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[@Masterbeer1564]

im dutch, and i recently moved houses all by myself and used a cargo bike. i never got a drivers license because i really don't need it. cargo bikes are amazing

[@tisketisja5528]

@@Eelis0 oww dont be such a grammar nazi, you know what he/she means. Not everyone speaks English as perfectly as you do Mr/Mrs Perfect

[@Mysterio2243]

@@Eelis0 To be fair, he probably doesn't have huge furniture and 10 trips if the trip takes 5 minutes isn't that much TBH. Also you can spread it out over a couple of days.

[@meike7507]

Yes, I am Dutch. I have moved houses using a bike. A normal bike. Bigger pieces friends helped me move them. But most was done on bike. You get creative if you do not own a car. Excuses for my English grammar.

[@Blackdeath-sj8hq]

same here for the bigger things i asked someone to drive but most things i did myself on the bike i allways managed without a driver license

[@letheas6175]

Glad to see you returning to content like this (and be more active in general) good stuff. Your vibe always relaxes me intensely, you're such a chill person :)

[@JacobBax]

In one his videos he explaned they had a shipping container with stuff send to the netherlands, and there was some space left so they could fit in the bakfiets.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

4500 for a bakfiets is a lot, but what you get for that is: - daily exercise - no gas costs - cheap repairs (compared to repairs on a car!) - no taxes - your children learn that a bicycle is a means of transportation, not a toy - low carbon dioxid footprint.

[@unconventionalideas5683]

It's also Canadian Dollars, so...

[@elsotto3314]

I'm almost 65 and I ride my bike for fun and for shopping and when it's raining just put on the right gear and stay dry, as my mom used to say " you are not made out of sugar, you won't melt ". It's lovely and it makes me feel much more independent. When you are a bit depressed or down or frustrated, just get on your bike and ride!

[@Julia-lk8jn]

@@Eelis0 makes sense, having something pushed at you is a good way to spoil it forever. Sorry to hear that cycling was messed up for you, it's such a great way to learn new surroundings. Weird thing: that sentence was part of my childhood, too, but in strong rain my parents would drive me to school. There probably was a school bus, too, but unless the weather was awful, cycling was better: quieter and a more independent.

[@DidierWierdsma6335]

Hey Charlie what you said about Canada being similair to Belgium is so true LOL. Belgium has a Dutch and a French speaking population. Canada has a English and a French speaking population. Bakfietsen are awesome indeed love them. Other than that a great video/reaction keep up the great work Charlie👍 And greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱

[@Welgeldiguniekalias]

Belgium looks worse than even places like Helmond though. I understand Belgium also has many nice squares and fancy buildings, but if you go to a random residential street it gets real ugly real quick.

[@sutreB]

@@karin2573 Because it has a name to visit. Most of the times if a branche or city is popular, you pay to much money for commercial show/stuff or status. Cars in particular, Volkswagen has a good reputition, but is is not any better anymore than other brands. Still people pay gladley more if it is a Volkswagen..

[@astraeetje5048]

It's funny how you talk about the guy looking like Eminem at 6:15 without noticing that he's not having his hands on the racing steer... didn't you notice or have you become so used to seeing that 😂

[@margreetanceaux3906]

There’s one three wheel bike that is substantially more stable, and that is the Nihola. The designers managed to lower the bottom of the bucket below the axle, which brought down the centre of gravity.

[@MartinWebNatures]

Nice reaction video Charlie !! Keep them coming👍

[@Julia-lk8jn]

I haven't seen those "why do you stop the video so much" comments, but they must have been really biting. Come on, somebody complained about something inconsequential - does that really come as a surprise? I would think that happens on every video with more than 20 comments. Take it as a sign that you are a real, honest to God KZbinr now. (Like having to worry about being demonetized, I guess.)

[@DougBrown-h1n]

There's quite a few two wheeled bakfiets popping up in my part of London - some for kids, and others (electric assisted) for goods.

