modern cycling
I read on a cycling blog the other evening about a guy visiting Holland. He was impressed with all the cycling infrastructure, but incredulous about one feature of dutch bikes. They don’t have any brakes. Seriously, he thought they didn’t have brakes. Instead he told me, it is necessary to pedal backwards ! He swore it’s true. Am I so old that only I remember when all bikes were “coaster” brake: you pedaled forward to go forward, you stopped pedalling to coast, and you pushed in reverse to apply the brakes. Has everyone born since the popularity boom of the … Continue reading modern cycling