I have watched 3 videos of you. And as you know, the Dutch are very good at telling you what to do better in the future. so please make your videos a little longer because I haven't finished watching after the video ends. but I did enjoy watching it. thanks. 😁😁
Nice video, sitting on the wrong bike is like wearing accidently the wrong shoes. You just feel immediately it is not your bike. But I did put one time my shoppings in the wrong panniers from the wrong bike. And also I tried a few times to unlock the wrong bike. And I am also familiar with searching my bike thinking that I had put it somewhere else. And unfortunetely I am familiar that my bike got stolen as well. That is such a bad and desperate feeling because, call me silly, but I feel like I have an affectional relationship with my bikes. Also when the bike from my then 12 years old daughter was stolen I was feeling so sad, I was even crying because we selected with love a beautiful turqoise Gazelle granny bike for her and I loved watching my daughter biking on that bike. We bought the same day another one because not having a bike feels like you are in a very bad situation. Still now they are teenagers I love to bike behind of them, I love to watch them cycling with the wind in their hair and feel that moment like the most lucky mother on earth. There is a song from Herman van Veen, " Kinderfiets", I can't listen to that song without getting tears in my eyes, reminding me how my girls when they were 3 years old enjoying cycling, so careless and so sweet.
When you say anyone cycles, that does mean anyone, from the kind and queen to the prime minister, university professors, bank directors, and basically anyone else, being seen on a bike doesn't mean people will think less of you, not even if it's a 'crap' bike, it means that the bike is being used and any damage to it is simply in the way of the world
I spend a full hour after bar closing time together with two others to find the bicycle of a co-worker at the station… Whatever we did, we couldn't find it. But who would steal an old bike where there are hundreds better ones around… The next morning I saw her with red ears and a clear blush…, it was downstairs in the office parking. It did costs her a round of drinks at the terrace!
I would never have had the idea anyone might confuse his bike with another one. There are so many different brands, styles, colors, sizes etc. But the funny thing is, I have seen it happen twice with cars. Meanwhile its a very long time ago. The first time I borrowed the car of my mother. I took the keys, went to the parking lot in front of the house, opened the car and when I was sitting in and wanted to start I wondered why the inside looked so different from what I remembered. So I got out again, looked at the number plate and realized it was not our car. it was only the same brand, model and color and our keys matched perfectly. The second time some years later we had a friend as guest. He borrowed our car because he had to do some errands in another city about 30km away. When he was back, we realized the care he brought back was not our car. At that point it was quite a hassle to get our car back and the wrong car back to its owner who meanwhile had reported it as stolen. The car I confused was a Golf, the car our friend confused years later a Fiesta. Usually you think if the car looks like yours and your key fits it will be your car. But at that time cars didnt have immobilizers and electronic anti theft devices and as the police told us it was quite normal that one key matched for many cars of the same brand.
I picked the wrong OVfiets more often than I like to admid. But then again, there are thousands of them, all identical. And like you said, if the key doesn't fit in the lock, it is the wrong bike.
Taking the wrong bike is actually a somewhat of a problem in Finnish student cities. Locking isn't really necessary as crime is very low. But on Friday and Saturday nights some of the students find themselves having to walk home. Usually bike and owner will be reunited within a few days.
My mother was 85 when I rook her bike away after she slipper over zand on het way to the docter. She was angry as hell and made me buy a second hand one, when she didn't feel the bruises anymore
People will sometimes decorate their bikes with stickers or things like that or in the case of adult bicycles a quick and easy way to spot your bike in a crowd is by the bag hanging from the back rack. These can have designs on them that make it really easy to spot your bike as it's unlikely that someone is going to have the same bag as you AND the same bike brand/model/style/
The reverse also happens. Years ago I went shopping with friends and we locked our bikes with chains. When we got back there was a man waiting because one of my friends had accidentally attached his bike to this man's bike. It was awkward to say the least…
After a few drinks I once cycled away after unlocking my bike. But after a few hundred meters it felt wrong. I took a good look. I was on a different bike. Cycled back to find my own bike. Locked the strangers bike again and unlocked my own bike. Apparantly my key fit two fairly similar but still different bikes. It was strange but funny and a weird coincidence.
