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- About once a year, on the Oosterscheldekering barrier in the south of the Netherlands, there is NK Tegenwindfietsen: a bicycle race cycling into a headwind. This year it was 120km/h: this is why it's so difficult, and also why it's so brilliant.
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I would like to formally apologise to all the people of the Netherlands for absolutely butchering the pronunciation of your language.
We forgive you.
Ok
Geeft niks.
I came here to comment this haha
To be fair though, Robrecht kinda did the same to your language.
that is the hardest working microphone windscreen muff in the world
Very effective too!
...in the woorld
Oli K All hail the dead cat.
@@weertgilders8172 ok Jc
That's the best muff I've seen and wonder if movies use it
"Here, the tide is ruled by the moon, the wind, and us."
That legit gave me chills.
its a bad translation though. It says "the moon, the wind and us go over this tide"
@@yeff5771 That's an overly literal translation, and worse for it. "To go over" in Dutch also means to control, be in charge of, rule.
for now
@@yeff5771 it’s a good translation. Yours isn’t a translation, it’s a transliteration.
I once rode a bike over the entire dam during a holiday there thinking "wow this is extremely easy and fun, this bike is brilliant!". Then I needed to drive back and noticed why...
Ahh, the backwind headwind conundrum. Got a whif of that, eh? 😁
Absolutely, haha. At least it was proper workout, then.
Reminds me of a story my Dad tells where he really enjoyed a childhood trip down the boardwalk and sailed down it for miles only to realize he now had to go back against the wind!
I did that on Rollerblades once and I almost cried on my way back 😭
Driving back shouldn’t be a problem. It’s the cycling that’s hard
Fun fact:
The race was later on cancelled because of too much wind. The time registration devices blew away and the truck with bicycles threatened to tip over.
P. Stap +
Or as the Dutch say: afgeblazen (blown off).
That’s unfortunate, they should have just flipped it around to the worlds fastest Dutch tailwind race.
@@float32 XD
You said the truck “threatened” to tip over and I’m just imagining it like sitting there, “Don’t make me do it! I’ll tip over! DON’T TEST ME.”
From personal experience I've learned the Netherlands has this phenomenon where you always have headwind no matter which direction you're going. It is as if mother nature is punishing them for their lack of verticality.
That happens here in Denmark too, at least out in the rural areas. All flat, no buildings. It’s much less bad in the villa suburbs.
I’m not sure about the cities. I have no experience of bicycling here, but it seems to me that buildings might channel the wind.
Haha probably. Also the problem with cycling is in order to feel the wind in you back, the wind really needs to come from behind. A wind from the side or in between the back and side can already feel like no help, or even adding difficulty. Since there aren't a lot of straight roads in the NL its this combination that almost always gives you a wind that works against you or just does nothing for you, almost never you feel like you are flying because of the wind, and if you do .. turn left.
in my part of the US in the winter, while I'm driving, the sun is always directly in my eyes no matter what time it is or which direction I'm going.
@@RubenTheCartographer little trick for a side wind, just sit up straight, and turn your back at an angle into the wind. All of a sudden its like you become a sail. It isn't perfect, but it gives you a little boost.
@@Azivegu But then wouldn't it push you even harder in its direction?
"I do triathlon in my spare time" possibly the most Dutch thing ever said. 😁
We seem to be world champions 'spare time'. And I would like to keep it that way :)
"We choose to go to the Moon and ride a Dutch bicycle against ridiculous headwind, not because it is easy, but because it is hard."
"....because I do not know!"
"because it's there"
This must have been one of those "other things" he was talking about.
this would be an event I'd watch for sure
"It's a serious event..."
*Immediately Cut To Guy Doing The Race In A Suit*
Well, if it's a serious event best certainly dressed for the occasion😂
Can't get more professional than a suit, now can you?
@@Thespokenone professional is not synonim of serious
Dude looked like a Mormon missionary
The guy in the suit said in another interview they would get a beer at the finish. Sorority goals. But they found out later they only serve 0 % alchohol beers.
The fact that Tom got usable audio while there is an achievement in itself. 120 kmh/75 mph wind is insane
Thank that fuzzball
It was recorded a few days after the storm when the wind was not that strong anymore, but still strong enough to be a challenge. I agree though.
Man's using rtx voice
In dutch we would call that: "een briesje"
Isn't that near tropical storm winds?
