Why Dutch Bikes are Better (and why you should want one) Reaction!

[@Dutchviking89]

Highly Combustible Reacts: "NO GEARS?! what do you do on a hill?!" Me: "Hills?"... laughs in Dutch

[@Tuinierenopstrobalen]

My thoughts exactly! What hills? 😂

[@black4pienus]

For us Dutchies riding over a viaduct or bridge is a hill. lol.

[@BoyRoy18]

Just paddel harder XD

[@black4pienus]

@@mitchey92 Limburg? Waar ligt dat dan? lol ;-)

[@Tuinierenopstrobalen]

@@mitchey92 I'm sure Highly would laugh hard when he discovers the height of the Cauberg and Vaalserberg. I wouldn't call it a mountain. Sure it is a little steep, but no climbing gear is needed (and I'm no bitch, Mitch 😉)

[@rvb2986]

We repair our flat tyres ourselves. We only turn to repair shops if something is really broken and needs to be replaced, and even then. It is part of our growing up proces. Every dad learns his kids to handle a flat tyre. Especially if they need to bike for 15km or more to school. It is really not so much fun walking 10km with your bike in the rain and the wind blowing in your face. It is good for building character though, hahaha. The "Lamborghini" bike is actually a "Bakfiets" or cargo-bike. It is used to transport your kids to school or take your dogs and groceries with you. They also come with a tent-like roof.

[@toon25121966]

A bucket of water and some Washing up liquid does the trick😉

[@marktegrotenhuis]

@@toon25121966 washing up liquid? How did you come up with that translation? My gut tells me (and Google confirms) that "dish soap" is used more frequently. 😉

[@darkiee69]

@@marktegrotenhuis British vs American English.

[@joeribaars5481]

I can fix bike tires but a good 50% of the time I just let the repair shop do the work , it takes me unnaturally long too fix it myself and I sometimes rather spend money than time.

[@kittyhendriks4556]

@@marktegrotenhuis afwassen = washing up. At least I think thats the association the writer made, but then I must have been washing off.

[@AnoeskaFelicia]

“How is taking a bike faster than a car?” made me laugh out loud. If you ever come to Amsterdam you should rent a car. And drive in the city centre if you’re feeling brave 😄

[@TomSchillemans]

I think even walking is faster in Amsterdam xD

[@cloudburstrc1633]

i hate driving trough amsterdam or any big city here . they also don't like my oldtimer diesel bus

[@ferrykerkhoven1472]

don`t rent a car in amsterdam. its your own risk. holland is small, u do not want to spent time on traffic jams. very notorious here. are u brave? come to delft, utrecht or rotterdam. i will show u how to ride a bike. greetings ferry holland.

[@jpsholland]

@@TomSchillemans I rush hour, even crawling is faster....

[@stefangrobbink7760]

"How do you get up a hill?" That's the neat part, we don't.

[@polinisr]

Yes we do. I used to go up 2 hills when I went to school every day for years on my 15km trip. It really wakes you up every morning. Getting back home from school was a joy riding down hill

[@flub05]

@@polinisr sjiek jong

[@jouniairplanevideos]

hard trappen

[@mikeboy2457]

We have no hills

[@edipires15]

@@mikeboy2457 except Limburg

[@NotJustBikes]

"ding-dong" It's a nice bell.

[@JozefOtters23]

And we love your videos!! Seeing your videos makes me realise how great it is as being Dutch instead of taking it all for granted..

[@87plank]

We love your channel !! Please keep it up 😁😁

[@dslight113]

its a nice video ;)

[@ramonwilts]

I sell those bells and they are actually called ding dong bells. We also have tring bells. The company only sells accessories for bikes. Saddle covers to keep the saddle dry. Bicycle bags, bells, locks , lights and little cushions to put on the carrier so it becomes a comfortable seat for the person sitting on the back. We sell much to South America and all over Europe. But I have never gotten an order from the US or Canada 😀 . Greetings from Holland ✌🧡

[@FrankHeuvelman]

A dingdong bell...

[@Kokosnoot89]

I laughed when you said "what do you do for hills". As a Dutchie I can say there are several options: 1. I either start peddling very fast so I give myself a boost up to keep paddling up the hill 2. I'll try very hard to go forward but I'll go very, very slow if I miscalculated the hill 😂 3. If the hill's too steep, I'll hop off and walk to the top. That being said.. we don't really have a lot of hills (at least not where I live), which also helps. The only time I really encounter a steep path is when I use the bike tunnels, but since you go down first, you can use that momentum to get a boost

[@robertrijkers4923]

4. get off the seat and stand on the pedals and use your bike as a 'stairmaster'

[@Kokosnoot89]

@@robertrijkers4923 Ah yes, that too 😂

[@Kokosnoot89]

@@RViscara wow, I guess you've got some annoyances stacked up about this 😅 My comment was simply meant to be somewhat funny, yet also to explain how I, as a Dutch person, would go up a steep hill when needed. Simply for educational purposes since he did kind of asked in his video, but I'm sorry I've somehow triggered this reaction from you. And while I do agree that there are people that park their bike in the wrong or in an inconvenient spot due to that ingrained thinking, as you said, please don't assume that ALL Dutch people are like that. The same way that I'm sure not ALL Americans are as you described. I hope you'll be able to let this go and enjoy life a little more ❤️

