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Re:Bicycle by vishnugupta on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:11AM (#35352418)
> ..you sometimes can feel the curb "sucking" you towards it when you try to avoid it

I was shopping for a kids carrying bikes, called bakfiets[1] (I think) in the Netherlands. The salesperson offered me a trial ride, his advice is something I still remember. Don't bother about the front wheels (they are far out in front), just look where you want to go and your hands will take care of steering and balancing.

[1] https://www.bakfiets.com

Edit: fixed thanks to the correction by “isoprophlex”!

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Re:Bicycle by isoprophlex on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:43AM (#35352700)
Drop the space between "bak" and "fiets". Just "bakfiets", otherwise you don't mean the noun for cargo bike, but the imperative "bake a bike" ;)
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Re:Bicycle by vishnugupta on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:09AM (#35352898)
Fixed, thank you :-)
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Re:Bicycle by sasawpg on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @09:13AM (#35356755)
Target fixation - you'll go where you look, for better or worse. Inexperienced riders will often stare right at the obstacle they're trying to avoid and ride right into it.
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Re:Bicycle by KeplerBoy on Thursday March 30, 2023 @02:19PM (#35376933)
You went bakfiets shopping as a novice rider?

Sounds brave. Did it work out?

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Re:Bicycle by Jolter on Friday March 31, 2023 @02:37AM (#35383477)
I'm sure the poster meant it was their first time riding a bakfiets, not that they never rode a bike before. The length of the bakfiets makes it a bit of a challenge.
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