[@ZaimoZaragazzo]

What I am surely know is that one can have a bike insurance also a build in track and trace system.

[@hebijirik]

Food for thought regarding the speed/time: I also live outside of a city. I can get to work by car in 25 minutes (one way). When I go to work by bike it takes me 1 hour each way partly because of longer route avoiding too dangerous roads. So I can spend 50 minutes a day (if no traffic jams) being a car driver and it gets me to work and back. Or I can spend 2 hours a day cycling and it gets me to work and back and it also gets me 2 hours of aerobic excercise that keeps my asthma in check without needing medication and keeps me fit and feeling well. And it is way cheaper per km than driving. If I want the same benefits while going to work by car then I have to add that exercise after I spent the 50 minutes driving. So then it costs me 2 hours and 50 minutes every day to get the same result. The only way driving can save me some time is if I give up the benefits of cycling. The choice is not simply 50 minutes by car vs 2 hours by bike. The choice is spending extra 1 hour 10 minutes a day to save money and stay healthy or save that time at the cost of some money and health. Everyone should have the freedom to decide which option they like better. But when no safe path from home to work exists because it is all highways and nothing else then this freedom of choice is taken away from you.

[@20windfisch11]

I always find it funny how people say they save so much time by driving, only to go to the gym and immediately spend that saved time riding a stationary bicycle. In the end they have to work a second shift (I don’t find the gym to be fun) and don’t have more time either.

[@hebijirik]

@@20windfisch11 If they want it as funny as possible they also ride escalators from the parking lot to that gym...

[@kailahmann1823]

and now imagine every single road to have a save bike lane, so you don't need those detours.

[@coverhoeven2904]

Thats the great thing about a small, flat country. We dont need the car as bad as in the US. Heck, you can cross the country on a bike in a day

[@Judith_Remkes]

3:03 When my son rides on my bike with me, he sees my back. When we ride in the car, he can see out the windows. My son prefers the car 🤣

[@JohnHazelwood58]

Man, you need to try an e-bike! It's fun! In genereal! I don't mean the "bakfiets" ... With a good e-bike you can reach almost effortless a speed around 30mph - uphill! Don't do it, it's dangerous! :) Beside of that: We road our e-bikes around a extrem large lake in Germany - with the kids on their own bikes! We are talking about a distance of 40 miles we rode! That was a lot of fun and really easy to do! It's an experience! :)

[@patrickhendrikskingston9303]

That guy was Eminamsterdam

[@20windfisch11]

About the prices: high quality recumbent trikes can run you up to around €13000, that’s about $14000. It’s because of the smaller amount of bikes produced and the high level of work that has to be done by hand.

[@yvonnedijstelbloem1187]

its alll about the distance charlie ..... we live close to everything you need .

[@charlotte89726]

Haha, dog fiets 👍

[@Alhamdullillah]

I've been using the bakfiets for all my kids until they went out on their own to school. I replaced it after I learned about the electric versions.

[@autohmae]

NotJustBikes is one of the bunch of KZbinrs who is part of Nebula, which at the time had a great deal for Curiosity Stream as a bundle.

[@autohmae]

3:27 I like how he had to add: Dutch angle 🙂

[@chrissie0061]

Eminem! 😂 He looks like it, yes. Love your reaction

[@mavadelo]

You would think (re)importing that bafiets is probably expensive and I assume in the case of bakfiet/fiets it might be a bit but I was surprised to learn that an American friend of mine who now lives in the Netherlands, only paid $1000 to have his Cadillac DeVille imported to the Netherlands. 6:10 meh maube he looks a little bit like him, looks a bit Shady but does it really Mathers? Maybe if he Stands up?

