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title: "Riding a Bike Friday in the Netherlands"
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date: 2016-12-21
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# Riding a Bike Friday in the Netherlands

![Bike path in the Netherlands](https://bikefriday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Tikit-Steves-on-2012-trip-765x1024.jpg)

### We recently heard from Bike Friday owner Steve O. about his frequent travels to The Netherlands, here's Steve to tell you more about it:


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We fell in love with bike touring riding standard bikes in the Netherlands, a cyclist paradise.


And I fell in love with folding bikes on my local commute to office.



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![The Netherlands is very bike friendly!](https://bikefriday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Netherlands-Bike-Friendly.jpg)


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*Clear road signage and cycle friendly trains are part of what makes the Netherlands ideal for cycling!*


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When I had the chance to spend a month cycling in the Netherlands on a work sabbatical a few years ago it just felt kind of unfair to leave my tikit at home while I went off to have a good time riding, so I did the right thing -- packed my tikit (a Hyper-fold with Nexus 8 internal hub, modified with extra-large chainwheel and Northroad handlebars) and off we went.  Had a great time!
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One trip led to another, Tikit-envy sparked acquisition of her own Tikit by my spouse, release of the Silk with Alfine-11 and Gates Carbon drive led to augmenting our stable of Bike Friday machines, release of the pakiT is leading to another Alfine-11 / Gates Carbon addition in the next couple months.  Funny how that happens.  Can a person ever have too many bikes?



![Touring with two Bike Friday bikes in the Netherlands](https://bikefriday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Best-Friets-in-all-of-Holland-1024x768.jpg)


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![Riding a country road in the Netherlands](https://bikefriday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Tikit-Lent-to-Arnhem-1024x768.jpg)


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![Bike Friday Silk on Dutch train](https://bikefriday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Silk-Steves-loaded-on-the-train-1024x768.jpg)


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![folding bikes on a bridge in the netherlands](https://bikefriday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Tikit-and-Silk-exploring-around-town-1024x768.jpg)


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![Grabbing coffee with the bike in Holland](https://bikefriday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Tikit-fueling-up-in-Nijmegen-829x1024.jpg)


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![Bike Friday Bikes in the Netherlands](https://bikefriday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Tikit-and-Silk-packed-for-short-day-trip-1024x768.jpg)


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![A bike folded up into a suitcase in the Netherlands airport](https://bikefriday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Silk-packed-for-2015-Netherlands-trip-768x1024.jpg)


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![Two folding bikes packed easily into two suitcases](https://bikefriday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Silk-and-Tikit-packed-for-2015-Netherlands-Trip-1024x768.jpg)





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Had a fun time documenting the experience of several tours in a blog, [http://footloosefietser.blogspot.com/](http://footloosefietser.blogspot.com/)





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Our Bike Friday folders have been troopers.  Zero mechanical problems, easy to take on trains when needed, conversation starters, companions in lots of great riding.


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We'd love to return to Netherlands, and hopefully will, but are thinking now about a possible Silk + pakiT tour in Cuba...  and a nice ride along the SF Bay trail this weekend.


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Thank you to the Bike Friday team!


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-Steve







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### Interested in your own Dutch Cycling adventure? Click the links to learn more about the belt-driven New World Tourist Silk, or the successor to the tikit the pakiT!


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