[@Buboenik]

Don't forget the bridges, they can be hard to get to the top, like a mountain. 😊

[@erikaverink8418]

I never go as hard down as possible in a tunnel, just normal and easy. Why be at the end of the tunnel 10 seconds earlier and be out of breath, just keep a normal pace, without sweating, and if needed i go to the lowest gear of 3. (try it, it's out of nature, but so much more relaxing) And you get passed by e-bikes a lot :)

[@Roggen45]

As a Dutchie I have never gotten use to the brakes on "oma" bikes, I like bikes with handbrakes better. Hills? We're talking about "Dutch" bikes, in Dutchieland we don't have hills 😂🤣😜

[@whyareyoureadingthis1643]

I know right I was laughing so hard with my sis

[@guppy29888]

Ever been to Limburg....? Try that bike here and you'll find out how "awesome" An omafiets is. Especially cycling to school Everyday for years. We were happy to get rid of the omafiets and get one for hills.

[@Roggen45]

@@guppy29888 Sorry but compared to the states the ones in Limburg are bumps in the road, who are we kidding lol. To answer your question: Yes been there many times, and still say we Dutch do not hills 🤭

[@duktig90]

@ C Roggen Try Kopje van Bloemendaal once with an Opoe Fiets and you know we have hills. 10% / Uphill

[@Roggen45]

@@duktig90 I don't ride opoe fietsen, never have and never will, simply because I really dislike those breaks. So no thanks 😝🤣

[@chantalophelia6877]

I love the flabbergasted face troughout the video, he's more surprised than a 5 year old looking at a magician on a birthday party!

[@dutchman7623]

He always does, but this time it was fully genuine!!

[@erikaverink8418]

I loved that also, i am flabbergasted nobody inside the US has introduced the chain case or the slot fixed on the bike (with a chain). My guess is they need a mentality change, using a bike more as a common vehicle for work travel and doing groceries.

[@dutchman7623]

@@erikaverink8418 It is a status symbol, just like their car, house and clothing. The more expensive trademark the more they want it. Fat middle age men on a 'Eddie Merkx' bike that can hardly hold their weight. Just to show they can spend $6000 on something like a bicycle. Only than: 'You made it!' Because 90% of the people cannot effort it. Like a F150 pickup truck, to go from home to the office only 10 miles away.

[@dutchman7623]

Oh, and the bicycle goes with all the expensive trademark clothing, as if they are participants in the Tour de France. When in the USA you will be astonished by rich fat people in costly spandex! Brrrr...!

[@erikaverink8418]

@@dutchman7623 Never been in the USA, and now i have an image of Trump in a spandex on a mountain bike with side wheels in my head, Brrr . I think that is a difference between the USA and the Netherlands, we see and use it as transportation if needed, in the US they only see a bicycle as sport and recreation, and the more you spend on your spandex the higher the status is you get , according to US standards ?

[@Naomi-yd2zs]

You should reaaaally visit Holland when everything turns back to normal. Go to a dutch concert with loads of the artists you did reaction video's of, ride a bike, eat a stroopwafel. And hit us all up, so we can join in with you!

[@renatehuisinga2005]

Omg I'm a 100% sure he would love that!!

[@BlazingDrag00n]

Also, the Netherlands are right next to germany without a real border. you can come over just like that and visit northern germany too. No visa or passport needed. Just a viable ID, just in case and that's it.

[@ArthurElectric]

Never be normal again…

[@computerjantje]

Message from A Dutch guy- 1. Yes the bell sound is real. That was not a computer trick. 2. No gears is not a problem in a flat country like the Netherlands. Just bridges makes you work out a little to get over. 3. Tires are rather sturdy. I never had a flat the last 5 years. So repair shops don't have to be on each corner. 6. The upright position looks about the same as the "normal" position. The difference is that with the normal position you kind of lean on your wrists while you are cycling. With the upright position you don't lean on the steering wheel at all. It has ups and downs to ride a grandma bike. For short city rides (like 5 to 10 minutes rides) the grandma bike is great. When traveling 20 minutes or more, A normal position bike is better as it costs less energy to ride.

[@lindaraterink6451]

Every town village that is of some significance has a bikeshop though. Lets be real here and if it don't there is one very close by.

[@ohsnapsonbro4260]

Heb kevlar banden....zeker eens in de 2 jaar lek 🤣

[@DuckiesLeDuck]

Mijn broer heeft een fiets waarvan de banden al 3 generaties niet lek zijn geweest🤣

[@computerjantje]

@@DuckiesLeDuck houten banden uit de tweede wereld oorlog dus :)

[@lonneketomas1200]

Ik heb een reparatie set in huis. Banden plakken kun je namelijk prima zelf, net als een ketting erop leggen. Da's echt geen hogere wiskunde.

[@sretePtraB]

There are actually more bicycles than people in the Netherlands. Approximately 17 million residents vs. 23 million bicycles.