"Here the tide is ruled by the wind, the moon, and Us" is such an incredible line, whoever came up with it should be very proud
Love this - love to the Dutch from UK! ❤️
I love everything about this: the "standard dutch bike," the the fact that it's clearly difficult to stand up in this weather, let alone bike, the perfect Dutch english, and that final line. Bravo
“Why are you doing this?”
“I don’t know.”
“Do you usually do bike races?”
“No.”
“How hard is this?”
“Very hard”
Can't believe they don't have gears. How on earth do you get anywhere without gears on a bike?
It would be workout day every day with those things surely?
@@Madhattersinjeans biking often and having strong leg muscles does the trick
@@Madhattersinjeans a lot of dutch people (like me) prefer bike without gears, because it's just another part of the bike that can break. Also it's a flat country
@@Madhattersinjeans
The country is so flat that you get little to no use out of the added complexity of gears. Similar in northern Germany.
We all know the true purpose of the dam was for bike races. Flood control was just to get the funding
Why? Because dutch! What other explanation u want?
Hell no, if that thing wasnt there the netherlands would've been flooded multiple times
Moreover, it's a sluice dam.
To protect what most people would call cold swamp vermin in the Zeeland delta.
@@JoshSweetvale the netherlands was a swamp
@@zakariaao ...woooosh
this is just how every dutch kid goes to school
remembering getting home in storms, cycling and having a gust of wind just reverse your momentum is no fun
Pushing the pedal with all your might and you're literally stuck in the spot
The days when the wind was your friend were so cool. Tailwind to school and tailwind back home because it turned. Instead of a relaxed cruise ride we would just race though because you could go superfast 😂
I once a randomly witnessed group of like twenty people doing a ‘very serious’ bicycle race with the aim of finishing last without stepping on the ground or going into a direction further back than the line perpendicular to the road
-why are you doing this
-I don’t know
Literally me everyday
Mood
Welcome to life, in general. ;)
It you were the person being interviewed it would literally be you - and the word literally would be superfluous. It wasn't you so forcing the word literally into the sentence to emphasize that something untrue IS true is ridiculous.
@@markfox1545 dude, chill out
A shame that rhymes can be rarely translated across languages! Perhaps a less literal translation could be:
Here rule over the sea
the moon, the wind, and we
I like that translation :)
My take:
Here over tide rule three
the moon, the wind and we
That rhymes, but it's a bad translation, as it completely misses the point. The dams control the tides, not the sea. It was the tides, in combination with a storm which caused the flooding of Zeeland in 1953. The Oosterschelde is a marvel because it lets in the tides, unless we say otherwise. It's all about the tides.
@@2001Pieps
Him saying 'oosterscheldekering' just made my day a whole lot better
Thank you for not dragging this into a 20 minute video for no reason, as others tend to do.
Amazing, I wonder how they train.
Edit: "Here, the tide is ruled by the wind, the moon and us." has to be the most badass thing I've heard.
A take on the classic Dutch saying: "God made the world, but the Dutch made the Netherlands."
Probably just the daily commute
As a dutch person even i didnt know about this stone. In dutch it sounds ridicously badass and it rhymes
@@MichaelSteeves Isn't that a French saying originally?
Well many people here take the bike as its commonly known, now in cities it's not so much of a deal but outside of the big cities in small towns or open field you regularly have to put up with a lot of wind, now imagine yourself cycling 10 - 20 kilometers every day to get to your school/work, I imagine thats how most casual people train.
-"Why are you doing this?"
-"I don't know. I really don't know."
You have to love the Dutch!
Aldus, Kai Broeking.
@@JoeFamilyGuy69 hahahahaha
That's me everyday when i ask myself what i'm doing
"why are you doing this?"
because im still better at it than you are!
That’s our entire life
As a U.S. expat living in Antwerp for the past seven years, the longer I am here, the more I wish I had gone to the NL instead. Damn I love the Dutch.
You are not that far from the Dutch. Enjoy the Belgium beer and mosselen.
Eh antwerpen used to be dutch, 🤣
Also not even an hour drive from the border (if you make it of the ring that is)
As a soldier, you could walk to the Netherlands from Antwerp. Just buy a trainticket and be in Amsterdam within the hour.
The Dutch seem to have a rather uncanny ability to laugh at the face of nature!
Threatened by floods. Dam the entire country.
