Another thing I have noticed from watching bikes being ridden in Europe is the European commuter tends to cycle a big comfortable bike in their street clothes at a fairly leisurely pace and donât wear âspecial cycling clothesâ or feel the need to cycle
at a break neck speed.
Sometimes you will see an attractive woman on a big bike with a basket on the front containing some baked goods and itâs quite transfixing and almost timeless and she could be running messages for a resistance operation in World War 2.
Ireland or rather Dublin is experiencing or rather suffering from the global trend of urbanisation. Most employment growth is in the capital city, there isnât enough accomodation and surprise surprise traffic congestion increases and people are getting stressed and angrier. Many modern cities are actively taking steps to discourage car traffic in city centres. This is through congestion charging, high parking charges, restricting car traffic from certain zones, improving public transport and yes, encouraging alternative forms of transportation such as cycling by building dedicated cycle lanes. Broadband infrastructure improvement will also increase the ability of people to work remotely or flexibly like @anon78624367 . Ye shouldnât all need to be driving up from Gorey every day like @Mac . There is a hell of a lot to do.
The Dutch in particular appear to have stopped making bikes in 1930s. The big yokes they pootle around on would leave a fair dent on the front of the Rav4.