I am not a "Cyclist" (and most Dutch people aren't either)

Thank you to the people who provided me with clips for this video: Right toBikeIt: www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-X_OUAMG21cFY-IDB7H9Q Tom the Cyclist: youtube.com/user/Boopop1024 Ollie Cycles: twitter.com/Ollie_Cycles Jack Fifield: twitter.com/jackfifield Warren Huska: www.facebook.com/warren.huska Glen Gunter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZKiq_RFTnU So many of these videos were provided from all over the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland. My heart was racing after watching them, and I wasn't even there in person. It's absolutely shocking that this is considered acceptable behaviour by so many people.

If you are a teenager in the Netherlands and you get invited to a party, everyone expects you to come by bicycle. How else would you get your drunk ass home at 3 AM??

As a native Dutchie, I am shocked of this culture in North America. I knew cycling was not quite as safe there, and that cities are very car-centric. But actual road rage and discrimination against ''cyclists''? Most ridiculous thing I've heard all day

That tragic story of the teacher who was killed by a car biking to work reminds me of something that happened here in Vancouver, Canada. A cyclist was killed on the Burrard bridge because there were no separated bike lanes. But rather than doing nothing and blaming the cyclist, the city actually removed two entire lanes of traffic from the bridge and replaced them with separated walking and cycling lanes on both sides. It’s now part of one of the most used bike routes in the city.

The teacher who was literally murdered by a driver who got away with it just because he was on a bike instead of in a car is inhumanely saddening. Thank you for bringing light to this.

"spokes-person" would be a good name for a bicycle activist.

Fun fact about Dutch kids: As a 12 year old Dutch kid when I transitioned from primary to high school I had to cycle like 14km to the next village. But if you timed it right you would end up in this massive chain of cycling teenagers all going to the same school, sometimes over 200 kids cycling on ‘grandma bikes’ way to big for them with an oversized backpack hanging on their asses hahhaa Good times

Those 'rolling coal' modifications should be illegal. There is no constructive or productive reason for them, they are purely destructive.

Can we remember, drivers are a minority who believe they are the majority. Everyone is a pedestrian, not everyone drives. Yet too often we lay out our cities like everyone is on the roads all the time and it's killing us.

I as an Englishman would like to sincerely apologise to the entire world for the British press. They are an embarrassment to us all.

Once in Netherlands, I checked the Google maps to go to a point. It said bus for 20 minutes, car for 25 minutes, Bike for 12 minutes. This is so dope. I wish every city has bike lanes, biking is awesome for getting everywhere in the city.

never knew the word "cyclist" had so much baggage in the anglophone world, just assumed its another word for someone who currently happens to be riding a bicycle. this really was one of those "faith in humanity lost" kinds of videos

Being someone who cycles for commuting is apparently a lot like being the non-drinker at a party. It makes the drinkers feel a bit bad for various reasons.

I remember visiting a friend in the Netherlands, and seeing what I thought was “cyclists” doing “dangerous” things like turning without looking or not wearing a helmet. I know that these actions would get a cyclist killed pretty quickly in just about any country. But my friend was driving so carefully whenever near a cyclist and I asked him how they could be so reckless. He replied that in the Netherlands EVERYONE cycles, so when you’re driving, you remember that tomorrow that could be you on the bike, so you’re careful and always give them priority. I have fully taken on board that philosophy, and whenever I’m driving behind a bike I always drive and act how I’d like a car to act if I was on the bike. It’s how everyone should drive. Also, what the hell Canada, get it together!

I "AM" a Cyclist, I cycle for exercise, for sport and for fun. And after watching this video I really want to tell someone who drives "Eugh, you're a driver, I once saw a driver run a red light at an intersection, go the wrong way round a roundabout, do an Illegal turn, and go 30 kilometres an hour over the speed limit, I hope you're not one of them"

As a librarian in the USA, it's frustrating that such a notable portion of the population feels "public libraries are for kids" the same way you here describe North Americans feeling that "bikes are for kids." I know, this thought is not strictly in keeping with your topic. But it's a cultural parallel I'm compelled to point out. Love your videos. Thank you.

As a cyclist who grew up in America, this is a major issue. It's not even just an issue on popular roads or cities. I've been run off the road and even brake checked by big ass trucks whilst riding (for sport) on basically empty country roads on weekend mornings. People just hate sharing the road with cyclists. Not sure how we got here, but we're here, and it's incredibly dangerous.

"Rolling Coal" seems like something you'd only see in a dystopian movie or vehicular combat video game. Like, holy shit, people pay real money to do this?!

the fact that people willingly pay money for the ability to blow gas fumes on people really grinded my gears.

the "I don't wanna" part is really a good representation of what it is to be a minority, just wanting to be left well enough alone and able to not get harassed