Yep, as you guys know, I’m an enthusiast cyclist! Bikes have many advantages over cars. Bikes are faster on the short distance, they are parked right in front of your door and bring you to the place where you have to be, and not to a nearest parking lot. You are never in a traffic jam. You can take shortcuts. You can drink & drive. It’s cheap. And, very important, you are not polluting the environment.
To bad they sometimes break down. In my case, quite often. Today I had to go to the bikes repair man again. And of course that guy is situated in the city center, and I’m not. I don’t like to walk, so I had to look for another way to transport the broken bike to the repair shop.
a carrier cycle
The answer is: the carrier cycle (Dutch: bakfiets). My housemate has one and it’s being used heavily. Almost every day, someone drops by to borrow the thing. Which I can understand, because it’s a lot of fun to ride this bike. It’s very heavy and it’s hard to steer or brake. And everybody is looking at you when they pass you.
Well, I must admit I wasn’t going very fast. Every grandma could have cought up with me. And it made me sweat a lot. Still, looking at all the cars passing me, I thought: OIL = OVER! You guys don’t know it yet, but the carrier cycle IS the future.
Well, all right, I have to admit that if I had a driver’s licence, I might have taken a car….
No Trucks in Parks!