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PS Don't eat too many of those 'fancy cakes' - you might fall off your bike into the canal !
I had a bit of a skim through youtube but far too many videos are jokes, dull vids of busy routes or Americans basically freaking out at bikes as transport.
One did remind me that some use a fist pointing down from the elbow with upper arm horizontal as a stop signal (like our pothole signal but with a fist) rather than the UK wave or Italian raised hand, but it was too long a vid for just that nugget. Another summarised the need to get off the bike lane ASAP if you stop, else you will get tyre tracks across your face sooner or later. And if you park, lock it proper and make a note of where (save a gps waymark?) because one bridge full of bikes can look much like another after a beer!
Other than that, this seems a good summary of signs, except that square bike symbol signs (like the UK "this road is a shoot cycle route" one) or "fietspad" in white on blue means you can cycle there but don't have to (same meaning as our round bike symbol signs, which there mean you must use it instead of the carriageway).
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-cYZo5kToM
Dutch nationals seem good at spotting non dutch nationals on bikes so don't panic. My GF doesn't really ride bikes much but we covered 60 miles when we went in January without any issue. Expect a disgruntled yo or hey if you get in someones way.
Keep right in the cycle lane and overtake on the left. Expect mopeds to come past you at crazy speeds. Don't stop in a cycle lane without looking behind first.
The main thing. Lock it or loose it!
PS Don't eat too many of those 'fancy cakes' - you might fall off your bike into the canal !
As far as I can tell, ones that sell nothing harder than coffee call themselves koffie huis, koffiebar, koffiesalon, koffietent, koffie spot or anything except koffieshop.The koffieshops of the leafy type display a green and white sign and a licence, as well as usually a no-under-18s sign:When we were there we did struggle a bit working out what was a coffee shop as opposed to a "coffee shop"
Oh but @HobbesOnTour in https://www.cyclechat.net/posts/5655541 implied that they were only going to fine young people...As of today, you can't use your telephone whilst cycling. 95 EUR fine and it looks like the police are gagging to enforce.
Oh but @HobbesOnTour in https://www.cyclechat.net/posts/5655541 implied that they were only going to fine young people...
I'm heading over with Mrs Slick on her ebike closer to the end of next month. I'm glad I read this thread as neither of us have cycled there before and the truth is we're really just planning on passing through on our way to Utrecht but I'm starting to think 100km a day might be a but hopefull on the busy cycle paths but I suppose time will tell.