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I’m in my late 20s, living in MN, and I’m not your stereotypical “active” person. I hate running, I’m not a morning person, I’m not a huge “health” person (mostly because so many “health” trends and pushes are ablest and fatphobic), and I have a chunky build. I started bike commuting a couple yrs ago when I got into a car accident and my car was in the shop for 6 weeks. I thought, screw it. The city removed my most convenient bus stop, I couldn’t afford uber, relying on people for rides sucked, I guess I’ll just start biking. I used to love riding my bike as a kid and early teen! I won’t lie, it took me a bit to enjoy it mostly because it was kind of exhausting. And getting everywhere takes longer! But the more I did it and adjusted my planning, and especially once I got an ebike, a couple yrs later and now I LOVE biking. I look forward to it all the time. I feel amazing whenever I bike and get to be outside. It has made me so much more connected to my city, and I have made SO many friends thru bike communities. It has made me so much more appreciative of being outside, of not being scared of weather. And wow I LOVE when I don’t have to drive. Like yeah sometimes I have frustrating moments while biking, but the frustration and road rage and consistent bad mood I experience whenever I have to drive every day outweighs any of that easily. It’s pretty crazy. But regardless, biking kinda changed my life. I know it doesn’t work for everyone, but I hope to encourage as many people I know as possible to try it. Theres so many different ways to bike! Theres something out there for pretty much everyone.

I once read something about helmet wearing increases the risk of neck injuries. Does this research still stand? I was hoping your video would address this issue.

American way hide a tracker and a Saturday night special, you get your bike back and make a canoe.

Blame racing and city design in the US for the current bike situation. It's lame, it makes bikes expensive when they don't need to be, and it keeps a lot of people off decent quality practical bikes.

Self Driving Cars are not happening and even if they did, they'd probably generate even more traffic.

The odds of head injury riding a bicycle are relatively high.

as a Bike Mechanic I'll say I hate when one of these rolls into the shop. Royal Pain to work on these. a simple Flat Tire now involves taking apart that stupid chain case and unhooking that IGH. -no more toolless tire swaps you can get Non-Racing, actual Utility Intended bikes, that aren't Dutch Bikes. You can have an upright comfort posture and cargo racks without having to give up Good Rim Brakes, Gear Range, and Fenders; look into a Touring bike, not a Dutch bike.

Most weird cycle infrastructure is because bikes are an afterthought where, if there is room, they will wedge bicycle stuff into odd spaces rather than inconvenience cagers. Cars come first. People are not as important.

Dear Tom, Enjoy your channel and have learning some helpful stuff from you. Thank you and keep up the good work. Regarding left tuns: Been biking in roads for a long time, starting 1980 in Manhattan . Have never biked in a city that did anything significant to make it simpler for bikers though New York City is trying now. Have not been back to NYC to try the new infrastructure. . . When making left turns, I’ve found it often necessary to stay all the way to the right, cross the perpendicular road (onto which I want to make a left turn), stop and then pivot my bike 90 degrees to the left (putting me all the way right on the new road) and wait for the light to change or road to clear that I had just been on. Something perhaps to try and/or comment on. Thanks. All the best

I dont rate any bike you cant buny hop up curbs and steps . Whats the point you be constantly dismounting

No, but falling off may do :D

Very good video, I´m on favour of using rear mirrors in the city, specially in cities that don´t have a culture for respecting riders on a bycicle; for me the rear mirrors are very useful and I prefer them instead of looking back cause you loose a time looking behind and not taking care what is happening in the front.

2:08 I'm completely related to her statement.

As a North American cyclist with nearly 50 years of experience with cycle touring and commuting (and as someone who has owned and used various commuting-oriented bicycles, with swept-back bars, internal gears, fenders, etc.), the only thing that seems weird to me about Dutch bikes is the extreme upright riding position. This does not seen desirable to me for a few reasons.

As someone with balance issues, my problem with bike culture is that there's no consideration for adult tricycles. Give me a space to park it.

I had a mirror that was affixed to my helmet. It was GREAT. Just a flick of my eye and I could check for traffic coming up behind me. The images in the field of vision were HUGE! I always wore my helmet when I rode, so it was always with me when rode. It got to be such a habit that i'd flick my eye to check behind me...when I was walking in the parking aisleways at work.

The car promoters - that would be the oil industry - have been more effective than anybody could possibly have dreamt. It is time to change. The car is only ONE form of transport. And it is time that people considered the true cost of this skewed vision.

This isn't the Tour de Frants. We're riding the bike in order to get some exercise, right? A little extra effort due to powering the dynamo is not a con. If I wanted to put less effort into riding my bike, I could hire someone else to ride it for me, right?

In Japan there's a system of bike registration. It used to be voluntary, it's now mandatory, with reg records held for five years. It's not perfect, and recovery of low-end bikes near their end of life can be a burden to the owner (b/c someone has to pay for disposal). But if your bike is stolen and ends up in the auction system, you'll get a postcard before it's sold off or sent to the smelter.

