Coppenhagen the new portland
 

I've been watching this site for a few months. Luv it. Here is another one of his sites.

http://copenhagengirlsonbikes.blogspot.com/

http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/22/2...avery_wolf.gif

I'll be there in March. Can't wait.

^^ Happy camper no doubt.

I live in Copenhagen, and I am afraid you have it mixed up. Portland is maybe the new Copenhagen, but it is not the other way around.

This a main road in ´58
http://www.eber.se/ava/an60/bild/gl-27.jpg

Another main road in ´60
http://www.grandts.dk/images/Gadebil...d-maaske60.jpg

as soon as you get off the train in copenhagen you're greeted with like 4000 bikes locked up.

then you see the amusement park.

one of the most fun nights i've ever was in copenhagen. old reggae men, cheap beer, good weed, dancing, slapping five with strangers, etc...

I agree. I visited Copenhagen a couple of times in '99 and '00. The city is a cyclist's eden. We even rode around on free city bikes, the same concept Paris recently introduced.

Portland definitely gets kudos though for its amazingly active bike scene.

Yup.
I will see portland in ´08 to visit some friends there..Looking forward.
It was just the headline here that was slightly out of true ;-)

It seems in the videos of Coppenhagen there aren't may redlight runners on the bikes, are there strict laws against that and riding in traffic lanes or do people just not do it for other reasons?

every place has rules and everybody who lives there knows what they are.

what a dumb thread title. how could you possibly come up with that after watching that video?

There's something totally creepy about that site.

My wife is half-danish and wants to go to Copenhagen, perhaps as soon as this summer. How important for a visitor is knowledge of the Danish language? I'll do what I can to learn as much as I can in the interim, but how "lost" will I be with minimal language skills? When we went to Paris a few years ago I started every conversation with my rudimentary French and nearly every time the locals would answer back in English. Is Denmark like that? (I don't want to be The Ugly American and expect everyone to understand English.)

Personally, we both love the "girls on bikes" site.

Just about everyone in Denmark speaks English. You'll be fine. My wife is fluent in English and goes to conferences there from time to time and she's never had a language problem.

yeah i found that through urbanvelo.org the other day. i've been hooked ever since. it's a great site!!

There's something totally creepy about that site.

am i the only one that is completely turned off by a girl on a bike in heels?

That and fur coats. So the answer is no.

i love bikes and heels are dead sexy!! the combination is very pleasing to the eye.

i also don't see what's considered creepy about that sight but there is a note on one of the older posts..

The idea of taking photos of women while they are on their way to work and posting them on the internet doesn't seem creepy to you?

DC has rules, they aren't often followed by cars, bikes or peds. I think the trains do sometimes and planes do most of the time though...

The idea of taking photos of women while they are on their way to work and posting them on the internet doesn't seem creepy to you?

copenhagen seems great

but all you ever see are cruiser style bikes. How popular are fg/ss? if at all?

ziemas, can you make another qft-worthy post for me to copy?

did you read the part i quoted? american culture and standards are not the same throughout the world. if you would sift through that blog you would see comments from locals and others (female) who love the blog as it shows fashion while promoting cycling. there are even local girls who visit the site and put up pictures of themselves.

edit: not to mention you could substitute 'women' for 'local culture' and / or 'bike scene' in that question. :)