Good point, but we really need bike education here in the US. The Dutch have extensive bike education starting in early school and going all the way up. I am an LCI, and I have taught "How to Choose a Bike" classes. I assure you, the level of ignorance among the general public is breath taking. People really think that MCRB's will make them 10 MPH faster than a normal bike. When I do the "One MPH faster for every 12 pounds" math and show them that the difference in their commute time is more like 30 seconds, their eyes open up. Then I tell them that they spent more time than that putting on their special shoes and jersey. The Dutch know that...Americans do not.
Doug On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 2:51:09 AM UTC-7, George Millwood wrote: > > > The Dutch love bike racing but the country is awash with normal bikes. I > have friends who live in Hilversum, a village outside of Amsterdam, and it > is a real education to sit at a cafe in the shopping centre there and watch > the horde of people turn up on normal bicycles to shop at the supermarket, > go to the chemist, get a snack all on bicycles. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
