{"id":163903,"date":"2018-03-16T07:12:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T07:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=163903"},"modified":"2018-03-16T07:21:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T07:21:42","slug":"cyclists-around-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/03\/16\/cyclists-around-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclists Around the World \u2013 How Do They Do It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Because cultural stereotypes are still kind of a reality-based fun.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Australia<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Fighting with the joeys (kangaroos) accidentally crossing the road on a sunny arvo (afternoon) while on the way to the bottle-o (liquor store).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/riding-in-contries-1080x1080-australia.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163904\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/riding-in-contries-1080x1080-australia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Russia<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Last three hours fruitlessly trying to get home from the \u0433\u043e\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0430 (pub) on the bike firmly locked to the street light pole.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Belgium<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Cyclo-crossing over sand dunes with Eddy Merckx tattoo on the right calf.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Switzerland<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Dutifully keeping road speed limits on a conservatively designed pedelec that might be eventually used for national defence or, at least, militia training.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>France<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On the course of last year&#8217;s Tour with a hand-rolled Gitanes cigarette while coming back home from the boulangerie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/riding-in-contries-1080x1080-france.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163906\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/riding-in-contries-1080x1080-france.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>United States<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Enthusiastically greeting any human being along the road while doing a wheelie.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Belarus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In the middle of a huge crowd of other cyclists shielding your fragile body against wicked truck drivers.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Finland<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Too stiff to hope that somebody will help you dismount the bike before the spring comes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/riding-in-contries-1080x1080-finland.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163905\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/riding-in-contries-1080x1080-finland.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>UK<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Blaming cab drivers, lorry drivers, and the government for whatever happens to you during the loathsome morning ride to your despised job, mostly swearing in Polish.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Belarus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Dodging crazy truck drivers who&#8217;re recording their two-week non-stop ride with their on-board camera.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Germany<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Strictly in the bicycle lane, exactly next to the lane for the pedestrians, not even touching the main road intended for the cars equipped with a smartphone holder, navigation app, bell ring, mudguards, air pump, 2 kg steel bike lock, tools, and a pack of muesli bars. Sometimes completely naked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/riding-in-contries-1080x1080-germany.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163907\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/riding-in-contries-1080x1080-germany.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Singapore<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Between five and six in the morning, before either the enormous heat or savage traffic could kill you.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Iran<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Dressed exactly as if sitting in a tea house, just missing the hookah.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Vietnam<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Transporting three kids, a cupboard, a fishing rod, and a caged piglet at the speed of a small motorbike while spitting out the mushy rests of betel nuts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/riding-in-contries-1080x1080-vietnam.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163908\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/riding-in-contries-1080x1080-vietnam.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Amsterdam<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On whatever goddamned bike you just took from the rack in front of the coffee shop.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Copenhagen<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Exactly as the others do and also, for the same reason.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Italy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On a handmade vintage Italian steel-tube bike equipped solely with Italian vintage parts dressed in an Italian-made cycling kit made with Italian Merino wool singing one of your favourite S\u00fcdtyrol songs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because cultural stereotypes are still kind of a reality-based fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":163909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[1809,346],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-163903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-cycling-stereotypes","tag-fun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cyclists Around the World \u2013 How Do They Do It? - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Because cultural stereotypes are still kind of a reality-based fun. 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