the Waltz of the Bikes
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Get a FREE original Bike art PC desktop background ( wallpaper ) here: http://www.situp-bike-art.com/free-stuff.php Can you see yourself getting around your city on a bike? Maybe after seeing this film, you'll expand your ideas of what you and a bike could do together. We could have a city bike culture like this one we see in Amsterdam, that is if we really wanted it. How? 1. Restrict car access and slow all traffic down. 2. Favor bikes with safe paths, crossings and parking. 3,. Convince our existing cyclists that they don't have to dash around madly in Lycra, their heads down as if every ride was their last. They don't make it look inviting. if you want to train or race, do it elsewhere. 4. Favor the sit-up bikes you see in the Waltz because the stately posture they allow is safer and the bike itself more convenient for carrying things, Indeed the whole experience is just very enjoyable which is why the Dutch and the Danes choose bikes as transport All the pains in the neck and shoulders, which many people imagine are inevitable on a bike, just don't happen with these bikes. 5. Make sure Bike Share schemes like the Velibs in Paris and the Bixis in Montreal arrive in our Australian cities. These schemes are the best way to rapidly boost urban cycling since they make using a bike like this, (they are all sit--ups) completely hassle free. So, see you on the streets of our reinvented city, hopefully ! In the meantime, the Giant Suede is a great sit-up bike which is not to pricey. For more on the Dutch way of riding, watch, Talking to David Hembrow. on my blog. Thanks, by the way , to Violeta Brana-Lafourcade for her superb camera for this film and the one on David. Mike Rubbo
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why is this special?
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Here in Miami we are fighting like animals 'cause there's no room. A couple of Dutch experts came to lend a hand but they must have given up after realizing nobody's willing to tame traffic.
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Great job!!!!! This should be an awarded video.
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wheelie nice.....
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i've got a pashley poppy in blush pink, great british-made bicycle with that sweet 'doorbell' bell.
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Same here. If I only were born in the Netherlands or Denmark.
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When riding my race bike I always wear a helmet. And lycra. On my other bikes I never wear a helmet. A helmet is a bother when you go shopping. Where do you leave the thing? BTW riding a bike is not a statement against cars. I do own a car. And I have a foldable bike in the back, so I can park outside parking zones and cycle the last bit to my destination. I am Dutch after all, I don't want to pay to park my car. I've even been to Stockholm and Kopenhagen and got around on my bicycle there :)
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when the girls are wearing skirt they have shorts under not just panty?
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Nice video. Music of Johann Straus expresses very well the turning movement of the bikes. It feels indeed as a kind of waltz movement.
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my old bow frame uprights are my favorite bikes. im 53, been riding for over 40 years and i think helmet laws suck. wear one if you want but i would like the choise.
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@MikeRubbo I ride a Dutch bike and am buying a bakfiets (3-wheeled) because I am obsessed about the bikes I ride. I like bikes that are care-free low maintenance and carry everything I need without a stinking metal box. My other 3 bikes aren't dutch, but the do show I'm obsessed with not owning a stupid smelly ugly metal box. : )
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Anybody else notice how poorly all the people dressed, and how un-happy they looked and how their faces were red from having to pedal their kids in those heavy cargo bikes.... : / Why oh why was I born in a car-culture country.... Of my five bicycles, two are Dutch bikes... A regular and a cargo bike... Yes, I am a freak in the US of fat, but would just be another Dutch... If only I were Dutch...
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@bensy010 I've ridden over 50,000 miles in the US w/ out a helmet. I wear one now, but only because it makes my wife feel better. If I ever land on my head, I'm sure I'll be glad for the protection.
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Last night I cycled without a helmet on one of these high Nellys I was going gently up a hill and a tall bloke out for a jog passed me out . So the top of his head was higher then mine while I was sitting on the bike. Should he be wearing a jogging helmet ?
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It really is only walking on two wheels ps I bought one of those big plastic beer crate carries . Well its the best gizmo I have ever got suddenly you can carry anything with ease. Makes shopping ten times easier. really the family could go back to one car That would be some yearly saving.
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It really is only walking on two wheels
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There is a Fobes poll stating which are the happiest countries. Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands are at the top of the list. See cycling these bikes makes you happy :-}
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If u rly think most Aussie commuters wear lycra, you're deluded. A lot do, but plenty don't, especially the jersey. On my 9k commute I want something with a chamois anyway, my man bits are more important than 'looking relaxed'. On the planned commute after I move house (30km each way) i'll be using the most efficient bike that offers me control with the best aero position, ie. a road bike. That doesn't mean i'm a hoon. Btw, the Dutch can use these bikes cos it's flat, ur whole theory is garbage.
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There is a zen like quality to all those cyclists. Every thing very calm in control and enjoyable? Very diffirent to cyclists on their hi tec urban street bikes from the English speaking world.
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Thank you :-) I have not got tired of it yet, Even today in the howling wind and rain it was a pleasure to ride :-)
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