Dutch Bike Co Weblog

Just thought everyone might like to know what happens when Dutch Bike Chicago heads over to Dutch Bike Seattle. Watch until the end to see who forms the head.  Who is that guy?

Did you know that 35% of Copenhagen's population - 550,000 people - ride their bike to work or school each day? Today I added RSS feeds for two superb Danish bicycle blogs: Cycleliciouness and its sister blog CycleChic. The former focuses on the Copenhagen's bike culture and the latter focuses on the fashion of women and bikes. Very nice.

To the hills! If we're debunking flat myths, we simply must take a trip to Switzerland. The city of Basel is built on the steep banks of the Rhine and yet 23% of journies are made by bike. And in Bern, where many roads have a gradient on the steep-o-meter of 7%, the percentage is 15%. In reality, there are not many situations which preclude the use of a bicycle.

Read Debunking the Flat Country Myth to see that hills are not an impediment to cities having high rates of bicycle use. Neither latitude nor weather seem to be impediments either.