Serious Bicycle Transportation
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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!
https://www.eyelogue.com/donniecam.html
https://www.eyelogue.com/donniecam.html
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I've had this bookmarked for a while, it's fun to watch.
See also: Copenhagen Cycle Chic.
See also: Copenhagen Cycle Chic.
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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.
Will be watching this.
Thanks.
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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.
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You have to wonder how effective (or safe) that is.
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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!
https://www.eyelogue.com/donniecam.html
https://www.eyelogue.com/donniecam.html
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
Been there, done that and continue to keep on cycling safely and effectively.
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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.
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I just caught it for the first time on a late weekend-night.
there are still a lot of bikes but not many headlights
there are still a lot of bikes but not many headlights
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"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'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.
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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.
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Bike ≠ Car ≠ Ped.
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.
Heh.