High winds! Great! Perfect biking weather :p
That's the Dutch mentality, face the danger don't hide in the corner of your room. If you do the danger won't be lessened so be proactive (and sometimes reactive)
@@imtiredtoday Damn good way to live, I agree! Face the challenge!
@@imtiredtoday And where was that Dutch mentality in ww2 again?
@@jorka4691 Kanker op.
@@jorka4691 I do not know where you live but how long would your nation be safe for the Nazi regime? We are direct neighbors and many times smaller. There a lot to learn about the real Dutch mentality in many ways. Look at our history and understand it's a wonder our country even exists. It was the mentality that made it so.
“It’s a serious event, with permissions and everything”
I loled so hard. And they say the Dutch are good at English.
They should have revoked the permission for the storm, too strong.
That’s correct English.
Permissions, permits... Close enough.
They actually did cancel the event after about half the people started. The other half could not go because the bus to pick them up could not drive through the storm.
Winds are up to 120km per hour.
The Dutch: Let's have a bike race!
Probably one of the most Dutch thing ever
Also the dutch: *looking at a tiny hill* "Were not climbing that are we?"
(speaking as a dutchy)
@@Sophia-bm9ch Oh that's recognisable
@@Sophia-bm9ch Laughs in Limburgs
@@Sophia-bm9ch As long as you don't speak like a duchy.
Although, if you live in those villages in Zeeland and have to go to high-school in Zierikzee you may find yourself doing this on an almost daily basis (maybe a little less wind most times) for 11 kilometers one-way. The best days are always when the wind then turns while you are at school and you have "tegenwind" on the way back home too :p
I’m a Dutchmen and I do 15km one way every day. You get used to it ( my brother does 20 )
Aww hearing you say "success" in Dutch like we do was very heartwarming. Thanks for covering my small country 😌
Here, the tide is ruled by the wind, the moon and us.
What an amazing quote
Pitty the translation doesn't really rhyme, an alternative from another commenter is better imo:
'Here rule over the sea
the moon, the wind, and we'
@@EvilTurtle97 this one (a reply on the comment you quoted) is even better:
Here over the tide rule three
The moon, the wind and we
God created earth, the Dutch created the Netherlands !!
"It’s a serious event, with permissions and everything."
because nothing is more serious for a brit than when you need permission for it
🤣🤣
I'd like to add that this was scheduled in advance, and not set-up in 3 days to have this extreme version.
Oi I know moi roights
Oi mate! I certainly hope you have your Boicycle race loicense!
@@Meaisk Thanks for clarifying, I was wondering that. It would be even more awesome if they put it together in less than three days haha
Damn Tom, your reporting really blew me away! Glad to see you're not just recycling old stuff.
Super cool!
I am a bike sports enthusiast from Northern Germany and I apreciate this. ^^
Fun fact: "uitwaaien" is a dutch word for going out in the wind, to freshen up, as a therapy or to feel better. It roughly translates to "blowing out/off".
Just go for a walk and let all the bad feelings blow away.
and the more wind the more it is just fun. only down side is that sand is painful when it is being blown in your face.
This makes me wish it were nicely windy more often where I live, most of the time the wind only comes with types of weather you can't really go out in. When there is a clear day with strong wind though, it feels so cleansing and good!
Ho! And it has a russian equivalent of "проветривать(ся)", which is exactly "submerge into the wind"
@Fedor Fun fact, you've read the alquin magazine about "uitwaaien"
"People hurting themselves just enough to be interesting" is more true than I think I wanted it to be!
There was meant to be a tail wind competition this year aswell but tester still hasn't been found after they clocked him at 250 mph
I happen to be in the Netherlands for study abroad right now and I have to say biking against the wind is an experience like no other.
I feel so lame but this actually made my eyes well up a little bit. I just love how intrinsically and purely human this whole thing is - the fact it's on such a monument to human achievement is just the icing on the cake.
right?? glad I'm not the only one.
@@TheTunamouse Me too! 🥲
love how the Dutch dialect 'We kriehen sturm' (general Dutch: We krijgen storm) sounds like Tom pronouncing Dutch
What dialect is that anyway? Achterhoeks?
I believe it is Zeeuws or Zuid-ZuidHollands as that is the region of the Oosterscheldekering. Achterhoek is in the East Netherlands and this is in any case in the West Netherlands so it can't be that.
@@maicod I see, geography has never been my strongest suit. ;) Thanks!
