Via Planetizen: This video from the Wall St. Journal Online gives a first-hand look at the current bicycle culture in Beijing, and the variety of bike types available.
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Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no! Please don’t [...]
1971- 1981 (forget the five stages of Erik Erikson)
Ability to bike without side wheels preceeds being fully potty trained.
That, or you’ve tasted all kinds of bug meats in a suicide position.
Quickly you opt for the back position, since you’re the oldest.
Every day until age of 5 ends with scars you’re proud of.
Ice skating [...]
When I lived in NYC back in the day, I tried to bike as much as was humanly possible (sans helmet :)), but back then there were no handy little camera’s to shoot video. Years later I returned to one of my favorite cities, San Francisco, at a time when there WERE ample means to [...]
Some are easy, some less obvious, but it’s all in good spirit. Just to highlight the quirkiness of Amsterdamized cyclists. (Click on image to add a note to it on Flickr)
(This one includes Spot The Walking Tourists :)
More to spot in the Amsterdamize Flickr set.
Henry from Bakfiets already layed it out in a comment on Dutchbikeseattle:
If I may be a bit obsessive here, there is already a verb for riding a bakfiets: “bakfietsen”. In its infinitive form its spelled the same as the plural noun but would be conjugated into:
- ik bakfiets (I cargocycle)
- hij/zij bakfietst (he/she cargocycles)
- wij [...]
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