[@suzikane]

He mentions this on the Geography Now video. Cheers, Suzette #TeamHighly

[@sandravt2168]

And a few thousand at the bottom of the canals…

[@zulawoo]

If yours get stolen, just steal another one to get home :')

[@sandravt2168]

@@zulawoo When I was a child and my mom wanted me to mind my own business, she even said: 'Go steal some bikes!' This is the Dutch version of 'Get lost!' :)

[@zulawoo]

@@sandravt2168 Hahaha. There's always a 'spare bike' at the trainstation

[@J-1-9-8-3-K]

11:14 I’m Dutch, and yes there are bike bells with that sound, but you have multiple kinds of bells 14:24 that’s a ‘bakfiets’ it’s mostly used by parents so their kids can sit in the front. It’s also used to put in groceries

[@skippynoah]

These days many bikes have special tires called ‘anti-lek-banden’ with a special layer in it to prefent a flat tire. Makes a huge difference. I had only 1 flat tire in 4 years where i used to have 3-4 a year.

[@ingridwatsup9671]

For me being without my bike(s) is like loosing a limb. Wind in your face, sun on your nose or snow in your hair, yes sometimes even rain: pure pleasures while riding through changing scenery. Enjoyed the docu.

[@JonasofPersia]

"What do you do about hills?" Dutchy:"What's a hill?" Edit: "Everybody has a bike repair kit?" Try 5 or 6 incomplete ones😂

[@EdwinvandenAkker]

7:15 _"…to crappy to steal."_ Well, I use that principle for my car. I own a Renault Megane. Nobody… just nobody, in their right mind, would consider the car having anything valuable inside. Yet, I use it often for work. And in my line of work I drive around with very expensive equipment. An average camera-set I use is worth about $70'000 And after a days work, I have the raw footage, that can be worth a multitude of that. But, nobody expects that to be in my type of car. Well… unless they read this comment 🤔

[@anma8959]

American and Canadian talking about Dutch bikes, lol! Good to get a different perspective. I will appreciate my beat up, rusty old bike ( in Dutch affectionately know as ‘ oud barrel’) more now. 😉👍

[@Kevichkovil]

@@RViscara no no they are called "stations fiets". Because usually you will find them at train stations

[@dianneblauw]

I just discovered HcX and am having a blast with them. Thank you! Your open mind and questions and all around kindness are a balm for the soul. This video took me back to my childhood: my parents had a bicycle shop. In the seventies we shipped a bike to our Canadian relatives because they couldn't get an upright bike there. When I visited in 1989 I used it .... This one had gears Ontario being much hillier than the Netherlands.

[@guppie19833]

I wanna jump in to the Handbike, cause I have one. Because I’m in a wheelchair I can’t ride a normal bike obviously. So they invented a hand bike, which u litteraly can attach and detach on and off your wheelchair. It basically is only the front wheel with the chain and steering part, cause the back of the normal bike for us, is our wheelchair. And the crank For us in the steering part so we can drive it with the hands.

[@ingridwatsup9671]

Hi Guppie. I didn’t know this smart option existed and I’m Dutch!! Great thanks for the info. Be well and safe. 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

[@guppie19833]

@@ingridwatsup9671 straight after the cargo bike in the clip, the voice over mentioned it for a brief second. Stop the clip straight after the cargo bike and u see one on the left. He calls it a hand cycle. But be quick lol, cause it’s for a millisecond. And otherwise google handbike. And u gonna see loads of them.

[@mariadebake5483]

Yes, my son has that too

[@wilco8729]

The bell on that bike is called a bakfiets bel (cargo bike bell). Insite the bell ( you can screw the top off) you see a lot of gears with 2 rings insite. When you push the handle back and forwards the rings starts to turn back and forwards. On the insite off the top off that bell that you screw off you see 2 ball like points. The 2 rings smash to those 2 balls. And that's how you create that doorbell sound. Ooh and by the way.... We are not just biking on a grandma bike😅. Now the explanation off the lock. The lock is pritty simple. There is a steel bar insite the lock. There is also a spiral spring insite and the lock. When you turn the key (when lockt) the spring will move the steel bar up and your bike is free. Locking it? you turn the key over and punch the handle down and release the key and your bike is lockt. That's the steel bar you are looking at that is sticking out treu the spokes E-bike?? That's a Electric bike. We don't got a lot off hills. Most off the time its flat. It's the Netherlands by the way. But iff you whant to go up a hill we mostly pick up the speed and then padle up. Without the gears? Well.... Good luck with that😜 your legs will BURN

[@imkelucius7862]

Hahahahaha I am from the Netherlands and I just learned that bikes look different outside of the Netherlands 🤣 I just assumed it was the same everywhere in the world.

[@argai1978]

In je hart ben je dus iemand uit de VS, wereldvreemd.

[@sandravt2168]

Waarom meteen zo‘n oordeel? Wees blij dat Imke dit soort filmpjes kijkt en haar horizon verbreedt. En misschien is ze nog jong, heeft nog weinig gereisd etc.

