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    I had a chance to visit the Royal Dutch Gazelle Factory and Experience Center in Dieren and I just could not pass it up. Inside you can take a look at their latest models, explore their history at the museum and see where Gazelle has been producing bikes in the Netherlands for over 130 years. Here one comes off the line every 90 seconds and when you’re ready, you can take one for a ride on their test track. Thanks again to Dennis and the team at Gazelle.

    0:00 Royal Dutch Gazelle Factory and Experience Center
    2:24 Experience Center Show Room
    3:14 Gazelle Museum
    4:30 Inside the Gazelle Factory, Dieren
    6:07 Test Track
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    2. @dutchman7623 on

      Top video! Got one myself. Almost maintenance free. Reliable, sturdy, nave dynamo and nave seven gears, even with two big shoppers on the bar and full panniers still a manageable workhorse.
      Thanks! Good video to stimulate bicycle usage!

    3. @ce17ec on

      I was born in Dieren not far from the factory. My parents were friends of the famous CEO of the company (Wim Breukink) and I got my first Gazelle sports bike directly from the factory in 1972. Used that bike for my daily schooltrips to Arnhem (16km one way) for many years.

    6. @johndidier7849 on

      Mooch is No One to talk as His smooches are imprinted on His ex-boss:s backside. Mooch didn't punch any clock in His pursuit to crown His boss. Mooch gave His all & a whole lot more to give power to II Donaldo. Mooch slept at the office a few times 'cause He worked till He dropped. How was a guy like Mooch to know the guy signing payment vouchers was not a good guy? Who knew ? When You hire Mooch, He will sell His soul to earn His pay.

    7. @dmlpdxor on

      I'm a little bit suspicious that those raw aluminum frames came from, let's say, far away. Construction of the frame itself is by far the most complicated part of these kinds of bicycles, and you didn't show any of that.

    10. @zootallures2001 on

      I love the cycling culture in the Netherlands, but the USA is way behind. E-bikes are quickly becoming a major issue and laws are quickly being drawn up without regard to the needed infrastructure that countries like the Netherlands have. I fear that cycling will be demonized because automobiles have taken precedence and cycling will become more regulated than necessary in the USA.

    13. @joemcnamara7934 on

      I’m surprised nothing was said about there road racing bikes in the 1980s. Some of the top races were won on a Gazelle. I have a 1984 Mondial AB and it till rides like a dream.

    21. @iamjoestafford on

      I love Gazelles – I have three of them here in England! I rode all around The Netherlands a couple of years ago for a medical charity and designed my journey to call in at the factory, but sadly I was there on the only day of the week when it closes so I just had to take a photo outside instead.

    24. @johndinsdale1707 on

      No idea what you mean by a bike for life. I ride to go fast and experience the most efficient form of movement on whatever surface. So I have a climbing/aero/gravel/XC/Enduro/DH/EMTB bike which I ride one of everyday? These are strange inefficient things which serve no purpose to me😮😮😮😮

    26. @tijmen6947 on

      I just confirmed that i have a gazelle too. It was the only bike that fit all my requirements. Belt drive accoustic bike, disk brakes and dampening. All within my budget

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