[@ilonkagootjes858]

65 Miles= about 100 km. Electric bakfietsen go around 16 Mph with little effort. So you just need a bit more time. It's not like you would be sweating all over the place. 😊

[@TonyNL87]

I finally got my new bicycle!! It's an e-bike! My normal bicycle got stolen a month ago😅 Bike theft is insane here... on a clear day!! And it was the most garbage bicycle they stole from me!😂 I was mad at first but now I have an upgrade! E-bike!!😁 Made a 40 mile trip on the e-bike and it felt like 0 miles!!!😂 But they are not gonna steal my new e-bike.. I have a chainlock for a motorcycle.. a heavy duty frame lock... and I have a gps tracker hidden inside my e-bike. It did not come with the bike but after spending 1300 bucks I thought it was a good idea to hide a gps tracker inside. I can set a small safe zone around the bike and when it leaves that safe zone I get a notification on my phone and can track the bike and thieves down myself because the cops don't do shit about it!😅 A bicycle is vital for me because I have PTSD so traveling with the bus or train is not really an option. it's also my only way of getting my groceries home. It means everything to me.

[@Peacefrogg]

Buck feets is what it sounds like. Funny thing buck feets is a famous dutch cookie: bokkepootje. So no matter if you mean bakfiets or buck feets, it is always typically dutch.

[@ptttelepost8814]

that's not an bakfiets, that's an long john from danmark, an bakfiets got three wheels, an long john two wheels...

[@Shindinru]

I know they like to complain about America being so car centric but they can't fathom just how big it is. For example, in terms of sq. Mile/Km, the entirety of the Netherlands is about the combined size of New Hampshire (ranked 44th by size) and New Jersey (ranked 46th) combined. Alternately it's about 3/4 the size of West Virginia (ranked 41st) I'm currently out in the mid-west (Kansas) visiting family for the holidays. The nearest settlement with more than the most basic facilities is about 24km (15mi) away by bike. That's one-way, so 48km round trip.

[@bararobberbaron859]

Car centric and an over abudance of single family home zoning, meaning cities sprawl and sprawl, to the point that due to no/not enough mixed use zoning, you are 15 miles away from useful things. I'm less than 1 mile from my GP, the hospital, 3 different supermarkets, electronics stores, hairdressers, something akin to a Home depot and some other stuff I'm forgetting. So walking or cycling makes sense, due to useful zoning for higher density living. With the US being so terrible zoned and low density, it's hard to 'pull together' a community. But 45% of trips taken in the US are less than 3 miles, so even for Americans you're kind of an exception. And I can fathom just fine how big it is, but where's the relevance? Not like you're trying to go from New York to Vegas rather than say 54th to 73rd within New York. If you have no density, and senseless zoning, then yeah, it wouldn't work, but its not due to the Netherlands being small and the US being big.

[@LA_quan]

15:00 - No its a bark-fiets.

[@marcovL1970]

I use my fiets kar alot also nice option

[@atvheads]

I have an e bike, but in Swedish winter, it don't work so good.

[@marcusfranconium3392]

Well the electric motor is not new as they used to have mopet 2stroke engines on the older bakfiets . for longer trips or heavy cargo .

[@uncle_matula]

a few days ago I assembled a cargo bike with a wooden box, I can say it really sucks :D

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

M&M are small chocolates here... he doesn't look like that, you probably mean the rapper with the european haircut.

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

bak with an ah, not the english a as in say or as in check. ah as in arbour... or harbour

[@Doortjes51]

I love the bike greetz from Veenendaal

[@maxw7118]

Belgium route are like Belarus route never compare them to Dutch route

[@kailahmann1823]

the Netherlands have speed bumps, Belgium has potholes :)

[@maxw7118]

Speed bikes go 45 km /h that's 28 miles per hour ty are scary fast.

[@gerbentvandeveen]

I have a car and an electric bicycle. When I go to work, it is 4 km by car. Something with a Mile. And by electric bicycle 3.4 km. At a speed of 25 km/h. on the bike. Am I faster than by car, at 50 km/h. Ps 1 mile is 1.6 Km/h. And on the water speed on the ground.(SOG) is 1.8. Greetings from Spakenburg, Netherlands.

[@DjangoGroen]

I live in the Netherlands and I don't see them that much. Maybe 1 a day

[@KeesBoons]

I life in a relatively small town, and I see them every time I leave the house. During the hours the schools starts the line up for the traffic lights has become rather extensive.