[@EdwinvandenAkker]

9:07 _"…what do you do for hills?"_ Well, welcome in The Netherlands. Hills are banned from this country. If a hill decides to move here, it would be stripped from all it's essence. It ends up being a pit. All it's excess material is deported to the Dutch province Limburg, where they apparently, do have hills. Because of all the extracted hill materials, of course… People in The Netherlands _with_ gears on their bicycles, are just showing of. A gear system on a dutch bicycle is like a brace on dentures, or a trailer hook on a Plymouth Horizon 😉

[@gerrygrouwe70]

The ones with the bleu front tire are rental bikes mostly used by studends the yellow bleu ones are rentals of public transport

[@CaptainMarten]

i saw that there where no explainations about E-Bikes so her it is, those ar bikes with an electric drive chain that works with the power of an battery and only supports by strenght on de cranks/pedals real fun to drive but expensive to buy a cheap e-bike is around 1800 euro's here, the maintenance is also more than a grandma bike and mostly a sportive sitting position. greeting from a bike mechanic in the netherlands

[@wisecat.]

Taking a bicycle is faster than a car. cause almost the whole infrastructure and street design in the netherlands is build for mainly bicycles and pedestrians. and with a supermarket always not more than a couple of blocks away, the bicycle is all you need in the netherlands. Especially in the city a car is useless

[@lonneketomas1200]

My work is 15-20 minutes walk, 5 minutes cycle and outside rush hour at least 20 minutes by car. My bike is in my barn. Car is 2 minutes Walking, 10 minutes riding, finding a parkspot and walk from parking to office. I can park my bike direct in front of my office.

[@jethrogovaart4702]

In-wheel gearing has mainly three gears, although it can go up to seven. Nevertheless, the gearing system will cause some energy loss due to extra friction. So a fix-gear can be handy in a country with virtually no hills. Although, I prefer a geared bicycle. Nearly every household in the Netherlands has a bicycle tire repair set. However, you can go to any bicycle shop, which is many, to repair your tire.

[@dikkiedik53]

I love your reaction, and I don't own a Rohloff hub but.. The Rohloff hub has 14 true gears. Mutually the same transmission ratios between 1:0.279 to 1:1.467. With these ratios, the hub has the same reach as a 3x9 (27 positions not all usable) derailleur. It's a possibility, but very pricy. :-) I allways have a tire repair set with me, but since a few years I have anti-puncture outer tires and self repairing inner tires.. Action shop under € 10 a set. I haven't had a flat tire the last 4 years = 14.000 km.

[@argai1978]

Ik heb 8 versnellingen hoor. 😋

[@corese75]

3 gears is low-budget, 7 is normal, 8 not a lot more expensive but much better. 11 to 14 is for real expensive efficiënt bikes (they are comparable with '27 gear' dérailleurs where the 27 gears have overlap.

[@bruhgamingnl1315]

Just go to the action (store with cheap stuff, I don't know how to describe)

[@aristaeus2514]

9:12 "what do you do for hills?" we removed the hills so we have almost none ;)

[@blabvla2002]

Hehe! tbh I was giggling at 13:01, when he mentioned a bike 'without special gear or custom changes'. But the black bike appearing at that particular moment, was in fact a VanMoof e-bike (electronic bicycle). 😅 And to answer your question at 13:18 about the flat tire: many of us as one of the parents who learned you how to repair a flat tire. A lot of cyclists often carry a smal repair kit with them as well, so they can immediately repair their flat tire and continue their journey afterwards.

[@P0iuytree]

Hahaha laughed so hard about "riding uphill" 🤣 the netherlands is as flat as a pancake. And yes the bell sounds like that! 😁 and basically kids learn to repair their tires themselves 🙃 at least i did. Or just quick repairshop visit

[@dianebaven2457]

The most is right, but try to reach the top of the Brienenoordbrug in Rotterdam with out gears ⚙️🥵🤪😅

[@SatumangoTheGreat]

Limburg might disagree... :-)

[@jessicakoster2543]

The Veluwe disagrees as well.

[@merilicious1594]

As I've already shown in the Discord... "Not Everything In Holland Is Flat" 😂😂

[@dianebaven2457]

@@jessicakoster2543 😂🤣absolutely right!

[@ronaldderooij1774]

Outside the Netherlands you need at least 3 gears on the bike. And yes, in the old Dutch cities biking is faster than the car, cheaper and no parking problems.

[@lonneketomas1200]

Paris is do-able with no gears. Large parts other countries to. I am a long distance cycler.

[@onehandcowboy]

Yep they do make that ding-dong sound 🤣

[@ciskadebart1763]

Oh I am so sorry...so laughing.. 😂😂"what about hills"... Youre so sweet H. So much info about bikes...😂😂 Don't get nightmares of it! Thanks H..your so honest funny reaction! 🙏😇💜🧘‍♀️🌍🙏

[@rodneyr5970]

As if we have any hills in The Netherlands :P

[@ciskadebart1763]

@@rodneyr5970 😉😁

[@OsmosisHD]

My neighbor he makes a living solely out of buying old dutch bicycles in large numbers and he ships them to the USA a few containers full of them every 3 months or so. In the USA he has a small company which restores the bikes and apparently there's a huge margin & market for it

[@22airgun]

I ordered my grandma bike from Amsterdam and it took 4 months to get to Pittsburgh, PA. I couldn’t be happier though. The bell is real, the lights are bright and the position is super comfortable. I have a messed up neck and the position that I ride with this bike allows me to go on long trips again!

