Cycling For Everyone

The film that launched the Dutch Cycling Embassy. The world's cycling experts sharing experiences

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[chidonee]

GM, Chrysler, Ford, TOYOTA, VW, NISSAN & JEEP did not like this video

[tommyk1214]

I don't think you fully grasp the concept of cyling-paths....

[huachinango11]

She is so pretty

[Kenneth Florek]

Clues: Notice that the Dutch like bikes for transportation with geometry that puts them sitting upright. Leaning forward puts you off balance with your head down. You are in a position that, if you lose control or hit something, it is hard to keep from cracking your head, because you will rotate head downward. Using a step-through (women's) bike also permits you to untangle yourself from the bike frame when you go down, and you can keep your head up when your body hits. Safer than a helmet.

[Kenneth Florek]

"...as long as the Republican party maintains..." Dream on. Wherever Democrats have a lock on power, which is virtually all large cities, they originated the bike hostile system and are keeping it hostile. Consider the creatively named bike paths, marked with a bicycle sign. 99% of these I have ever seen start in the middle of nowhere and end in a bad place to get any further. It continues that way because that is how people vote.

[DavidDavid054]

Nobody is using a helmet?

[Henk Timmerman]

I've fallen more than once on my bike (in winter, when freezing roads can make it dangerous), but have never ever hurt my head (just knees and hands). Only collisions with cars or busses could mean injury to your head, and because our bike-lanes are so safe, it's just folly to wear a helmet.

[meehpenguin]

I like this film, I hope it can be in my country.

[Molentik]

Well, you don't wear a helmet every time you do something risky like climbing a flight of stairs, do you? You can't avoid all risks in daily life. The only cyclists I see with helmets are kids, sports cyclists and American Mormon missionaries :)

[1234Tsukichan]

Almost everyine in my school goes to school with the bike. I have to cycle 1 hour a day.

[spinaway]

we can all look forward to safe cycling when the oil runs out.

[Gary A]

Its very impressive, would love to cycle there, but, even without traffic you can still come off, roads are still hard, but does no one wear a helmet?!, wouldn't ride anywhere without mine.