A bike-friendly country considers cycling to be both a way to get around and a way to have some fun while getting exercise. It's a country that has both rich people and poor people on bikes. It's a country where people use bikes for a purpose, rather than to win a culture war online.By this metric, Colombia is the true model for cycling and cyclist culture. And the Netherlands is the most anti-bike country on earth. In the Netherlands it's a status symbol that rich inner city snobs use to dunk on poor losers who don't live in the historic center of town. Biking for fun is illegal. Biking outside of the designated bike-riding zone is illegal.In Colombia you have poor peasants in the country on bikes, and you have rich urban sophisticates on bikes.How is your country when it comes to bike culture? Is it a culture war item that no one has any genuine interest in, or is it actually a universal way to both have fun and get around?
>>2068354I'm not sure if the "universal way" is a real thing. In Hong Kong, people used bicycles but switched to cars as soon as it became readily available, and the same holds true for a lot of the poorer countries that still use bicycles.The Netherlands, or at least Amsterdam, is an interesting case in that it's extremely anti-development, the road network is underbuilt and inadequate, the city still has a bunch of medieval streets that have never been properly upgraded, and it faces an enormous housing crisis with a fund that prices people out by design, yet no one's willing to sprawl out or go up.
>>2068354>How is your country when it comes to bike culture?canada sucks ass. bikes are still considered toys and commuting on one makes people laugh at you at your destination and most drivers actively try to kill you
>>2068354What do you mean? > In the Netherlands it's a status symbol ...Hardly common. Most are still commuting (at least shorter distances) using bikes, if not to work, to other daily destinations (eg groceries or the train station (up to ~5km is common)), w/ a sharp increase the closer you get to prime-ages. >Biking for fun is illegalIf about cyclists, a poor reputation, sure, but not illegal.>Biking outside of the designated bike-riding zone is illegal"Examples: The highway"
>>2068354>Biking for fun is illegal.I take it to mean that street takeovers are frowned upon.