[@hedwignl8118]

It’s not a handcuffs Key! It’s the key to the other chain lock 🔐

[@JanBinnendijk]

Learning how to fix a tyre is part of growing up in the Netherlands.. Before i went to highschool, a 7 Kilometer distance, i learnt how to fix my tyres.. got quite handy with it.. With "upright position" we mean sitting upright like on a stool, not hanging down on the handlebars.. Another big advantage of these "old style" bikes is that the steering angle of the front forks is quite large, making it very stable, so we can easily ride with only one, or no hands at all on the bars.. There are also old style bikes with handbrakes, mostly drumbrakes that are not operated by cables, but by shafts and pull rods, and with a drumbrake in the front and the rear wheel, these bikes stop on a dime. If you don't need to go anywhere really fast, and don't want to dress for the ride, these bikes are the ones you want to have..

[@Paul-H]

lol,had a flat tire last week,but for the most of us thats an easy fix,haha

[@BlueStarDragon]

I know of 5 bikeshops in this part of Amersfoort (the Netherlands) E-bike is a bike with an Electric engine. So you can bike in normal mode or in Electric mode. And it has different gears.

[@niekkie555]

Amersfoort has way more bikeshops xD Groetjes uit 033

[@BlueStarDragon]

@@niekkie555 ofcourse. I said: "I know of" .I didn't say "there are"

[@niekkie555]

@N. L.M. Bos oh and I see now that you also said "in this part". I would like to know how many we have tho. Seems like there is at least one in every side street xD

[@JozefOtters23]

You should check more of his videos, they’re great! The comparison between countries is sometimes mindblowing..being Dutch you take this for granted..but the infrastructure is the key to make cycling fast, safe and great! Keep up your video’s too, I love them!

[@danielcurcic1901]

"Ernest goes to youtube" This dude reminds me so much of this precious childhood hero of mine. R.i.p. Jim Varney a.k.a Ernest P. Worrell

[@fragwitz8898]

the posture on a bike is the same as the difference between a "sports" motorbike or a "cruiser" like a harley. On one your back is bent (you're hanging forward) and on the other your back is straight. i can drive the latter longer... uphill isn't a problem , those "grandma" bikes have relatively low gearing. plus, no mountains to climb in The Netherlands, lol.

[@jaccovalkenburg79vdaal]

We repair our own bike.. We got learn how to repair a flat tyre when we are 6 years old by our parents paul.. Every family have repairkitt at home and in the early days 80tis and 90tis in a small bag underneath our sadel.. So we could fix it along the way.. 😂😂🙈🙈😍😍

[@markovermeer1394]

Oh, you hit my favorite channel NJB! The male bikes, with uncomfortable step over bar, had a technical origin: in old days the frame was not stiff enough for the mans power. Nowadays, this support is not needed anymore, as folding bikes prove... now it is tradition: you still see few boys on a girl bike. All NJB videos are really well made.

[@zeikerd]

waar ik woon rijdt geen kerel op een fiets met een stang als ik zo eens rondkijk

[@GrootsChannel]

Meeste jongens op mijn school hebben gewoon zonder stang

[@HannieVousten]

When I was young I always helped my dad with the bikes. I loved the smell of Solution, the glue for the tyres. 🤣

[@somedude5951]

There are no hills in the Netherlands, every place there is flat. Only bridges give some problems to bike riding, and that's only a few meters.

[@Vwall007ST]

Go to the south of province of Limburg, it's called "het Limburgs heuvellandschap" --> landscapes with many hills. So there are indeed hills in the Netherlands, but no mountains. But if you're somebody who thinks Limburg isn't part of the Netherlands, then you're right.

[@moniquev.jaarsveld1353]

your smile is so contagious.🤣😂. I'm laughing too hahahaha

[@ferrie76]

Like these kind of reactions! So much info. Btw, the Netherlands is almost flat so not so much need for gears 🤪👍🏻

[@Jozua86]

My dad's bike is a classic one and comes with a small tyre repair kit in a pouch under the sadle. Those used to be very common, now you pretty much walk to a repair shop, work or home.

[@ndekamper]

I have a handbreak bike actually, with gears. Not that you need them that often, but there is the occasional bridge😁. I live in Rotterdam, cycling often is fasten than driving a car.... probably because I see traffic lights more as colorful traffic suggestions than actual rules ☺

[@dutchman7623]

Those colorful lights are not Christmas decorations?

[@cloudburstrc1633]

@@dutchman7623 i saw them also more like difficult rating. like greenis easy yellow bit harder, and red if you have the balls

[@wimschoenmakers5463]

And if you are member of the Dutch ANWB, you get road assistence ( $33,- a year subscription ) and they come with a truck to repair your tyre, chain or even E-bike battery, within a hour.

