How I made cycling fun again

Maybe one day truely safe Amsterdam-style cycling in the city will be possible.

Personally I think Berlin is safer to cycle than Amsterdam currently. Of course there much more cycling roads in Amsterdam and motorists are more aware. But Amsterdam has become so busy with cyclists, also now w/ multiple speeds of popular electric bikes and so-called fat bikes that go very fast cycling has become and is becoming more dangerous. Lots of accidents and almost accidents, at rush hours stuff gets crazy. There’s regulation coming to curb the fat bikes. But maybe currently the bike has become a bit too popular :)

My cycling experience in Berlin was pretty good, very flat and quite well indicated, even during road works. That said, I completely get the "less road rage and more peaceful ride" side of things

Ok granted Amsterdam is chaotic Misha. In Berlin it‘s not so much the average experience. More the outlier experience of having a few really crazy close calls from having to share the road with cars.

I don‘t consider other bikers as dangerous as cars tbh. I feel like the chance to be super badly injured by a car is quite high, whereas a crash with a bike may still have all sorts of outcomes, no?

But I get what you‘re saying, I‘ve been in Amsterdam 2 years ago and during rush hour it was nuts.

What I also like about cycling in Berlin is that you have these nice long stretches and you can bike very fast without having to break all the time. There’s just a lot of space. But I’m also biased since I think Berlin is a very cool city and biking through Berlin also feels very cool lol. But admit car dangers are much bigger in Berlin, in that respect Amsterdam is a lot safer. But watch out for taxi’s in Amsterdam, they are relentless and will push off the road if they can. But what is nice in Amsterdam that from the safety your bike you can curse everything and everyone out loud, as it’s culturally acceptable.