A number of years ago I had an advertisement right inside the triangle of my bike frame, promoting a concert that my orchestra was putting on. It was just a laminated sheet of the right shape, printed on both sides, attached to the frame through holes with tie-wraps. I kept it on for maybe a year after the concert (until the weather made it completely fall apart) because a) the poster design was really quite nice and b) looking through all the open, lined-up frames in a long rack was by far the easiest way to spot where my bike was 😉
There are twice as much bikes as there are inhabitants in the Netherlands yet nearly everybody get at some point stolen his or her bike. Can someone explain me how that is possible, that there are nearly 2 bikes per person, and yet your bike is not safe??
yes they do, i accidently knicked a bike wich i was sure was mine from a bar, was stopped by the police, explained my key didn't work. because someone had tried to steal it. the police let me get on with it and i got home . Next morning i woke up checked the bike and saw that it wasnt mine. with the full intention to put it back where i stole it i parked it outside, went to to place i thought my bike would be, and it was still there. The bike i accidently stole remained there for three days, young kids etc, life got in the in the way. Then i got a call from one of my best friends, who i was out with me the evening of the crime, and he told me his girlfriends bike was stolen. I had to own up. he just said no problem she's got a much better one now , we'll just use the one you stole as a reserve. I have to say….I was very drunk at the time…..later i was very ashamed….
Nah, people dont have problems finding their bike. Most people park it in the same spot on a daily base. Never seen people looking for their bike for more than 1 or 2 mins, unless it was stolen.
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I have watched 3 videos of you. And as you know, the Dutch are very good at telling you what to do better in the future.
so please make your videos a little longer because I haven't finished watching after the video ends.
but I did enjoy watching it. thanks. 😁😁
Nice video, sitting on the wrong bike is like wearing accidently the wrong shoes. You just feel immediately it is not your bike. But I did put one time my shoppings in the wrong panniers from the wrong bike. And also I tried a few times to unlock the wrong bike. And I am also familiar with searching my bike thinking that I had put it somewhere else. And unfortunetely I am familiar that my bike got stolen as well. That is such a bad and desperate feeling because, call me silly, but I feel like I have an affectional relationship with my bikes. Also when the bike from my then 12 years old daughter was stolen I was feeling so sad, I was even crying because we selected with love a beautiful turqoise Gazelle granny bike for her and I loved watching my daughter biking on that bike. We bought the same day another one because not having a bike feels like you are in a very bad situation. Still now they are teenagers I love to bike behind of them, I love to watch them cycling with the wind in their hair and feel that moment like the most lucky mother on earth. There is a song from Herman van Veen, " Kinderfiets", I can't listen to that song without getting tears in my eyes, reminding me how my girls when they were 3 years old enjoying cycling, so careless and so sweet.
When you say anyone cycles, that does mean anyone, from the kind and queen to the prime minister, university professors, bank directors, and basically anyone else, being seen on a bike doesn't mean people will think less of you, not even if it's a 'crap' bike, it means that the bike is being used and any damage to it is simply in the way of the world
I spend a full hour after bar closing time together with two others to find the bicycle of a co-worker at the station…
Whatever we did, we couldn't find it. But who would steal an old bike where there are hundreds better ones around…
The next morning I saw her with red ears and a clear blush…, it was downstairs in the office parking.
It did costs her a round of drinks at the terrace!
I would never have had the idea anyone might confuse his bike with another one. There are so many different brands, styles, colors, sizes etc.
But the funny thing is, I have seen it happen twice with cars. Meanwhile its a very long time ago. The first time I borrowed the car of my mother. I took the keys, went to the parking lot in front of the house, opened the car and when I was sitting in and wanted to start I wondered why the inside looked so different from what I remembered. So I got out again, looked at the number plate and realized it was not our car. it was only the same brand, model and color and our keys matched perfectly.