[@ilzeschror8370]

The reason why going with the bike sometimes is faster then going with the car is: It is very busy in Amsterdam and on the Road You need To wait for the red traffic lights. We do have special Made cycling routes that are often shorter than if you have to drive around them by car😁👌🏽

[@JTF2402]

Yesss

[@lindaraterink6451]

Since we have more bikes then people. You can be sure there are bikeshops on almost every corner. If you can't find a bikeshop you can go to the hardwarestore similare to your lowes, it would sell any bikepart you want. But also we were practicaly born on bikes, so most do no how to repear easy stuf like flat tires too. Money saving and time efficient wich we like. There is a nother invention anti flat tires! Yes, it is a thing. Mind you they can get flat also, but are way more durable and when they do get flat you are probably due for a new set. So we hardly have to pull out the repear kit any more.

[@Linda-hs1lk]

The small key that's hanging from the framelock belongs to the chain lock that's under his saddle. That bike stand on 8.12 isn't common though. IT's not that almost every bike has one. Mostly bikes have a side stand

[@jannetteberends8730]

This was so much fun to watch. A resume of this reaction video: “I WANT THAT …”

[@snoopyloopy]

"how is taking a bicycle faster than a car?!" most cars actually are rarely used optimally and while it certainly is true that they are "faster" than bikes in terms of the top speed that can be reached, the reality is that they tend to not be faster for many journeys, especially once considering the time necessary to pay for the car.

[@flopjul3022]

and urban traffic is not the fastest for cars especially not in the canal rings of Amsterdam

[@transient_]

Often the road network is designed to separate the different vehicles. And the network for bikes almost always consists of the shorter connections.

[@the11382]

In America You will have a better time with cars, in the Netherlands a better time with bikes. It’s the road network.

[@maui_travels_]

I laughed out loud when uou said 'what do you do when you go up hills' 😂😂😂 we don't have any hahaha

[@xboxdrummer023]

e-bikes are Electronic bicycles that help support you while pedaling. for example with a headwind or if you have to climb a small hill because we don't have big hills 🤣 elderly people often use e-bikes because they then have to exert less force while cycling.

[@the11382]

Dutch people will use bikes even in a hurricane. We’re masochistic like that.

[@Antidote96x]

The blue yellow bikes you can borrow for a week at a bikeshop and a e-bike is a bike that can reach 40km/h with electricity you need a driver license and helmet for it

[@bramvanderklaauw434]

I really enjoyed this one! And I loved your cincere interest.

[@marktegrotenhuis]

The dynamo against the outside of the wheel is actually a little outdated. The downside of this configuration is that when it's raining the tire gets wet, causing the dynamo to slip, causing the dynamo wheel wear out faster. The more the wheel of the dynamo slips, the faster it will wear out and so on. This will at some point result in the wheel getting no grip at all when the tire is wet and then you'll have no working lights. To avoid this problem, modern Dutch bicycles have a dynamo built into the hub of the front wheel to power the LED lights (or sometimes halogen on the front). Some bicycles also have a small battery build into the lights (most commonly the rear light, but sometimes the front light as well) to keep them on for a few minutes after you've come to a stop. This is like a little safety feature which keeps you visible in the dark when you have to wait at a crossing/junction for example.

[@nicole_nmarmer]

E for electric. Electrical support while biking.

[@DenDave_]

13:48 Essentially, bicycles can safely and quickly ride straight through city centers and meet very few obstacles. They usually get priority on roundabouts, which we have a lot of, and cars have to yield on shared streets. In contrast, the fastest route for a car is usually to go around the city, instead of straight through it, because when they go around it they stay on so called distributor roads or even highways, where they dont meet any bicycles and can drive at a high speed.

[@uueyeam6398]

A flat? you repair it yourself on the side of the road. 🤣🤣

[@dianebaven2457]

Or ask your dad nicely 😁

[@dutchgamerX-pt8hk]

I've got the answer for 13:17 in this video, basically. Flat tyres happen but we have the "Buitenband" which means outside band, other countries might not use good ones but we use ones that all have purposes. Some are able to destroy spikes on the road like it was a piece of bread. However even with those it might still happen since there isn't one that can survive forever.

[@Linda-hs1lk]

Not everybody rides a grandma bikes. There are LOADS of different bikes.

[@mariadebake5483]

@@RViscara Most Dutch certainly don't prefer those you mentioned

[@mariadebake5483]

@@RViscara Sorry but I live in the Netherlands too, I'm also Dutch. Born here, raised here, been living here my whole life. So we are used to simply give up and walk away? Really? And sorry, I've tried to buy an omafiets as I described earlier. It's difficult to get a new one without gears. With gears yes, plenty. So please don't talk nonsense like that to a 65 years old Dutch woman

[@Mus.Anonymouse]

Grandma bikes are called like that because of the age of the model. They were not produced for a long time, but then came back as “the bike your grandma used”, the grandma name stuck. That’s the real bell sound though. Most people have a bicycle repair kit and repair themselves. Some let it repair. Schools, workplaces often have repair kits too, so during lunch they can repair. But to put things in perspective, I have not had a flat in a few years. It’s shit if you have a flat, but they’re few and far between.

[@janklas7079]

basically every male in the netherlands know how to patch a flat tire.