Bram Senders It’s Zeeuws. Source: I’m Zeeuws.
I've experienced something similar in Texas. Though it was only 60mph winds. As a child trying to ride my bike to a friend's house, I ended up going home after the wind picked up halfway. I literally couldn't move forward the way I was going. I tried to walk the bike the rest of the way but quickly gave up after being pushed over several times by random gusts. Strong winds are no joke.
So.. from experience; I used to cycle to work at Netherlands when I was deputed there (almost everybody in Netherlands uses bi-cycles) ,
as a person not from Netherlands trying to ride a bi-cycle over there was a whole new level of challenge. You'd encounter sudden gusts pushing from sides and without proper brakes one might be pushed into the canals to say high to the fishes. The weather is absolute badass and people are kind to strangers (comparative to my life experience).
I've just read an article about this! -"'I survived, but it’s very tough,' said 56-year-old Hans Deting, his right hand dripping with blood after he was blown off his bike. ... One man made a bold fashion statement by wearing a onesie emblazoned with Brussels sprouts over his cycling gear. ... 'There’s nowhere to hide,' Stoekenbroek said."
Love how even the names in this story sounds overly Dutch. "Hans", or better yet, """Stoekenbroek""". I want that name :D
UHG I live like FIVE MINUTES from there and I was going to cycle there around the time you were recording, but decided against it. Now that I know you were there recording I have never felt so much pain.
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i worked there that day... you can see my camera AND I MISSED TOM FK SCOTT
@@niels1917 what camera? OmroepZeeland?
F
i hardly ever comment on youtube videos but there is just something so special and moving about this one. about the human spirit and our strange and ever evolving relationship with nature as we impose ourself onto the world.
That last line (in conjunction with the intro) absolutely pulled this video from being neat to being powerfully evocative and hopeful. Amazing work, Tom!
As a Dutch person, I have two things to say.
One: Tom, kudos for doing your darnedest to try and pronounce Dutch words.
Two: you have my permission to stop doing that...
Liefs uit Groningen!
Hoppa, er gaat niets boven Grunn!
telt Groningen wel als Nederland?
@@unoriginalenby4311 alles heb voor en nadelen, westen heb disco's wij hebbe de autobahn ;)
@@unoriginalenby4311 absoluut, je denkt aan Noord-Brabant, dat is reserve-België.
@@mirjanbouma Pfff, bedoel je niet Limburg?
The most amazing thing in this video is the mic quality
Today this competition was scheduled to be held again but it has been canceled due to much wind.
That arch from biking against the wind to ruling over the elements was brilliant! Thanks 😁
🔥 0:56 💯💚 👇👇👇👇💓
This is the most Dutch thing I've ever seen
Not those morons wearing these silly plastic hats (aka helmets) though!
@@taerial879 really depends on where you life m8. in holland we dont need them, but if id be riding in the uk as a dutch guy id be wearing one dude. that country isnt made for bicycles!
Check out the Nieuwjaarsduik ;)
@@taerial879 Ever heard about S I N T E R K L A A S
I like how you don't stretch your videos out to 10 minutes, thanks for keeping it short and sweet.
This is how a news segment should be done. It is excellent.
This channel is a master class in making things interesting and doing it in a very short amount of time.
1:55 you can see that savonius turbine behind her going absolutely ham.
him I think
@@woutervanr her
As a cycling ref, I just want to send a love letter to all the wonderful craziness that is bicycle racers. You make the world more joyful.
This is what life is about! Love this, love the Dutch. Brilliant.
I rode over the entire deltaworks on a biketour while I was on holiday there. Even with normal windspeeds it was a brutal yet awesome experience.
Something you didn't mention is that it was cancelled this year after a few hours because... The wind was too strong!
And as stated before, it wasn't too strong for the cyclist. It was too strong for the trucks that had to bring back the bikes
@@atec0404 I just realized that someome has to bring the bikes back. Now I understand.
@@atec0404 the whole barrier got shut down for all traffic all together. it really got stronger later on. (still fun to walk at the beach fighting the wind and sand)
Humans at wind: "We can beat you."
Wind: "Hold my tsunamis."
@@FernieCanto Us Dutch people: is that a challenge? We already have a barrier for that. we call it the UK.
This started like a Tim Traveler video
The difficult to pronounce Dutch words, right?
@@insanejughead For me it was the "it was not what I'm here to talk about". A bit like "and were are here to see none of it"
Oh yes, its all coming together.
