imagine the image below would be as common a sight as it is throughout the city.

http://www.stevelange.net/images/bakfiets.jpg

;)

Steve

Oh god, not this wank again.

You clearly have no clue about Amsterdam.

First look thought a trike, but no....

That lady is very talented, riding two wheeler with that amount of weight in the front, in a short dress, and with heels. Not a sight observed this side of the pond.

Thanks for the share, cheers!

No I don't have to wonder at all! Safety nannies and English speaking bicycling "enthusiasts" may wonder and fret, but not anyone who has a clue about practical cycling or cycling risk.

Been there, done that and continue to keep on cycling safely and effectively.

One of these days I'll remember to check that cam when it's rush hour instead of the middle of the night over there.

I just caught it for the first time on a late weekend-night.

there are still a lot of bikes but not many headlights :eek:

"You clearly have no clue about Amsterdam."

I've ridden all over Amsterdam and most of the Netherlands over a period of years and it's a great place to be a cyclist, at least in the warmer months. My point, although not well stated, was made for the benefit of those who try to make commuting so complicated here. Nevertheless, I don't think carrying an open umbrella on a bike is going to catch on. The fellow in question rode past the van Gogh museum one morning while we were standing in line to enter. He wove out of sight down the street waving that umbrella in the breeze.

I saw cyclists do it all the time during the 10 years I lived in Germany. My own daughter sometimes did it. One woman who had her dog on a leash in one hand while she biked past my house every morning for the five years I lived near Heidelburg always had an umbrella in the other when it was raining; the hand with the leash was the one on the handlebars.

It's VERY late on a Saturday night there (almost 3:30 AM), and after not seeing anybody in a few glances, I just saw five.. no, six cyclists and one car.

Heh. ;)