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Recumbents in Amsterdam?
Years ago when I was vacationing in Europe, I was happily awestruck by
the great number of cyclists there. It seems as though the bike has replaced the car as their main mode of transport. However, I don't remember seeing many (or, any?) recumbent bikes there. At the time I was an avid rider of standard bicycles, so maybe I just wasn't looking hard enough? Cullen Appleton, WI |
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On Dec 24, 4:41*am, DougC wrote:
On 12/22/2009 12:06 PM, wrote: Years ago when I was vacationing in Europe, I was happily awestruck by the great number of cyclists there. It seems as though the bike has replaced the car as their main mode of transport. However, I don't remember seeing many (or, any?) recumbent bikes there. At the time I was an avid rider of standard bicycles, so maybe I just wasn't looking hard enough? Cullen Appleton, WI I've never been so I don't know first-hand, but have read that the percentage there is about the same as everywhere else--that is, something well under 1%. Lots of people commute by bicycle in Amsterdam, but the vast majority of trips are rather short--something like 80% are less than 3.5 miles. (there's a website somewhere that has government statistics) The comfort benefits of a recumbent aren't really obvious in such a short distance, so I'm not surprised there's not more converts there than elsewhere. -And really, most bicycles you see in the Euro bicycling meccas are utility models very-much /not/ efficient for long distances. For a few blocks they work great, but if you're riding 50-75-100 miles at a crack, you will want something that is built for performance--regardless of if you want that performance upright or reclined. ~ Thanks for your response. Do you think recumbents lack the lack the utilitarianism that uprights have? Cullen |
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