Hair raising moments on a bike in Amsterdam
Jul 15th, 2015, 05:18 AM
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****helmets should eliminate hair raising moments.***
How?
Beside helmets are not used because The Dutch use umbrellas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqkDiExIEiE
How?
Beside helmets are not used because The Dutch use umbrellas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqkDiExIEiE
Jul 15th, 2015, 05:29 AM
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If you are wearing a helmet how can your hair rise?
Nice video. The other day a woman cycling in front of me with her dog on a leash (on a wonderful bike path) was pulled off her bike when her dog lunged at another dog. She hit her head on the pavement. Cycling with dogs looks dangerous.
Nice video. The other day a woman cycling in front of me with her dog on a leash (on a wonderful bike path) was pulled off her bike when her dog lunged at another dog. She hit her head on the pavement. Cycling with dogs looks dangerous.
Jul 16th, 2015, 05:15 AM
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Someone should tell those darn Amsterdam tourist officials to quit promoting cycling in Amsterdam:
"Cycling is one of the best ways to get around Amsterdam, and no visitor should leave without experiencing the city's world famous bike culture."
http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/visitin...around/cycling
"Follow the tips in this leaflet, and you will be able to
experience the city just like a native."
"Cycling is one of the best ways to get around Amsterdam, and no visitor should leave without experiencing the city's world famous bike culture."
http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/visitin...around/cycling
"Follow the tips in this leaflet, and you will be able to
experience the city just like a native."
Jul 16th, 2015, 10:20 AM
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My DH cycles with our dog. The dog is on a Springer. He can't pull the bike over. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhqdBKmIbYs
You can always spot a foreign tourist on a bike, anywhere in the Netherlands because they are the ones wearing helmets.
I even saw them wearing helmets on the witte fietsen in the Hoge Veluwe NP.
Racing cyclists wear them too, and I believe there is a law in the planning that ultra fast electric bike riders will have to wear them, and have insurance just as snorfietsers do now.
I fall of bicycles all the time. I am not a good, or a confident cyclist, and only cycle where it is quiet. I have dislocated my elbow twice, twisted ankles, had various scrapes, but never yet hit my head.
As for the law being the law - not if you are a Dutch cyclist especially a "racing" cyclist. Red lights, hand signals, the use of a bell or any audible warning, lights, reflectors, compulsory bike paths? Forget it. Though I have noticed an increase in young people using hand signals when I am waiting for them at a junction. And no not rude hand signals!
You can always spot a foreign tourist on a bike, anywhere in the Netherlands because they are the ones wearing helmets.
I even saw them wearing helmets on the witte fietsen in the Hoge Veluwe NP.
Racing cyclists wear them too, and I believe there is a law in the planning that ultra fast electric bike riders will have to wear them, and have insurance just as snorfietsers do now.
I fall of bicycles all the time. I am not a good, or a confident cyclist, and only cycle where it is quiet. I have dislocated my elbow twice, twisted ankles, had various scrapes, but never yet hit my head.
As for the law being the law - not if you are a Dutch cyclist especially a "racing" cyclist. Red lights, hand signals, the use of a bell or any audible warning, lights, reflectors, compulsory bike paths? Forget it. Though I have noticed an increase in young people using hand signals when I am waiting for them at a junction. And no not rude hand signals!
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