Thursday, June 11, 2009

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The Urban Cycling

in the Netherlands the highest point is a Dutchman. And it's true. One can visiting towns and without ever encountering a hill. Hence, the cycling is so common. And that is why during the week and a half I spent in this land, I had to use mine.
One believes that dominates certain arts, and will soon be learning that cactus, you know nothing. That happened to me this time I discovered that you do not use what is urban cycling.
As you know, I'm no novice, the beautiful village of Cholula has been my training ground for months. But one thing is to go between Cholulans pipopes and dogs, and quite another to follow the rules of traffic in a city where 80% of the population moves cycles, and these have their own roads and traffic lights. I'm not going to lie: I was walking scared. Jo
first tried to take me in his, but if you coordinate your bike yourself is complex, just imagine what is carried in a passenger back also gives considerable weight, constantly clawing her nails into his back. Overall we are complicated, and a few meters from the vehicle home we fell together, and each time we climbed the surrounding people stopped to watch the pathetic spectacle. There was no choice but to use my own bike. Here
traffic rules came bikers. If they knew the work it took me abide ... On more than one occasion I spent the high, resulting from the Dutch what I reckon were insults mother. The same thing happened on two occasions in which I crashed into someone else's bike. Thank God that everything was in Dutch and I just answered "ashuet, ashuet," which I meant to say "sorry." Obviously not, and Jo had to correct me every time: "It ashublift." Or something.
The worst was when I descended aparatejo involuntarily across the street, just when they came to me three handsome Dutch bikes. Causes of the poor self-confidence to try to evade it, printed together. Again, indecipherable insults.
It is not easy to accustom the body to spend so much time on bike. With legs had no problem, you see that I am athletic by nature and a few hours a day pedaling I do not tickle. (Although the people here did not believe me when I saw red everywhere reach red, sweating and breathless. But this was the weather.) The biggest problem is in other small part. Without going into details, let's say half of my stay in Holland I had to walk as if he brought diaper with legs open, all sore. I still feel ugly when I remember going up and down the sidewalk ... Eeeeen
end. To end on a positive note, I have to admit I liked this way of life. Our long biking not only allowed us to save several euros in public transportation, but also contributed to reduce the catastrophic effects of inflation in the price of vegetables in Dutch is leaving my little body.

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