Of Bikes and Snow

The first real winter in Holland

This winter has been the harshest so far in the Netherlands and the bikers were the ones hit the hardest.

They were caught off guard by the unexpected early snowfall in December (snow in Holland usually comes in late January or February). Some bikes left on the streets for an overnight stay were left for longer periods.


Not that the owners don’t care. They just weren’t prepared for the sudden snowfall.  Instead of retrieving their bikes in the morning to be used for the day ahead…. most took the buses, the metro or the tram…  Better the bikes than the limbs.


So most of the bikes that were left outside were…..left out in the cold….. poor bikes.











But it took only a few days of abandonment of the bikes. After the realization that the snow would be here longer than the usual, the bikers after preparing their gears and armours were once again on the streets.




Well….once a biker… always a biker.


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