[@DanDanDoe]

I guess it depends where you live, but in many cities with a decent population of young families you'll probably see them a lot.

[@opoxious1592]

The battery bakfiets are not enviromental friendly at all.

[@erikbehaeghel]

Flanders is not the same like the Netherlands buildings , streets and the culture is differently the only thing the language is almost the same

[@Dutch-linux]

but a electric bike or bakfiets can get high speeds not as fast as a car but still .....

[@darrellbeets7758]

dont keep comparing it to a 2nd hand vehiecle its kinda triggering, u can just buy a old beaten down bakfiets....4500 nieuw with all options versus 50k....cmon charlie

[@albertkassenaar7735]

Charlie i love your chanel but dont compare Canada/USA to Belgium/Nederland there is NOTTING to compare

[@maryannecomment3302]

The bakfiets is not a car-replacement. A bike is also not a car-replacement and a bakfiets is a bike, where one can bring goods or kids to a nearby place (bike distance). A lot of people in the Netherlands cannot afford a car, or they cannot afford the gasoline for short distances. And some places are difficult to reach by car. Like auto-luw centers of a town or a village, or when it is not easy to park nearby. Not everyone in the Netherlands likes a bakfiets, but it can be useful. I never owned one. I went by bike or on foot or by car if I had to go to work as well.

[@jokami1051]

"bakfietsmoeders" are a total danger to society and to their own kids... It's not even funny...

[@GiblixStudio]

women are a danger in traffic despite the mode of transportation though :D Vrouw achter het stuur, bloed aan de muur

[@jokami1051]

@@GiblixStudio statistics say otherwise but yeah that's a good saying in dutch indeed.

[@KeesBoons]

Would be nice if you could explain that one. Doesn't even make the least bit of sense.

[@jokami1051]

@@KeesBoons they Use their kids as leverage in traffic... which is not cool...

[@KeesBoons]

@@jokami1051 That's a perception I can't relate to. If anything they seem to be more cautious than without children.

[@tetaomichel]

During my life i have transported almost everything with bikes. And our women have healthy bodies because they bike a lot. It's all profit when you think about it. With cars there is often mention about costs. For Dutch children a bike is pure personal freedom. I went everywhere (other cities) with my bike when i was younger. If i had to pay for gas i would have go nowhere as a child.

[@molotovtheholy2292]

@@Eelis0 It's fine, you like riding the cars, a lot of people don't want to drive the cars. But if in your opinion, driving is better, and everyone's doing it, then there will be NO road capable of handling HUGE amount of traffic. Netherlands the way it is is perfect: Safe, Clean. It's enjoyable to ride a bike here, it's enjoyable to drive here.

[@papamaanbeerVideo]

stop the video every time you need to. im here for the reaction. i can watch it un interupted on the original channel. i love notjustbikes

[@HansKeesom]

Important to note they became very populair once they became electric. The battery allows you to use the bike for trips you otherwise might not have the legs for. If you live 12 minutes from work, by car, a good electric bike might take the same of double the time. If the weather is good, turn off the support and use it as a workout. Certainly on your way home. Will save a lot of time going to a gym.

[@kailahmann1823]

depending on the location you may even be faster on a bike - because bicycles are almost immune to congestion and can use shortcuts.

[@sutreB]

@@kailahmann1823 To my destination it is 14 km, 13 min by car, 35 minutes with an electric bike (27km/u). This isn't to bad, but no car in a village (we do have a trainstation) is just not possible to live a life (I was not aloud to drive past 6 months). The only thing you can do is covert oxigen into CO2..

[@gedeuchnixan3830]

One who thinks 3 wheel bakfiets are unstable just doesn´t know how to ride them, never had an issue making a turn while going 45 km/h. If you ride them like a regular bike no wonder if you turn over, you have to think of it like a car going too fast into a turn meaning: you´re at the outer side of the road turning early to hit the lane on the inner side and let it drift out to the outer side again, you know like racing a car?

