Cycling in the snow; 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Why stop cycling when it snows?

The Dutch really can't be stopped by anything... or so it seems, in doing what they always do: cycle everywhere, no matter what the conditions are. Filmed on a Sunday so no commuters on the streets.

Impressions of people on bicycles in the snow in the city of 's-Hertogenbosch (a.k.a. Den Bosch). The capital of the province of Brabant in the South of the Netherlands.

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[BerndtTost]

Seems like very few cyclists have, or use, lights at night time. Why is that?

[markenlei]

@BerndtTost many do use lights, but we have dynamo powered lights. If you ride slowly and with snow on your wheel like in this video that gives only very little light output.

[motorbreath1983]

@BerndtTost For just a few euros there are small red and white lights available that run on batteries. Some people are just to lazy to buy and use them, too stupid to understand consequences cycling without lights on

[tetrabee]

@CopmanZ True, but snow isn't the only unpleasant weather condition for a cyclist. Rain and headwinds, which are very common there for most of the year, means that any fair-weather cyclist is out of luck. But you're right, it's not particularly exciting, nor should it be. What we're seeing here should just be "normal" anywhere. Nothing more, nothing less.

[CopmanZ]

nothing really special, and the snow is not really much over there :o

[sphide]

fab to see these guys cycling in the snow and I respect them for that; but like all the Continentals (hence their incredulous view of cycling helmets) they cycle at approximately half the speed of us Brits ;-)

But respect, nonetheless...oh, and don't even mention hills...;-)

[PalmyBruce]

Notice there's no helmets. The culture respects cyclists, so there's less danger from cars.

[spictario]

@cyclenut very cool, already went to holland?

[velorutions]

I ride with very ordinaire tires here in Québec city year round and very few problems. Some cyclists here also love the studed tires and good for them as long as they ride year round its greeat. We have a lot of snow here and when snow storms well I stay at home, Play in the snow. walk, read a book, have lots of sex in the snow when possible or look at videos of cycling in Amsterdam:-) Whatever suits you just KEEP RIDIN

[superdau]

I'm riding bikes for over 20 years in every weather here in Austria. But it only took me one winter to never want to ride with slick tires (all bikes in the video seem to have them) again. We got at least some hills within the cities and roads are a little bit less bike friendly. So it's safer to "stick" to the ground.