I wonder how many of those bikes are now permanent residents of that bicycle graveyard, having been misplaced some decade and a half ago.

I passed someone on base earlier in the week who appears to have been riding a double toptube Dutch bike. Unfortunately it was SUPER foggy and we were headed in opposite directions, so I didn't get a detail.

Also today I caught up to a guy riding a Dahon Vitesse! Was on a backroad my SO and I took on a whim. Looked good, caught up and tried to ask him about it but he was less than interested.

M.

I am seeing one or two kids in the morning riding bikes to school. That's it. And I know that there are 2-4 other people from our company (500+) riding their bikes to work. But that's it. This is Texas (not Austin) and not too many folks ride their bike to work. It does not have AC and no truck bed... lol

I haven't seen any other commuters yet this year. Last year I think I saw about 5 all year. Either 2010 or 2011, whichever was the first year that gas hit $4/gal, I saw probably 2 dozen, including one day where I saw 3 commuters in one trip. That fell off pretty quickly though.

I've only been commuting for a few weeksand have only seen two other commuters. One dude a few weeks ago the looked like he was thinking about robbing a liquor store, another goofy looking guy like myself, and some chick a few days ago. Aside from that I've basically been El Lobo Solo. Now I have seen a few bikes locked up near the bus depot at the mall and a lot of cabbies with bike racks, but that's been about it my way. It's kind of cool in a way especially when I get to work and have the entire rack to my self!

I probably don't see any other bike commuters. I can see some bicyclists in the park on my way just riding for fun, it seems, and that has just started now when the weather gets warm. During the winter, especially this last winter which only ended about a month ago, I was the only person on the bike, and it felt so great. Now when I see anyone on the bike, I'm like:"Where were you 2 months ago?"

Not that much I guess. You'd be surprised how much of them are still used frequently.
There are of course... but they are left there for other people to ride with. Some of them are stolen and left there too, for others to use for free.


Leuven en Ghent are student-cities.
Most of these bikes are not there for the regular citizens who live there, but for temporary students who are there for 1 to 5 years max, or for people who need to use it for a few weeks or months.
Those bikes are mostly *nd-hand bikes, you buy or lend it for a few dollars from the old students who leave the city, and when you finished university, you give it away to the next generation students.

Lots of bikes are stolen too, some students get their bike stolen by another student, and then steal a bike from others too. Therefore, some bikes are there without locks, so you can just pick one up and ride, leave it where it is in the same city. You find bikes all around the city so you actually do not need locks. You just hop on a bike and ride.

Most adults, the working class, have mostly better bikes and store them at parkings that are monitored against theft by video camera's. They lock them of course.

I occasionally see other commuters going along my route in Cincinnati, but I see way more roadies. I'll probably come across 0-3 commuters per day.

Judging be this forum and people I've met, I know we've got more! I guess not many share my same commute? When I get to work there are only about 7-10 other bikes locked up (even in nice weather) and I work for one of the bigger employers in the area (like THOUSANDS of people work here).