This was really good information and analysis. Thank you.

The high visibility vest is a German thing, Germans are just overdoing everything. Just like their 1939 holiday in Poland.

As an American. Thank you (sarcastic) for including Mexico in the USA map. They thank you (Not sarcastic) as as well. Continue ;)

I have seen dutch bikes for sale in Vancouver, from a single bike shop, but I havent seen them bring in more stock since a decade ago.

The biggest problem with bike lanes is that they aren't continuous. Look at any city or town on Google Maps with the biking filter, and what you see is a bunch of short green lines randomly distributed. It would be interesting to see what would happen if a city had standardized, continuous, separated bike lanes throughout. I'm betting that the number of people cycling would explode. I talk to lots of people who want to ride their bikes for transportation but are afraid to ride on the road with traffic. With cars, insurance, and gas prices skyrocketing, how many would ditch their cars for a bike?

Try turning the lights off when you finish work.

Never seen one in the UK either. Seem pretty useless for anywhere with anything approaching hills

Where are all the cars?

I stopped caring about any of this and just started riding on the sidewalk. When there's people I just ride slower and more carefully.

They should use that paint for tanks. The ballistic properties must be phenomenal if it can protect you from the force of a 4 tonne vehicle.

That's really has to be explain xD

This amount of food... For one week... Yeah, maybe for a 40kg girl... Maybe...

Surprise not mention Chicago city'?

We call them "Hollandrad" in Germany and they are only comfortable when it is totally flat. In hilly southern Germany you will hardly find one. We use electric bikes now and that has changed the traffic in the city tremendous. The strange thing is that they cost between 3000 to 5000 Euro, and when you see 100 of them parked outside an event you can calculate the fortune that is standing there.

American unicyclist here. Does the widespread use of an upright style bike contribute to unicycles being more common in Netherlands?

Imho your mudguard won't do much. Mine almost touches the ground and I can go full speed through puddles without getting wet feet.

Can't agree more. I bought a Dutch bike with a 5 speed interal hub and found that I never had any chane to use the 2 lower gears. 3 speed is enough for most urban roads.

My man is shocked by a lock and a chain guard and boy is this the content I was born to binge. Love it.

LOVE Patty's tiara!

I enjoyed seeing the Priority 8 in this video as I have the exact same bike and I love the belt drive, hydraulic disc brakes, 8 speed IG hub. I had been wanting the L Train bike for awhile until the P8 came. One thing I miss on my older bikes of the 70's were the butted frames vs today's welded up frames that don't have the high quality finished aesthetic appeal to me..

In a word No.

Recently learned about the Dutch Hunger Winter and its epigenetic effects so asking for their bikes back seems like not the thing i would be asking for.

I am a courier in DTLA and the cyclist are so much happier than our car driving counterparts. The car courier are always so rude and angry. 🙃🙃🙃

I carry spare sicks and have rain pants that have zips right to the hip on both legs. Also light sailing jacket 😊

Thank you, Arleigh and Tom! You are two wonderful "spokespersons"✳ for the bike community.

The most dangerous aspect of intersection crossing is…ta-dah, right on red speeders. They are all looking LEFT for cross traffic or diagonally left for oncoming left hand turners. What they are not looking for is tiny little YOU standing impatiently at the corner watching for the WALK signal). CRUNCH!!!!! A dangerous practice I reluctantly admit to, is having the temerity to invade sacred CAR SPACE to cross into the “blend in zone” on busy intercity thoroughfares. The technique is to ride against the near side traffic until it is clear then, bounce to the blend zone and creep against far side traffic waiting for an opening to cross. Sometimes, there are no traffic signals for blocks and you find the “bike lane” bouncing from side to side or disappearing altogether. Face it, cars are big and scary but sometimes you just gotta ‘face them’.

Gotta love how he clarified that not driving to work doesn't mean quitting your job. You know that otherwise somebody will claim that's what he meant

I've been biking to work for the past year and it's changed a lot of outlook on life, or at least opened up avenues to help me realize there are words and communities for things I always thought but was used to the suburbs. Urbanism, walkability, transit, local communities, public spaces/third places, etc. are all much bigger deals to me, and I have the knowledge and vocabulary to talk about them. I always enjoyed walking and biking around as a kid/teenager, I took transit to university, and have never really liked driving, and despite being more socially introverted I like to go outside and have limited, controlled interactions with people. I didn't know all those concepts were interconnected until just looking up ways to ride my bike safely to work. I still would never say I'm a cyclist or that it's my hobby, but it's definitely a huge factor that enables and links what aspects of life are important to me.

For a daily commuter I would add a hand brake to the front just in case the chain drops or breaks. Also useful if you are going downhill or at high speed and need to brake fast.

i know this isnt the "point" but im so sure you could of gotten a used bike in that style or something close to it without having to ship bikes from where the fuck...seems like a huge waste of time and energy but thanks for being cringe

Do they have hills in the Netherlands? The bikes look great for flatlands.