Last October I ventured outside with a video camera on a cold, windy and rainy Saturday afternoon. I tried several times, but I never really started editing…until this week. And right after hearing this news today, I was determined to have it done by this evening.
I already confessed my love for cycling in this [...]

I just have to share this short animation film by Michael Dudok de Wit, called ‘Father & Daughter’. A father says goodbye to his young daughter and leaves. As the wide Dutch landscapes live through their seasons so the girl lives through hers. She becomes a young woman, has a family and in time she [...]

Mikael recently posted this picture of a young woman cycling in Copenhagen:

It vaguely rang a bell, so I went through my 2008 video footage of my long weekend in CPH. Bingo. And I thought I’d edit up a little something dedicated to Mikael’s birthday today and Cycle Chic in general (for the Dutch and Danes [...]

William Hsu, employee of the San Franciscan bicycle shop My Dutch Bike that imports and retails handmade Dutch bicycles, recently visited Amsterdam and spent time at Henry Cutler’s Workcycles to ‘not only learn a bit more about the mechanics of drum/roller brakes, internally geared hubs and generator lights, but also just to absorb the culture [...]

Mike Rubbo from Sit-up Cycle, who’s recent video interview with Mikael Colville-Andersen made waves on the internets, posted another great video (check the whole post, it’s a good read too) with David Hembrow of A View From The Cycle Path, now a household name in the world of cycle blogs.
David is actually a Brit. who [...]

The video ‘Beauty and the Bike’ has been spreading like wildfire in the bike blogo/twittersphere and was well received, I don’t think anyone missed that one and neither did I. Yesterday reader Gerco pointed me to it, and instead of just acknowledging its existence, I’m now posting it too:
This is an 8 minute version of [...]

Christmas is approaching fast, the town has been lit up for a while now and many among us are shopping accordingly. One item in particular is hard to overlook while cycling through Amsterdam.

And have a good laugh about just riding off with it. Lumberjack-style.

Oh heck, and let’s throw in a few from a [...]

Via Bakfiets.co.uk, via the Workcycles group on Facebook, a video report by Radio Netherlands on the popularity and dislikes of bakfietsen in the Netherlands.

Henry’s response to a group member:
There’s no movement against bakfietsen; There’s just always somebody with a superior attitude. Bakfietsen have gone from work vehicle to hippy and squatter transport to über-hip [...]

This weekend, on Sinterklaas night, the well-known Amsterdam photographer Thomas Schlijper heard people argue and shout in the street. He looked out his window and decided to record this scene. This unfolded:

The local TV station AT5 ran this video on the news and stated: “The Amsterdam photographer Thomas Schlijper recorded remarkable footage this Saturday night [...]

A few weeks ago a new TV ad from the national bicycle awareness campaign was released, regarding bicycle lighting, called ‘Get noticed [or: stand out] on your bicycle’. A returning theme during fall and winter, as days get shorter and darkness drapes these low lands earlier and earlier. Have a look.

The pay-off: “If you want [...]