tribanjules
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I'm going on this trip for 3rd year.
Great people great routes
https://www.bike-events.co.uk/Ride.aspx?id=618&n=y
Great people great routes
https://www.bike-events.co.uk/Ride.aspx?id=618&n=y
When I cycle into that area, Botlek, Maasvlakte, Europoort, I have a job dragging myself away!The picture is from somewhere between Spijkenisse and Hellevoetsluis. Whilst it looks rural, it’s only just a little south of Rotterdam and I rode past this a few minutes before I got there...
Where is this, these are the kind of stretches I'd want to ride!
For someone who has never been to Holland before, how safe is riding around the cities at night time? I know everything is relative, but when we go away next weekend, I plan to bring a decent set of lights with me and go for a spin around each place (Rotterdam, Utrecht, Huizen) in the late evening to do a bit of extra exploring/sightseeing. I'm not expecting South Africa style hold ups, but has anyone experienced any issues later in the day or is it not a factor at all?
I've seen cycling police over here do various questionable things but that's another level Did anyone dare say anything?Experienced a new hazard this morning - a bicycle policeman riding in the opposite direction swerving all over the road. He was riding no hands and texting on his mobile.
We took the ferry over a couple of weeks ago. I was surprised by three things in succession:This time next week I'll be on my flight to Holland. It's a country I've never visited before so really looking forward to it. I've started pulling together more detailed journey particulars as one guy in our group makes you justify every road, turn and junction. On Tuesday night past we had our dry run of putting our bikes into the bags which then turned into a discussion on who's bringing helmets and who's not.
You got a quiet crossing!
- how many bicycles there were - about thirty i'd guess
a discussion on who's bringing helmets and who's not.
We took the ferry over a couple of weeks ago. I was surprised by three things in succession:
- how many bicycles there were - about thirty i'd guess
- how many were not just modern "road bikes" (sic) - there were a whole range of older or less mainstream kit: tandems, a Hewitt, a couple of Dawes and Raleighs of a generation to have downtube shifters, a couple of titaniums of a touring ilk, several trad saddlebags etc
- given the above, and the destination, how few non-helmet wearers there were. I think in fact we were the only ones
Leave the helmets at home along with the hi viz and any inclination to ride in single file or use hand signals.