Bike ride on the MaasWaalpad 2020

[@jam6636]

wide and smooth bike paths, beautiful houses with flower gardens, healthy forests with plenty of birds chirping, this is truly an exceptionally beautiful place

[@RolandRides]

Very hard to write any new comments, as the cycling infrastructure of the Netherlands is just without comparison 🤪 Thanks for sharing, I love those "let's ride" videos. 👍

[@Markuden]

And they still are improving it every day obsessively. I believe they even go so far that when there is a accident (no matter how big or small) they will review the spot and if it is possible to improve. In my small village of 50k people there is ALLWAYS multiple places with (big) roadbuilding. Even if the roads are only there for a few years they have found a new way to improve them. Kind of the same goes for our car speedways. You will know immediately when you enter Belgium for example. Altough I believe that first road patch they have improved haha.

[@jonobuckley3215]

No litter!!! No broken glass!!! Love it!

[@driewiel]

Under the green sky in the blue sun The tin wind band plays in a large rain barrel There it travels over the hills and through the large forest The long procession into the mountains of the circus Jeroen Bosch And we talk and we sing and we all laugh Because behind the high mountains lies the land Van Maas and Waal

[@herosstratos]

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[@markovermeer1394]

Nice to see how they found routes through nature in such populated region. Especially the long tracks of "fietsstraat" (bikes have preference over cars) in the fist minutes are fast.

[@CARambolagen]

Beautiful bike track!

[@OasisMain]

I absolutely love how bike friendly your cities are. I wish America had more bike routes such as these, there are only a few cities which stand out but nothing like this

[@xSCHEF]

These are tiny teeny villages he’s passing though.. it truly is a well designed network involving every single municipality in the country. So great and you will only notice after going abroad how lucky we are with it

[@OasisMain]

@@xSCHEFI think the standard has been set for the cities of the future!

[@ofjeworstlust69]

@@lucasrem only Amsterdam qualifies as a city? Really?

[@tetrabeetle8630]

@@lucasrem The entire country of the Netherlands is connected in this way. If there wasn't a planned, concerted effort to build such a system of infrastructure, size wouldn't really matter. Most US cities could have similar bike infrastructure, but don't. My elementary school was only 0.6 km from my house, but it was too dangerous to bike or walk to it. There were no bike lanes, sidewalks or even shoulders on the 64 Kph road. There doesn't need to be a bicycle superhighway connecting LA to Boston. But that doesn't mean we can't have localized networks in the US.

[@hijtohema]

@@xSCHEF Nijmegen, his destination that he rides through in the last part of the video isn't a tiny village. With a population of around 175 000 it's the tenth largest city in the Netherlands.

[@jefersonnobregadarocha4913]

Acompanhar os vídeos desse canal , aumenta mais e mais a vontade de andar de bicicleta e acreditar que a mobilidade ativa em 2 rodas é possível

[@YalocinicolaY]

Ik woon in Cuijk en het is fantastisch om hier te fietsen, ook richting Duitsland door het Reichswald op de fiets naar Kranenburg.

[@recstoppauseplay]

Always great rides! heel erg bedankt!

[@GuavaBikeJam]

Beautiful bike path, biking through a lush forest...How great is that!

[@henkdekraai5290]

Door deze route fiets ik niet alleen op een prachtig bospad maar ook is het wel 2,5 kilometer korter dan eerder. Geweldig!

[@dercor2012gerlos]

Beautiful recordings. I was born there in Molenhoek. Will this route also go cycling. As a boy you went cycling, with the ferry across the Maas from Mook to Katwijk and then to Cuijk

[@peterjones3557]

It's great that you've finally oiled that chain!

[@peterjones3557]

I was about to complain about your creaky boots but that sounds way too paranoid.

[@BicycleDutch]

I have a different rental bike for almost all rides.

[@peterjones3557]

@@BicycleDutch Just teasing!

[@jasonlenthe8902]

From where I come from, that is a very scenic bicycle ride. But there it is just another day. I'm also impressed you can average 21 km/h on a single speed OV-Fiets. I'd think you'd be pedaling at an unnaturally high cadence at that speed on a single gear bicycle.