That’s what I thought XD
+1 for Tim Traveler.
I can tell you from personal experience, even a weak to medium strong SIDE wind is hell to cycle through in open landscape. This is insane!
The way you communicate your interests and share your passion for out of the ordinary stuff is truly enlightening. Thanks for sharing😊❤
G E K O L O N I ... Wait! I mean G E P O L D E R D
D E L T A W E R K E N
eindelijk iets origineels :)
@@VeraTR909 makker, Deltawerken zijn geen specerij
Een polder is gekoloniseerde zee
Veel Angelsaksisch gebrabbel van deze meneer! ;-)
I got goosebumps hearing that inscription!
It is both humble and powerful. We do not pretend to control nature, but we sure are equal.
I am amazed by the length of the video and the amount of information that you managed to fit in under 3 minutes while still making the video fun. It's a very rare thing now that everyone is stretching their videos just so they can fit 2 or 3 ads and make them look like a small percentage of the video length.
You've just got to love the Dutch!
ohh bedankt
As a media student I feel like you did a god tier work to remove wind!
Seems windy, guess that's the point
Respect for the Participants
and props to the dutch for their water infrastructures and propperly respecting cycling in culture and transport.
Yes they have James Bond an a license to kill, we have Jan Bart and a license to ride against the wind
Finding the "Here, the tide is ruled by the moon, the wind, and us." stone 4000 years in the future with little remains of the dam must be one of the coolest things future generations will find about our times
Thanks so much for continually bringing us fascinating snippets of odd and surprising facts and places. You’re a legend!
That looks extremely brutal. I can feel the lactic acid building up in their legs. God bless the Dutch
This is how we go to school for 12 years. Sometimes even college, university!
I work in an office tower with an underground bike parking lot!
what is that?
@@obama69890 a parking garage for bicycles not to uncommon at schools and train stations
That’s the furriest mic I’ve ever seen
Hahaha, it's called a 'dead cat' for good reason!
And it still fails to dampen this wind
@@willdrug I suspect it is actually doing a damn good job. With just a phone mic I doubt you'd be able to make out anything at all.
It doesn't remove the sound of the wind altogether, but it absolutely succeeds in dampening the sound of the wind. Without it, you'd basically just be hearing static.
Just noticed that you didn't even say it fails to dampen the sound, but that it fails to dampen the wind itself. The funny thing is I think Tom already has a video about a series of giant constructions in the Netherlands that actually do dampen the wind.
@@anononomous I'm not saying it should remove the sound completely or that it's doing a bad job, far from it. Rather that the wind is so strong that sounds components that are usually removed completely are still coming through and the whole level is far higher than usual
Dutchmen in everyday life: Jan Jansen, Piet Visser, Henk de Jong.
Dutchman in this video: ROBRECHT STOEKENBROEK
Zumba Marx Hey, aren't you the guy from MATN? Love your puns!
i love how your videos tend to have a philosophical meaning or something to take away, amazing!
Doing it on the way back must be soooo much fun!!
Nope, the wind will have turned. Dutch wind is a right twat :p
I used to do that... struggle for 15-20km against a high wind along the canal where we used to live, just so I could "fly" back at over 30km/h.
It would be absolutely terrifying, since you couldn't break properly. With these kinds of winds "going with it" means getting blown away.
@@Jkirek_ Oh you'd break properly alright...you'd break every bone in your body and everything in your path...
@@Jkirek_
yeeeees! excellent im giving that a go!
Tom, no need to apologize with such an appropriately used and well pronounced 'succes' like the one at 2:04!
I feel like that was still just English
@@daisy-mw7px you can clearly hear the hard U and C
"I do triathlon in my spare time"
Dude makes it sound like a regular Sunday outing
Nk tegenwind fietsen junior: dutch teenagers driving to school and calling people with electric bikes cheaters.
Edit: HOW DID I GET 348 LIKES?!😲😂
I mean, Sparta-met used to be grandma and grandpa bikes, right? 😂
They are.
Why is this so accurate
Together with those that reached the age of 16 and immediately got a scooter
Can confirm, I just started uni in the Netherlands and we do call ppl with electric bikes cheaters
AAAAAAh come on! I live 15 minutes away from there and I thought it wouldn't be interesting so I didn't go, I could have met tom!
volgende keer beter
I'm up here in Amsterdam, and I seriously considered going. Wish I had now.
