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Old 09-25-19, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by mr_bill
But about the only people I can think of who would HATE to ride in Amsterdam are people who ride to suffer.

Slow down and smell the tulips.

-mr. bill
Nothing new about hating on Dutch bicycling infrastructure - The two most prominent Johnnies of Vehicular Cycling have a long history of unfounded hating all things related to Dutch cycling because it doesn't fit their scheme of efficient cycling. https://departmentfortransport.wordp...dutch-context/
and
https://departmentfortransport.wordp...about-holland/

A related sub specious of cyclists who may hate to ride in Amsterdam are those who are devotees of the two Johnnies and believe cycling task number one is maximizing so-called efficiency and speed for every ride regardless of location or destination. They seem to believe that their priority placed on so-called efficiency and maximum speed per output of effort trumps all other cycling concerns like practicability, comfort and/or pleasure.

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