We have cycled from Rome, Italy over 2,000 kilometers (1300 miles) in just under 3 months time. We only ride about 40-50 kilometers per day, and take lots of rest days to be tourists. The Netherlands is beautiful, but flat and windy!
"she's doing her from Rome routine….her Texans pow pow" LOL 🤠😂. Super you guys are doing something incredible, thanks for filming it too!!!! looks like you have e bikes sometimes going so fast but I know its regular touring bikes, fantastic!!! cheers! 😀👏God bless 🙂
Surprised at the fantastic bike lanes. We saw a parking garage with thousands of bikes in Amsterdam, so biking must be a real form of transportation. No wonder they are healthy!
6:11 Those triangles on the road mean you need to give way. We call them shark teeth. Sometimes cars give you the right of way anyway, but it is rude to force the situation (and illegal). It is also polite to signal a thanks to the driver. Can be done with a nod, finger raise, hand raise, etc.
Very interesting! I really enjoyed the video. I've moved to the Netherlands a few years ago, It took a while but I've completely converted to riding bikes or fietsen and now ride almost everyday. The Netherlands makes it safe, easy and fun to ride:)
It's unfortunate to see many foreign bikers riding on bike lanes/paths along main car routes. You may think it's great, but actually you've missed out on the really great traffic-free routes all throughout the country
Extremely risky move there at 06:13. The car had right of way and you should have yielded. Notice the position of the sharks teeth. You were going at quite a speed too so very lucky that car driver was paying attention. That could have very easily been a nasty accident.
Sorry, but don't you get sick and tired over the noise your tires make? I can understand that when you are off road cycling but the tires you use… Swalbe Maraton is the most used in Western Europe.
The name "Joan" rimes on "Schoon";) We the Dutch pronounce "o" as an "oh". And double "o" is just bigger " oh". Not as in Goofy. Goofy in Dutch is "Goafy" for you… Coal is Kool.
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"she's doing her from Rome routine….her Texans pow pow" LOL 🤠😂. Super you guys are doing something incredible, thanks for filming it too!!!! looks like you have e bikes sometimes going so fast but I know its regular touring bikes, fantastic!!! cheers! 😀👏God bless 🙂
Love watching your posts from Spokane WA!!❤
Did you have mosquitoes camping so close to the water? Are you going to visit the Ten Boom house?
Surprised at the fantastic bike lanes. We saw a parking garage with thousands of bikes in Amsterdam, so biking must be a real form of transportation. No wonder they are healthy!
at 6:10 …. you had to give way 🙂
Kinda shame you stayed in the west, the other parts of The Netherlands is far more beautiful imo.
It's Lek. I grew up in that area, little bit more direction Rotterdam but I know it well over there
Thank u for visiting the Netherlands 🙂
Do you remember where you got the kolaches? Breda? Anything more specific?
6:11 Those triangles on the road mean you need to give way. We call them shark teeth. Sometimes cars give you the right of way anyway, but it is rude to force the situation (and illegal). It is also polite to signal a thanks to the driver. Can be done with a nod, finger raise, hand raise, etc.
As a Dutch person riding these roads on daily basis, it's interesting to see it from an American point of view 🙂
The only hills in the Netherlands are in the province Limburg, and some bumps in Drenthe (the hondsrug), the rest of the country is flat.
At 6:10 in the vid, you did Not have right of way. Those sharkteeth were pointed towards you.
Very interesting! I really enjoyed the video. I've moved to the Netherlands a few years ago, It took a while but I've completely converted to riding bikes or fietsen and now ride almost everyday. The Netherlands makes it safe, easy and fun to ride:)
It's unfortunate to see many foreign bikers riding on bike lanes/paths along main car routes. You may think it's great, but actually you've missed out on the really great traffic-free routes all throughout the country
Most old windmills only turn on saturdays. As it requires a volunteer to operate them.
The canals and waterways are amazing. It certainly is flat land.
I saw the balloon. Seems like it would be hard to set one down in a land with so many canals.
have you noticed that The Netherlands doesn't have any overhead powerlines? it's pretty cool.
There are much nicer routes to ride on.
Extremely risky move there at 06:13. The car had right of way and you should have yielded. Notice the position of the sharks teeth. You were going at quite a speed too so very lucky that car driver was paying attention. That could have very easily been a nasty accident.
Nice to see you did my city to Breda
Nice impression of Schoonhoven. Has been a while since I have been there.
If you want to avoid riding along the freeway, with a little research often a scenic alternative can be found further out and parallel.
@06:12 you didnt have the right of way You were lucky
Sorry, but don't you get sick and tired over the noise your tires make? I can understand that when you are off road cycling but the tires you use… Swalbe Maraton is the most used in Western Europe.
You will know a foreign biker when you see them wearing helmets and not being on a race bike.
The name "Joan" rimes on "Schoon";) We the Dutch pronounce "o" as an "oh". And double "o" is just bigger " oh". Not as in Goofy. Goofy in Dutch is "Goafy" for you… Coal is Kool.