[@ethanthevictorianrailfan7030]

Great ride man! Its quite surprisingly calming to sit and watch you ride these beautiful streets. I would just like to know what camera and mount you use and where its mounted as its super smooth and im surprised by how smooth it is! keep up the awesome videos!

[@PendelSteven]

@29:12 And there's the famous St. Annastraat. I slept many times close that point in Nijmegen. And took the bus to the station from that point +-. Even cycled from there to and from station.

[@SoferAmator]

I wish I had something like this in my country... Looks really nice

[@mozismobile]

Interesting to see the gate across the bike path ~28:10. Sure, it was open when you went past but the painted "traffic calming" lines suggest it's often closed. I'm slightly surprised to see that kind of anti-bicycle barrier, it's something I associate with Australia (in unrelated news, I like my battery powered angle grinder a lot)

[@bramvanduijn8086]

The bypass on the right is probably for bicycles. The sign says its a water extraction area, that means its a nature reserve. I'm not sure, but I assume the barrier is there in case motored vehicles start making it a habit to try to come in.

[@royjansen93]

Bram van Duijn dat alle waterwingebieden ook natuurgebieden zijn is niet waar. Je hebt ook waterwingebieden in steden. Daar mag je bijvoorbeeld niet zomaar je auto met zeep wassen buiten.

[@LazyDaisyDay88]

May I ask, do you have an app you use to plan cycle journeys in areas you are unfamiliar with - or is the signage good enough? I was thinking of renting a bike at Schiphol and cycling into Amsterdam next time I'm in NL. Another great video - thank you for sharing the fun! I love the bits of the route that are away from the traffic - so restful!

[@dykam]

You're probably better off taking the train to Amsterdam. While you can reach Schiphol by bike, it isn't exactly the most inspiring area. And I'm not sure you can even rent a bike there.

[@LazyDaisyDay88]

@@dykam Thank you - I do usually catch the train but I just thought it would be fun to do something different. I'll take a look and see what is available.

[@dykam]

@@LazyDaisyDay88 I'd just hurry to Amsterdam and get a bike there, if that's where you're staying. Or find a train to some town nearby, and start there.

[@phonixor]

Signage is good, google maps has a bike mode which is good. But for bike trips all you need is a list of numbers fietsroutenetwerk.nl/routeplanner Before you start just plan route on the map, and you only have to write down the numbers ... which is easier to handle then to have to check a map while cycling, these numbers have signs....

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

At the moment there are 2 of the 4 bikes available at Schiphol. Location and availability of the bikes: ovfietsbeschikbaar.nl/locatie/shl001

[@eduardolerner2]

This is from where to where? Absolutely amaizing infrastructure!!!

[@sirquasi]

it's all in the blogpost: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2020/10/12/ride-cuijk-nijmegen/

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

5:27 someone had a close call there. Can you return your OV-fiets at any station? Or does it need to be returned to the station you got it from? This path cost under €10 million (14.4 km) without the bridge. Germany refused payment for taking care of the Covid patients we didn't have room to take care of ourselves so I think we should gift them a Heerlen-Aachen-Cologne path as thanks (and to link up loads of cycle tourists from Germany to our network/do self-promotion). I'm sure we can then think of some excuse to gift Belgium a Maastricht-Liege path too.

[@weetikissa]

You can freely choose but it's cheaper to return it to the original station. The standard 24h fee is about €4 but returning the bike to a different station comes with a small €10 "penalty." You can keep the bike up to 21 days, and the 24h fee goes up to €5 starting day 4.

[@koenstaal3667]

5:27 I think he was just on the sidewalk. The car was on the road

[@Andy-sj2dv]

Great idea !

[@bleppebleppsson1169]

Groovy! Did you smoke some nice weed by the road?

[@aviationandcars556]

You should cycle through Almere. Almere Stad is nice, Oostvaardersplassen and Oostvaarderbuurt are also very nice to cycle through

[@dennyrachmat1]

Lovely country ride ❤️

[@viEvans9777]

Very atmospheric videos. Would be cool to see it in 4k next time.😉

[@youssefkaddeche7398]

The bicycle crossing at 27:30 seems kind of dangerous. Cars seem to be going pretty fast where children are crossing

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

People uncomfortable with it can turn left there and use traffic lights to cross the road. Then they go straight on along the road and join the path again after about 500m. The whole detour would just add 2-300 meters to the route. But it looks pretty safe to me. goo.gl/maps/np13sUAi8Zukpo136

[@alfklein8155]

Tolle Strecke sind wir auch schon öfters gefahren

[@judithp8552]

😆❤💥greetings from New Zealand

[@amcaesar]

It's a long way from Amsterdam to Cuijk, but I'd love to bike this some day soon.