[@WolfkingSybren]

Usually when we get a flat tire, we use a bucket of water, a tire repairkit and do it ourselves. unwrap the inner tire and pump it up..then use the water to see where the bubbles come from, put some glue on the litt;le hole and put a bandage on it. It's fairly simple to do yourself, but ofcourse you can always bring your bike to a bike shop and have them repair the leak. Very nice video!

[@ramonwilts]

The bell is a Ding Dong Bell. I sell those in the Netherlands. They do make that sound. It is nice because you can politely warn people without startling them.

[@MarriedWithBackpacks]

YT started suggesting your videos to me. God you're funny man! Really enjoy watching your videos!

[@Snaakie83]

I've learned repairing my flat tyre before I was 6 or 7. Usually I'm done within a minute or 10.

[@Mesmancer]

In the Nethelands bikes are by law required to have front and backlights (yellow or white on the front, red on the back) which can also be attached to clothing. Also compulsory are a white backfender with a red refelctor and also white reflectors in the wheelrim or on the spokes and orange refelctors on the front and back of the pedals.

[@Pasunsoprano]

Steep ass hills are pretty rare in the NETHERlands... By the way, note the seat covers, sometimes even plastic bags. Saddles are sponges and it rains too much to not end up with a soggy bottom on a regular basis. Sometimes there are little tool bags underneath the saddle that contain rubber patches, a piece of sand paper, little tubes and glue. All you need is a bucket of water, dunk your innertube and where it bubbles, there's the hole. Sand it, glue on it, patch. Done! No bucket available, than prepare to use your spit.

[@marktegrotenhuis]

Oh, before I forget (after my two previous comments)... About the bell: The "ding-dong" bell on the omafiets (grandma-bike) has a couple of gears, springs and a double action hammer inside. If you press against the lever, the hammer gets thrown against the thick bottom half of the bell producing a high pitch sound. When you let go, the hammer swings back against the thinner top half of the bell producing a low pitch sound. And that's what makes the bell give you the classic ding-dong sound.

[@youserawaiting3876]

When riding an ‘upstand’ bike your back will be at 90 degrees, so handlebar is positioned much higher than seat and reaching backwards. Sport- and mountainbikes usually have much lower handlebars, at same height or just above seat, having your back at a lower angle. That bell is a typical one found on bakfietsen (freight bikes) from the old days when they were used as main transport by bakeries, milk companies, ice creame vendors, etc. Like a air horn for bike truckers, due its beautifull full sound still very popular.

[@RealConstructor]

Dutch bikes are sturdy indeed. I’m 59 years old and my current bicycle (bought 2 years ago) is my third since adulthood. A Dutch bicycle can last at least 20 years if you maintain it and store it indoors. My bicycle has never been stolen. I used to have a second bicycle, a crappy old one, for parking at the station outdoor racks and it was never stolen. But when the station got single bicycle lockers, wherein my ‘decent’ bike (with gears, very important! ) can be stored during my workdays, I got rid of my second, crappy old, bike. Now that my new bike has gears, my commute to the station has been shortened to 35minutes instead of almost an hour. Maybe I will buy an e-bike (electric bicycle) as a second bicycle and shorten my commute to the station to about 20minutes or I go all the way to my office, which will take me an hour by e-bike. But I get a free business rail card from my employer, so I’m just weighing my options here.

[@mariska21575]

An e-bike is a bike that has a electronic motor built in that assist you while cycling. The bike has a battery you can take off and charge by plugging it into an electrical socket in your home/garage/shed. I've got an e-bike because of my job and it saves me some commuting time. And it's very handy when the wind tries to stop from going forward!

[@Dasypodidae45]

This was a lot of fun to watch. When he was little one of my brothers was actually kicked of the back of the bike by my father just like they said in the video. He survived LOL. There are actually some hilly parts in the Netherlands as well, but they are very limited. I live in a flat part but I like my 7 speed internal hub gear upright bike😉 . It's nice to go to a lower gear when you waiting for a traffic light and be able to accelerate easier. Also the lower gears are convenient when you go over a big viaduct or going up from a tunnel. And of course, don't forget the wind! The higher gears are cool when you have tailwind or when you going downhill from that viaduct! I'm loving it that your broadening your repertoire besides only music, it's cool!

[@FrankHeuvelman]

13:18

[@djbertjetopie]

The average Dutch person cycles around 1,000 km annually and only in the Netherlands that there are more bicycles than people! And-did you know that Dutch old people still cycle even they are 80! With a country of 17.1 million people, there are 23 Million bikes! in The Netherlnands

[@shannontrainer5857]

2 miles a day isn’t much.

[@rebelsbeautycorner]

the handcuff key is for the chain above it. We usally use a lock and a chain when we live in the city

[@QuantumCat76]

Some of these bikes you see have a fully enclosed chainguard, because they either have one gear or a hubgear -so the chain doesn't have to move from left to right as with a derailleur, the chainguards for these bikes will generally cover the top chainguard and the front gear(s).

[@roybuis7646]

13:20 Everyone owns a tyre-repair kit, every supermarket sells one, and there are bicycle repair shops in almost every village or town.

[@iZSee]

Dutch person watching the video😂 Him: 'What do you do for hills?' me: 'nothing, We don't have any.'

