Holland ligfietsdag

mb said:

Today is recumbent bike day in Holland. Apparently.
I only saw one, so I overtook it 😉

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Mike
Van Tuyl titanium Dura Ace 10
Fausto Coppi aluminium Ultegra 10
Raleigh Record Sprint mongrel

Mike,
it must be me, i was cycling with my quest and burley today. Was
overtaken by another cyclist. I would like to invite you to
participate in a race that we have www.cyclevision.nl there will be
just a little more speed involved, so perhaps also more interesting?
Greetings,
Jack Dekker, editor www.ligfiets.net
chairman www.cyclevision.nl

Jack Dekker said:

Mike,
it must be me, i was cycling with my quest and burley today.

Whoops,
pressed send too soon, our story could be read in the dutch forum
also. It is called moral decay. We are very fortunate that dutch is a
language that few people speak and nobody understands otherwise a lot
of people could read
http://groups.google.nl/group/ligfiets/browse_thread/thread/254bdd90a7b3722f

Jack

mb said:

Today is recumbent bike day in Holland. Apparently.
I only saw one, so I overtook it 😉

Bah! We'll be over with ours Real Soon Now, but will have missed our
Special Day. Would we have got complimentary haaring brotjes or something?

Pete.
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Peter Clinch said:

mb said:

Today is recumbent bike day in Holland. Apparently.
I only saw one, so I overtook it 😉

Bah! We'll be over with ours Real Soon Now, but will have missed our
Special Day. Would we have got complimentary haaring brotjes or something?

Broodje haring. You can have mine. Bleurgh.

--
Mike
Van Tuyl titanium Dura Ace 10
Fausto Coppi aluminium Ultegra 10
Raleigh Record Sprint mongrel

Jack Dekker said:

mb said:

Today is recumbent bike day in Holland. Apparently.
I only saw one, so I overtook it 😉

Mike,
it must be me, i was cycling with my quest and burley today. Was
overtaken by another cyclist. I would like to invite you to
participate in a race that we have www.cyclevision.nl there will be
just a little more speed involved, so perhaps also more interesting?
Greetings,
Jack Dekker, editor www.ligfiets.net
chairman www.cyclevision.nl

Come to Amsterdam with my Van Tuyl? Grapje zeker!
Looks interesting though.

--
Mike
Van Tuyl titanium Dura Ace 10
Fausto Coppi aluminium Ultegra 10
Raleigh Record Sprint mongrel

I can only speak for the groups that went out from Amsterdam. 30, 50
and 70 Km rides.

They all arrived back at similar time so there evidently was a variety
of speeds.

I was with the newcomers 30 km group and had a great time as usual.
Ligfietswinkel loaded us up with cakes and coffee before we left
followed by a beer when we got back. Thanks to all there.

I reckon around 40 - 50 people in total. Twice the number of cyclists
that we can get out on a non-competitive sunday ride in Edinburgh.
So minority interest cycling in the Netherlands is more popular than
mainstream cycling for families in Scotland. The Dutch rides have a
fee and the Scottish rides are free.

The Ligfietsdag events are accessible to anyone interested in trying a
recumbent. No special cycling powers are required. Our group had all
ages and fitness - from 14 year olds through to people even older than
me.

I did get overtaken by a head down fietser or two. I'm sure the 70km
group must have been able to overtake a few other bikes too.

Hey... just imagine how dull it would be if there were no ligfietsen!