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| It is common everywhere in Holland to see bikes... |
We thought you might enjoy seeing a most common sight here in Amsterdam...actually in every city, town or village we have been to. They call them fiets, we call them bikes. EVERYONE rides them...the young, the old, and all ages in between. Our personal favorite (we didn't have the camera with us...which we have repented of and take it EVERYWHERE) was a mom on her bike, her two daughters about 5 & 8, and her son on his push bike, like a riding toy for toddlers!
Notice how the riders are sitting straight up. It is flat here in Holland, no hills, just flat.
There is no reason to have to pump hard and lean forward except to go faster, so the
handlebars are higher to allow people to sit straight.
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| The sign says it like it is...We love to bike! |
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| Three levels of bikes on racks outside the Amsterdam Central bike parking lot. |
I would imagine that there is no need to steal someone else's bike, because everyone has one! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome!! I love that double decker bike parking garage :) That's so cool!! Willy would be in heaven there :) (Although he enjoys a challenging hill now and then.)
ReplyDeleteSome of the fiets racks are triple decker! It's so fun to see so so so many fietsen here. They start out as toddlers.
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