[@kaelon9170]

13:26 there are indeed many bicycle repair shops. Perhaps not every 5 doors but there's generally always one within a ~15-20 minute walk. Within a city it's probably closer to 5-10 minutes. Repairing a flat tire usually only takes a few minutes and costs maybe €10-20.

[@JC130676]

9:12 What do we do for hills? Long ago we decided that those pesky hills got in the way of our bicycle riding, so we removed them and used the material to build the dykes. With the hills out of the way our bikes no longer need gears so they're cheaper to build, and we also save money on maintenance. Win, win, win. 😉 13:18 Many people know how to patch a leak and indeed carry a repair set. It typically consists of tire lifters to get the tire off the rim, a leak detector (a small container filled with styrofoam balls and mesh on one side, you move it across the inner tube and when the stryrofoam balls start dancing in the air flow you've found the leak), sandpaper, glue and patches. Once you've found the leak you lightly sand the inner tube to roughen it up a bit, put on some glue, apply a patch, put the inner tube back in the tire, pop it back onto the rim, inflate it and you're good to go again. With a little bit of practice you can do it in 5 minutes, inflating the tire often takes longer. Many bikes used to have pumps clamped onto the frame but those get stolen all the time. People now carry either a mini-pump but those take ages to inflate a tire, or else a pump using CO2 cartridges which do the job in seconds. Other recent improvements are self-adhesive patches that no longer need glue and tires with a kevlar protective layer to prevent punctures.

[@Evasion381]

'no gears? what do you do on hills?' as someone who's cycled around the Netherland's, that is hilarious

[@reinoutnoothoven1145]

Every shop in the netherlands have inside tires

[@okkietrooy6841]

Convenient repair: There is a bicycle repair shop sf almost every treinstation. If you got a flat tire driving to the trainstation, you leave your bicycle for repair and catch your train. When you come back your flat ture will be fixed or what other thing you wanted to be repaired. Often you can also buy some other bike stuff like locks, tires, bells, cables, a repairkit. Concerning the tires. The dutch bike tires are less prone than the sports tires to become flat. The rubber is thicker and the tire is wider and has more profile. This results not only in a more comfortable ride but you also have more grip on the road (better balance) and less flat tires. These wider tires are very helpful when riding in snow or in rain and can easily handle tramrails. Now-a-days you can buy tires that are very flat-resistant.

[@grungegrumpy3585]

Not Just Bikes is such an enlightening channel on anything infrastructure, urban planning and related subjects, especially for North Americans. Spread the word!

[@Fuzz82]

Funny enough, we actually do have lay down bicycles. 'Ligfietsen'. People either love or hate them. From what I hear they are very comfortable and fast, since you don't catch a lot of wind. But their height is about 4ft. Which doesn't exactly makes them very safe in terms of visibility. So they are considered unsafe in the cities. But if cycling on small straight country roads is the plan, then I can imagine why people like them. There is a more extreme version as well. The Velomobiel. The idea is the same, but it has 3 wheels and a racecar like cover for even less air drag.

[@hedwignl8118]

I’ve got a e-bike for commuting to and from work…, a city-bike for leisure to go to town and go clubbing and a cargo bike. Lots of Dutch people often own at least 3 bikes.

[@damienzwikstra1667]

tyre repair kit is sold in basically every supermarket and yes most people who commute for work do carry them everywhere

[@frits1954X2]

In the Netherlands you can buy a new granny bike B quality for € 175.- to A quality € 750.- maintenance is +/-50 to 100 € per year 1 bike from €175 goes 5 . 10 years a bicycle of € 750.- will last 60 > 80 years I ride a bicycle (Gazelle) from the year 1942 Best regards Frits

[@wahedeenhoorn6444]

when i was young i use to stand on the back of my dads bike and hold his sholders while he rides me home. fun memories:D

[@AlbertZonneveld]

The Not Just Bikes channel has a lot of stuff about urban planning and making liveable cities. Great stuff.

[@kaelon9170]

15:25. Car traffic within Amsterdam's city center is heavily discouraged, and car traffic is routed _around_ the city, rather than right through it, leading to longer travel times. Not to mention traffic jams and a general shortage of parking spots making it difficult to park your car close to your destination. On a biccyle you can just cycle in pretty much a straight line, park it right outside your destination, and walk in.

[@zinziable]

That family vehicle part is so true, I can still remember the times my granddad put me and my 2 sisters on his bike. All 3 … while he was the one cycling.

[@rebekkavandenbrink8273]

Yup... that really is the sound of the bell 😄 and in the Netherlands we don't need gears... since we have no hills 🤣

[@woutervandenbosch8161]

9:20 we have no hills in the Netherlands and if something similar does comes up well you will have to just peddel harder with your leggs. Or get off and walk but most Dutch do not get off their bike for something like a little bumb in the road called a hill. For fixing a flat tire, my father taught me how to fix it. So I can do it my self. Specialy on that old grandmabike (omafiets) it's easy because you hardly have any cables to worry about. Just pop the inner tube out, find the hole and fix it with a rubber bandage and solution (no glue) to desolf the top layer of the rubber tire around the hole and put on the rubber bandage, let the solution dry and you are good to go.