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Jelle<p>Late night cycle ride back from Enschede to Hengelo on the bicycle highway, two years ago there would've been at least a dozen mopeds with accompanying stink and noise. Now only two along the entire route, with the rest of the motorised numbers filled in with electric bikes and <a href="https://mensmaaktmooi.nl/tags/fatBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fatBikes</span></a> . Personally, I'd much rather have those than the noisy stinky mopeds. IMHO this shows the importance of judging modal shifts rather than modes by themselves.</p>
RTL Nieuws<p>𝗞𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗱 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗷𝗳𝘁 𝘃𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗯𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀</p><p>Een meerderheid van de Tweede Kamer wil dat het kabinet blijft proberen regels in te voeren die alleen voor fatbikes gelden. Minister Barry Madlener (Infrastructuur en Waterstaat, PVV) liet de Tweede Kamer woensdag weten dat een juridisch onderscheid tussen fatbikes en andere e-bikes...</p><p><a href="https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/politiek/artikel/5493267/kamermeerderheid-blijft-vragen-om-aparte-categorie-voor-fatbikes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rtl.nl/nieuws/politiek/artikel</span><span class="invisible">/5493267/kamermeerderheid-blijft-vragen-om-aparte-categorie-voor-fatbikes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kamermeerderheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kamermeerderheid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vragen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vragen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fatbikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fatbikes</span></a></p>
Paul Schoonhoven 🍉 🍋<p>Kabinet ziet niets in specifieke maatregelen tegen fatbikes, zoals helmplicht en minimumleeftijd | de <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@volkskrant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>volkskrant</span></a></span><br><a href="https://www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/kabinet-ziet-niets-in-specifieke-maatregelen-tegen-fatbikes-zoals-helmplicht-en-minimumleeftijd~ba6af185/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">volkskrant.nl/politiek/kabinet</span><span class="invisible">-ziet-niets-in-specifieke-maatregelen-tegen-fatbikes-zoals-helmplicht-en-minimumleeftijd~ba6af185/</span></a></p><p>En daar gaat een volgende noodzakelijke ingreep de prullenbak in. Dit kabinet ziet kennelijk meer in extra onnodige ziekenhuisopnames en langdurige fysio voor een groep jongeren.</p><p>Archive link: <a href="https://archive.ph/5wtAe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/5wtAe</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Fatbikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fatbikes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Maddlener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maddlener</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Schoof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schoof</span></a></p>
Partage ta rue 94<p>Dans cet article du quotidien néerlandais Het Parool sorti hier on apprend que 10000 fatbikes ont été saisis l'an dernier aux Pays-Bas à la suite de contrôles de la commercialisation et de la circulation, que la police dispose de 250 bancs de contrôles à 17 000€ pièce; bref, qu'ils s'occupent sérieusement de cette forme de violence motorisée (croissante chez nous).</p><p><a href="https://masto.bike/tags/fatbikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fatbikes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.bike/tags/violencesmotorisees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violencesmotorisees</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.parool.nl/nederland/inbeslagnames-fatbikes-schieten-omhoog-cruciaal-dat[…]politie-ondersteunt~b3f954f1/?referrer=https://duckduckgo.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">parool.nl/nederland/inbeslagna</span><span class="invisible">mes-fatbikes-schieten-omhoog-cruciaal-dat[…]politie-ondersteunt~b3f954f1/?referrer=https://duckduckgo.com/</span></a></p>
Fragarach<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@CoachMark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CoachMark</span></a></span> </p><p>Bought myself an electrically assisted bike last year. Also gave in and bought an aftermarket kit for the tandem as well. <br>Don't do mountain biking, but roads round here be like this. This is a couple of miles away from me. </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/MountainBike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MountainBike</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Fatbike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fatbike</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Fatbikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fatbikes</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GravelBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GravelBikes</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MountainBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MountainBikes</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Bikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bikes</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cycling</span></a></p>
Giselavbl<p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/JipVanDerToorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JipVanDerToorn</span></a> in de <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Volkskrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Volkskrant</span></a> over <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/polarisatie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>polarisatie</span></a> en <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/fatbikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fatbikes</span></a></p>