tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post571794236268508888..comments2024-02-24T06:21:30.987+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: "Alpe d'Huez" in Groningen and what this means for London and the rest of the worldDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-79229048981477851042013-07-16T21:19:33.631+02:002013-07-16T21:19:33.631+02:00@ examinedspoke Everybody has seen the streets of ...@ examinedspoke Everybody has seen the streets of Los Angeles in one movie or another. With the succes of todays electrically assisted bikes even those will pose no problem for pensioners. It's just that the Dutch electric bikes are usually not laid out for hills. Why would they be, we hardly have any.Harry Liebenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03197119763898555397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-72900911024882200782013-07-16T21:14:23.921+02:002013-07-16T21:14:23.921+02:00That steep bridge in Groningen is a bit of a laugh...That steep bridge in Groningen is a bit of a laugh, because before there simply was no bridge at all. You had to cycle some 700meters to come to a bridge to cross the Eems channel. Of course one can still do that and cross at a somewhat less steep bridge.... i don't really understand why this bridge was built in the first place. It's steep because there was not enough space and the Harry Liebenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03197119763898555397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-90711397127098109432013-07-16T19:34:19.993+02:002013-07-16T19:34:19.993+02:00I might point out that if this bridge climb is con...I might point out that if this bridge climb is considered difficult by some Dutch riders, then I wouldn't know how to gauge the long-term success of bicycle-specific infrastructure in most parts of the world, where relatively flat cities have many such "climbs" as the roads follow natural terrain. Where I live in Los Angeles, Dutch pensioners would probably be walking their bicyclesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com