[@Paul_C]

Bill, just buy a train ticket to take your bike on the train toward Cuijk, exit the train station and find a nice route. Then take the train back to Amsterdam.

[@ilyakogan]

Are motorcycles legally allowed on bike paths? I see one on the Maas bridge

[@bryntownshend6528]

I think that was a moped, and they're allowed on some bike paths in the Netherlands. I think they were allowed here as the sign at the start of the cycleway said cycles and mopeds only. I cant be sure as I'm not from the Netherlands nor do I live there so I could be completely wrong

[@segiatera]

What do you shoot with and where do you mount it? its very stable. Would love to see the cockpit as well

[@LindaCasey]

💖

[@martinvanel3]

I live quite close at the end of the route. I can almost see the windows of my apartment.

[@adrianjohnstone787]

Howcome the town is called cuijk but the spelling on the side of the building in the video’s opening is spelled “cuyk”?

[@BicycleDutch]

That's something of the late 19th century -when the station was built-, but nowadays we don't change ij for y anymore. Unless they are names used often in an international context like Feyenoord and Johan Cruyff. Both were originally with ij too, not y.

[@SanderEvers]

In the Dutch language the letters IJ are often used as a single letter. More info see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJ_(digraph) Which takes the same place as the letter y in the alphabet. (They're not the same though)

[@adrianjohnstone787]

Thank you very much. The more you know!

[@rajaneeshgopinathkuttan9669]

Super

[@Castyk]

👍👍🎬🏍🏍👍👍

[@JVONROCK]

Where do people keep their bikes at home ?

[@bramvanduijn8086]

Mine is in the shed. Most houses have sheds or other forms of locked and dry storage. In the places where you don't have private bike parking options like a shed or storage, you usually have communal bike parking. In the very rare occasion where you have neither (like certain parts of the most space-poor cities like Amsterdam), some take their bike inside their building and hang it in the hallway. This only happens in places where car parking is not an option, so it's not like they have a lot of choice beyond public transit.

[@MrHenkkkie]

@@bramvanduijn8086 In addition to that: if you have neither communal or private parking, most people will park their bicycles in front of the house on the sidewalk. That is one way to recognise student housing :)

[@JVONROCK]

@@bramvanduijn8086 Thank you, I live in Seattle, people put them in their garage or bring them inside. I was thinking you'd have a wet room type entry, for boots, bikes an gear. I have a Radmini, I'm 70 and had to give up riding, These e-bikes got my legs stronger and my balance came back (like they say, once you ride a bike you never forget) I keep it in the laundry room because it has its own door, a tight lockable shed/garage would be nice if you have the room. Love the Future, but life is short.

[@bramvanduijn8086]

@@JVONROCK Laundry rooms sounds perfect if you can access it easily from your front door.

[@Zooz.]

It is legally required for newly built houses to have bike storage, and has been for quite a while. I don't know the exact requirements though I think a communal storage is also allowed.

[@Linda-hs1lk]

Fun. A friend of mine lives in Cuyk.

[@pawernielsbroek3971]

Somome asks something about cycle paths:::dutch YES

[@annabelholland]

40:00 the only cyclist wearing a helmet

[@eggy6857]

Speed pedelec. Helmet is mandatory because the bike gets up to 45 km/h.

[@pawernielsbroek3971]

Yea the only one lol

[@alexmorgan3435]

36:20 There are still inconsiderate selfish hogs where ever you happen to ride.

[@mac6]

Then they went through a red light and could have got hit by a car!

[@09conrado]

Riding side by side is very normal. In fact it is exected behaviour and the tracks should be designed for a social riding experience. That's why I think much of this route was not wide enough.

[@haakman123]

"inconsiderate selfish hogs", what are you talking about? The bromfietser(moped rider)? That's quite normal here

[@Andy-sj2dv]

@@mac6 I'm sure they went through the red light because there were NO CARS and saved a long wait.