I just thought the Netherlands was full of really nice people, now I can add bonkers to that description.
Crazy can be fun, didn't you know? ;o)
Well it makes for a good combination. Nice is good for relations and trade. Bonkers is good to deal with all the set backs life throws at you.
Oh I love this so much.
Just when you though the world has gone to heck, you see news like this!🎉
That last quote almost made me cry.
Ja.. het was inderdaad pittig windig vandaag.. 👀
Dak van mn blokhut is dr zelfs af gewaaid
@@senpaipugs damn sterkte
zeker
I don't know Dutch but I understood that whole comment
"the ostersheldekearing" goed genederlandst Tom!
I love how you make more interesting videos on TH-cam about the Netherlands than any dutch channel. Keep up the good work :)
Are there any informative Dutch channels?
@@WouterWeggelaar Zondag met Lubach is relatively informative.
NotJustBikes though!
Oh god how fantastic. It truly is. Wow. What fun, even to witness.
I love the Dutch, they're so gloriously, beautifully mental. Gives me hope for the future of humanity.
Only if I knew you were there. Great.
Saame bruh
Would have visited the event if I knew Thom was there, it was a 15 minute drive...
These types of crazy events are what makes life worth living! Thank you for the great video Tom.
as far as news segments go...this was one of the best examples of one
concise yet very informative. interesting and well put with a script that's got all that you need to colour it a success, now I'm stuck sitting here thinking how do I implement this into one of my classes.
This was super interesting and I loved the message. Thanks for all the great content, Tom!
This is utter madnesss! That's one of many reasons i love and admire the Dutchies :D
"It's a serious event."
*guy with a suit and tie appears
He's wearing a safety tie. Everything is fine.
business meetings are serious
people attend business meetings with suits and ties dont they?
@@ivragi Of course, how could I have missed that
The race itself is a serious business
Frat hijinks.
Tom Scott, you teleport me to interesting places and events I will likely never see in person. Thank you.
''Here the tide is ruled by the wind, the moon and us'' amazing quote
"How difficult is it?" Answer "Very."
There was I feeling tired just watching them.
Great Scott that you were there Tom ! I guess this event also triggers nostalgic memories for most people which had to bicycle to school everyday (for me 13km single track) and of course you always had headwind in those memories. I think it is typical Dutch (but not exclusive!!) not to accept this force of nature by competing against it.
It suits very the motto of Zeeland: Luctor et Emergo (I struggle and emerge).
Ok the outro gave me goosebumps. Thank you for the fantastic content friend!
The Dutch build a dam in a decade, meanwhile in Germany the planning phase to repair a bridge is ticking up to 8 years...
well if they are the same team as the people that build your new airport at Berlin it may take some time.
But don't ask us about the Noord-Zuidlijn.
@@NawidN well that at least did finish. the Berlin airport is still on going.
@Daan Made in Holland Ze hebben hem al. Sinds vóór wij aan die van ons begonnen.
@@sirBrouwer it’s finished now, do you think the airport’s nice?
A more poetic translation would be: " The masters of the tides are thee: the moon, the winds and we."
Yes, it uses a bit of poetic licence. It's not mine though, I found it on r/thenetherlands
You mean three rather than thee?
You need another sentence to pair with that: Across the tides pass three: the moon, the wind and we.
That doesn't rhime in Dutch
@@RDMracer that's why it's a poetic translation, to make rhyme in English
Often people from abroad say about our Dutch bicycle culture: “yeh, but your country is flat” my reply is always: “we have wind”
It’s usually not as strong as in this video, but it’s always there. Many times I had to bike to school looking sideways because the wind prevents you to breath. (And the country is not flat everywhere)
sounds like the perfect place for bikes with sails
@@illdeletethismusic not really, because you will always have headwind, no matter what direction you're going in.
@@koenven7012 so you need a sail that works in small angles to the wind.
with tyres not letting you drift as much as water, the loss of usable angle from drift is smaller already, so you can go sharper to the wind already
I remembered once in University back in Groningen that we had the storm and lecture stopped halfway so every one can go home. The wind was so strong most people can't maintain the balance( wind were perpendicular to the riding direction).
physics problems: ignore air resistance and friction
these cyclists: -_-
"Assume a spherical cow of uniform density in a vacuum, disregard gravity"
The day you start taking air resistance into account, you reach doctorate level