Autumn colours in a recreational bike ride

[@KJSvitko]

Every child should be able to ride a bicycle to school safely on protected bike lanes. Every city should become a bicycle city. Transportation planners need to include bicycles in their transportation plans.

[@HigherQualityUploads]

Except for San Francisco, perhaps. They have too many hills for bikes to be feasible.

[@KJSvitko]

@@HigherQualityUploads Electric bikes are great for hills. That is one reason so many older adults are buying them. They are pedal assist meaning that it senses when you are having a harder time pedaling and it assists you. Test one out you might find you like it.

[@maxnewts]

@Kenz300 x if only there were more people like you promoting such amazing ideas!! Thank you!!

[@maartjewaterman1193]

@@HigherQualityUploads Bicycles have gears.

[@robertcraane7910]

@@HigherQualityUploads Ever heard of e-bikes?

[@GreenJimll]

Great, relaxing video of the superb Dutch countryside and cycle infrastructure. And thank you for the health update on the blog - I'm glad to see you can still get out and cycle around!

[@dutchman7623]

Mooie, en bekende, rit. Wat is alles nog groen, hoop dat de novemberstormen nog even op zich laten wachten! Met zoveel blad aan de bomen kan er flink wat schade ontstaan. Goed om te zien dat er zoveel mensen buiten zijn en van het najaar genieten.

[@MrDiaz-zc6pp]

Good luck on the surgery Mark. Stay strong!

[@recstoppauseplay]

Wonderful video again and a great look at Nederland. We could see your camera mount in the shadow which was very interesting. Amazing how you get such a smooth ride over some rougher terrain. Funny how I look both ways before your crossing of a busy road and I see my room on either side of my rollers. Great old habits. I also wanted to ask about the lack of evergreens in the countryside, do evergreens not grow well in Holland?

[@pbilk]

What a peaceful ride and beautiful ride! 😊

[@ravingcyclist624]

Awesome ride. Very enjoyable! I'm finally able to ride again. I focus on the amount of time I ride, not the distance. :-)

[@محمدزروقي-ش1ش]

Bike riding is fun Especially in Dutch cities

[@BaldurvanLew]

De woonwagenkamp Moerputten is onlangs vernieuwd en in 2019 zelfs uitgebreid, ongetwijfeld heeft dat tot extra veerkeer geleid. Terwijl op de kamp zelf een 30 km/h limiet geldt heeft de gemeente doodleuk bedacht dat 60km/h velig zou zijn tussen de fietsers op de Vlijmenseweg. Ik ben verbaasd als ik dit zie.

[@youssefkaddeche7398]

What is the attitude behind protected cycling infrastructure in rural areas? You rode on a road without any specific cycling infrastructure at 40:20. Is it safe?

[@betula2137]

From my minor knowledge, whilst it is not ideal for complete safety, it still has more infrastructure for it than most rural roads in other countries. On the edges of the road, there were different pavings, and it is one lane. This optically narrows the road, and usually forces drivers to slow down to be more careful (felling that they have less leeway in the case of an accident). Therefore, the driver has to take care when overtaking or passing another car, or a cyclist. Because it doesn't seem to be that busy, there is still enough space for these manoeuvres, and it is no real inconvenience to do so. In such a rural setting, it may not have made practical sense to construct a separated or larger on-road cycleway. Luckily, Dutch drivers are likely more careful due to these measures, and from the abundance of cycling. BicycleDutch has a video on cycling lane recommendations in different situations, including advisory lanes which are a bit less certain on standards.

[@ingmarsteenbergen2619]

We like to call those narrow roads 'Farmer roads' as you often find them in areas that are low dencity zones with nature and farmland. You will only see these roads if there is an high flow main road nearby to deal with most of the traffic. Because of that these small roads are handling little traffic. Because of the calmness these roads are safe. Keep in mind that Dutch drivers know how to deal safely with cyclist, often their own children cycle to.

[@jandouwes6149]

@@ingmarsteenbergen2619 Also, as a rule, single lane rural roads are 60 kph.

[@velodub2758]

@@ingmarsteenbergen2619 Not all it seems. Despite the busyness of the road the driver at 1:05:52 seemed like they didn't want to slow their speed at all. I wonder how safely they passed the cyclist that Mark had just passed going the other direction.... Any half-aware driver would know how unpleasant it is to be passed fast and close on a bike.

[@qqnqqpart]

@@velodub2758 K-733-NV is the numberplate of that vehicle if anyone wants to (and knows how to) report that motorist, the speed can be approximated from the video using static markers like the distance between the poles, youtube videos can be played frame by frame by using the comma and fullstop/period (, and .) keys by default.

[@marcosd.b.9018]

Lindo lugar, bela pedalada, me senti como se estivesse pedalando. Muito bom. Parabéns pelo trabalho. Saúde.

[@qqnqqpart]

Great video! I hope your health is alright Mark! Did the operation and rehabilitation go on as planned? Wishing you a speedy recovery

[@RAWDernison1]

7:18 ... het mooiste wieler-shirt na de regenboog-trui komt voorbij ... Suggestie / aanrader: door de duinen, je kunt tegenwoordig van Scheveningen naar Den Helder. Ik adviseer Wijk aan Zee naar Bergen aan Zee. Mooi, kop in de wind.

[@RAWDernison1]

@@dimrrider9133 is dat een klein kind op je foto/duimnagel?

[@b_lee2003]

Might be a weird question, but I’m American and we don’t have this type of infrastructure where I live - are there apps similar to Waze, but for the cycling routes? So essentially, you can type in where you want to go and it shows you turn by turn how to navigate to your destination?

[@mvdp3784]

Yes

[@NS-gr9cy]

Do you like being Dutch?

[@lowiebovens.]

No.

[@NS-gr9cy]

@@lowiebovens. why?

[@steemlenn8797]

@@NS-gr9cy Probably because of all the envious people that outnumber you so much.

[@NS-gr9cy]

@@steemlenn8797 Don't understand. You mean you have a lot of people envious of one another?

[@steemlenn8797]

@@NS-gr9cy No so many many people are envious of the dutch. That's why they don't like it.

[@WalkingArchive]

I've come around to the idea of making a road on which cycle paths can be established (as is currently proposed by a number of councils in the UK). I'm not sure I see the justification. It's a small area where people do not use the bikes (and it's a cycle path, not a road).

[@leomoon6672]

Very nice 😘😘

[@dragoncivicnola]

I'm laughing in surprise because i have the exact same road kit as the guy passing at 07:25 time marker XD

[@georgecostanza831]

mooi.

[@dainiusm5436]

👍

[@Manlop26]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@HigherQualityUploads]

Broke: walking through rainy Tokyo Woke: biking through sunny Amsterdam

[@RAWDernison1]

15:30 A bell is mandatory on a Dutch bicycle, while a firm "Pardon (me)" or "Pas op" (Beware!) is the pervert method. And there’s always decency, especially recreational. Are you in a hurry, mate ?

[@MrDiaz-zc6pp]

He was very decent. Rang 5 times, then said "Pardon" and thanked them afterwards.

[@koene2276]

You don't want to get stuck behind a slow-moving older couple cycling side by side

[@RealConstructor]

@@koene2276 I’m always being caught up by older people on e-bikes. It is demotivating how fast they ride away from you. It’s the world upside down. LOL

[@AmbachtAle]

I think you meant preferred, not pervert.