[@KeesBoons]

No, I don't. I've never raced a care. Physics prove you wrong by the way. You can compensate, but they are less stable in turns.

[@gedeuchnixan3830]

​@@KeesBoons Don´t twist my words dude, I didn´t say they´re as stable as two wheelers I just said they´re only unstable if you don´t know how to ride them which is 100% correct respons to the words used. Don´t twist my words just trying to be a smart ass. And wanna know the real kicker? You just got outsmarted by a guy whom´s team just won and had 5 beers and smoked about 1gr already at 3:40p.m (actually it´s 15:40, in europe we can count past 12), sucks trying to be a smart ass doesn´t it? And you know what´s really funny? I don´t even have a freaking drivers license and never got one and still understand the PHYSICS of driving you´re talking about 🤣

[@lindaraterink6451]

12 min car ride in the Netherlands is about 30 min bike ride. To Dutch it is like driving for a american to the next state. If you live in a hilly area though it might take you a little longer.

[@vincentmeier]

Okay, I do own a pedelec, goes 48 km/hr. Can do about 40 km on a charge. ( in wintertime) I cycle in 30 min about 20 km, that’s almost the same time with car… so I think it’s a great alternative to a car, just get a proper raincoat and rain pants…

[@leonaessens4399]

A "bakfiets" is nothing new in The Netherlands. They've been around at least since the 1920s. I had one 60 years ago.

[@scruf153]

I do not own a car living in Alabama I use a bicycle and a E bike most everything is within a 5 mile radius

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

bek is the mouth of an animal it is not a bek fiets lol

[@renekuipers4563]

They are not cheap these bakfiets..

[@ashortone]

That bakfiets now New is 4000€

[@dennisvanslingerland2258]

1 mijl = 1,6 km

[@jvos]

Dogfiets is a nice one 😊

[@basbeest2238]

Great video! Never apologize for pausing though....people complaining about that should just watch the original. Like exactly what you say @7:48

[@GiblixStudio]

you could get a new bike each year. but if you take care of it... I recently had to buy a new bike. because the old one was 22 years old and replacement parts weren't made for it anymore. and replacing the spokes in the wheels is close to just buying a new bike entirely. for 800euro you got a good solid bicycle for a single person with a child seat on the back for my daughter. I'm 40 and don't have a car license. Let it expire about a decade ago since you don't need a car most of the time. And the very few times I do for an extended vacation... just lease one for a month.

[@UnflatteringRat]

Love the video,s Charlie , i do follow you for a long time and like you,re content. always relax and good vibe 👍💪✌️. Greatings from the Netherlands 🇱🇺 from ( Limburg ) .

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Babboe as in Malay "babu", female babysit.

[@Phiyedough]

Many years ago in UK they were used for selling ice cream.

[@autohmae]

That Canada and Belgium analogy hits hard !

[@toaojjc]

Bakfietsmoeders usually are Karens too.....😅

[@Welgeldiguniekalias]

Bakfietsen are overrated. You can move two kids on a regular bicycle without blocking the entire cycle path; one in the front and one in the rear. Just make sure your bicycle frame and handlebars are steel and not aluminium or another lightweight material. For grocery trips, you use fietstassen and/or a backpack. A modern bakfiets is more of a status symbol than a practical cargo bike.

[@lolololol7573]

Honestly though it's still better those who have it as a status symbol ride on of those than a big SUV. I'm fine with it!

[@lenasmith5927]

A wanted to watch but you ceep stopping the video en tolk tolk to much 😏😏😏

[@UnflatteringRat]

We don,t matter its Charlies channel and he does make his video,s how he wants . Thats why this is a reaction video . You don,t have to watch . 👍

[@Julia-lk8jn]

@@UnflatteringRat I think the three winking emojis may or may not point to irony, but as I keep saying when people try to advertise Space Troopers to me: just being a parody doesn't mean it has to be any good.