The second time some years later we had a friend as guest. He borrowed our car because he had to do some errands in another city about 30km away. When he was back, we realized the care he brought back was not our car. At that point it was quite a hassle to get our car back and the wrong car back to its owner who meanwhile had reported it as stolen.
The car I confused was a Golf, the car our friend confused years later a Fiesta. Usually you think if the car looks like yours and your key fits it will be your car. But at that time cars didnt have immobilizers and electronic anti theft devices and as the police told us it was quite normal that one key matched for many cars of the same brand.
A lot of children make their bike recognizable by attaching stuff to it, like plastic flowers. I used brightly colored shoelaces.
I picked the wrong OVfiets more often than I like to admid. But then again, there are thousands of them, all identical. And like you said, if the key doesn't fit in the lock, it is the wrong bike.
Taking the wrong bike is actually a somewhat of a problem in Finnish student cities. Locking isn't really necessary as crime is very low. But on Friday and Saturday nights some of the students find themselves having to walk home. Usually bike and owner will be reunited within a few days.
My mother was 85 when I rook her bike away after she slipper over zand on het way to the docter. She was angry as hell and made me buy a second hand one, when she didn't feel the bruises anymore
People will sometimes decorate their bikes with stickers or things like that or in the case of adult bicycles a quick and easy way to spot your bike in a crowd is by the bag hanging from the back rack. These can have designs on them that make it really easy to spot your bike as it's unlikely that someone is going to have the same bag as you AND the same bike brand/model/style/
The reverse also happens. Years ago I went shopping with friends and we locked our bikes with chains. When we got back there was a man waiting because one of my friends had accidentally attached his bike to this man's bike. It was awkward to say the least…
Tere are so many bikes I woud know all 3 of them apart ais if it were my kids
When I was a student in Amsterdam, several people took the wrong bike: mine!
After a few drinks I once cycled away after unlocking my bike. But after a few hundred meters it felt wrong. I took a good look. I was on a different bike. Cycled back to find my own bike. Locked the strangers bike again and unlocked my own bike. Apparantly my key fit two fairly similar but still different bikes. It was strange but funny and a weird coincidence.
ye but you can just steal the next one over 😉
A number of years ago I had an advertisement right inside the triangle of my bike frame, promoting a concert that my orchestra was putting on. It was just a laminated sheet of the right shape, printed on both sides, attached to the frame through holes with tie-wraps. I kept it on for maybe a year after the concert (until the weather made it completely fall apart) because a) the poster design was really quite nice and b) looking through all the open, lined-up frames in a long rack was by far the easiest way to spot where my bike was 😉
There are twice as much bikes as there are inhabitants in the Netherlands yet nearly everybody get at some point stolen his or her bike.
Can someone explain me how that is possible, that there are nearly 2 bikes per person, and yet your bike is not safe??
Same as do you take by accident the worg car? So no.
if you paint or decorate your bike it is easier to spot #protip
yes they do, i accidently knicked a bike wich i was sure was mine from a bar, was stopped by the police, explained my key didn't work. because someone had tried to steal it. the police let me get on with it and i got home . Next morning i woke up checked the bike and saw that it wasnt mine. with the full intention to put it back where i stole it i parked it outside, went to to place i thought my bike would be, and it was still there. The bike i accidently stole remained there for three days, young kids etc, life got in the in the way. Then i got a call from one of my best friends, who i was out with me the evening of the crime, and he told me his girlfriends bike was stolen. I had to own up. he just said no problem she's got a much better one now , we'll just use the one you stole as a reserve. I have to say….I was very drunk at the time…..later i was very ashamed….
Perhaps it works in the same way that seals find their pups on a crowded beach. Smell ?
Dude you need to fix your loose bell and use some tieraps to fix the (probably) loose rack. I couldn't ride my bike with all that noise…;)
Nah, people dont have problems finding their bike. Most people park it in the same spot on a daily base. Never seen people looking for their bike for more than 1 or 2 mins, unless it was stolen.
Well many people take the wrong bike in the Netherlands, but not accidentlly
Aperently yes if you see what they can fish out of the ditches in Amsterdam, a lot of bikes