Tag Archives: Bicycle

Saturday Sundries

Posted on April 15, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

I won’t be spending my summer this year riding the rails in Europe, but I can still torture myself by reading articles about luxury trains and gourmet food. You can too, if you check out this excellent piece from the … Continue reading →

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Only in the Netherlands

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

Utrecht is one of my favorite cities in the Netherlands. Fortunately it is over looked by the hordes of tourist who mob Amsterdam. Like most folks in the country, the residents of the beautiful city love bikes and books. Now … Continue reading →

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Cycle City

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

I freely admit that I’m a big hypocrite when it comes to using my bike for transportation rather than recreation, but I do admire the people of the Netherlands for their steadfast resolve to replace automobile travel with bicycling whenever … Continue reading →

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Not Just Spinning Your Wheels

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Touring a new city on foot or by bicycle provides perspectives not possible from car or bus. The folks at Rapha, sellers of very hip cycling gear, get this and have created a marvelous series of European urban travel guidebooks. The … Continue reading →

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Only in the Netherlands

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

If you’ve ever visited the Netherlands, then you  know that the Dutch are mad for bikes. In fact there are more bicycles than people in the country. Well, now the De Cafe Racer company has come up with the very … Continue reading →

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