@@HipHopIsUnderground not with their serious homeless problem they are having. San Francisco and Portland are horrible right now. The crime is out of control
Cool video. It’s nice to see that there is a cycling culture in the USA. As a Dutchy I cheer on every initiative to promote cycling and creating 1st class bicycle infrastructure and bicycle parking like we have in the Netherlands.
Great video! I live on the Grand Rounds in Minneapolis, my wife and I both bike to work frequently, and we love the bike friendliness of the Twin Cities. I seldom even encounter road rage motorists.
+Steven Deckert I would love to experience the nicer cities in North America on bike. I just put Minneapolis at the top of the list! The infrastructure you have is incredible.
Never been cycling in minneapolis but I have always wanted to go down there for an entire day and just go explore minneapolis and just screw around on the bike lanes.
I ride in the city of angels, but as a die-hard Minnesota Vikings fan, I'm partial to Minneapolis. As if I needed any more reasons to love your state =) next time I go up there for a game, I'm renting a bike
The thing is, I was homeless and lived in my cheap ass RV. And I BIKED HARD, all over Minneapolis. For so many years... Now this? Why was I so alone? There were not enough smart phones yet, in 2005.. I guess.
Black Dog Road by the River was our spot back in 1992-5 Hard core riding by the river 😁👍🏿 Nine mile creek to the Falls was dope back then. Now not so much.
Minneapolis has a lot of bikes for sure and is super bike friendly, but Raleigh, North Carolina (where I live, so I'm biased) has a great biking scene also.
+Bri Swifty I haven't owend a car now for 4 years. My own city has come a long way, and its fun to bike around, but from this video, it makes us look like losers, frankly! I understand Seattle is pretty bike-equipped, too.
I'm going to Minneapolis in October and that is why i found this video. But the main difference is that we feel save to bike here, because of the special junctions and special roads everywhere for bikes. (I actually do not have a bicycle helmet and nobody every use it. Only if people do cycle racing than they have helmets)
+FlyingGibbon44 You won't need a helmet if you don't want one, but people are opinionated about them here. cycling in Minneapolis is better than in other U.S, cities, but it won't be anything like cycling in the Netherlands. We are 30 years behind you guys in terms of developing safe roads for pedestrians and cyclists. One plus side is that, If you're here in the winter, you will definitely get a chance to ride a Fat bike. :) They are everywhere here.
+ArthurFellig I feel its more out of necessity in the Netherlands, though. Typically, North Americans own a car, correct? It is much harder to live by car in the Netherlands. Bicycling is only logical, and was accommodated decades ago.
Born & raised in the Twin Cities --- but now live in The Netherlands. Sorry MSP... you have a looong way to go ~ but you're headed in the right direction👍
My wife and I moved to the US (green card lottery) and hated living here since then. The entire US looks the same, with the same single family zoning, parking mandates, highways through the cities, etc. We were thinking to just move out of here, hoping someday to get to the Netherlands. But after your video we’ll give Minneapolis a try. Eventually not all US is the same car hell. Thanks 🙏
I respectfully beg to differ with your assessment! Tucson, AZ has hundreds of miles of dedicated bike lanes and paths that are utilized 12 months out of the year!
I'm too scared to ride a bike in Tucson, roads are rough, bicycle gutters even more rough and filled with debris, bad drivers, inconsistent paths and sidewalks.
+Dante Green Portland has one of the highest suicide rates in the country, FACT. It's the lack of sunlight in the winter that is the main driver. No thanks I'll take a couple cold months and sun all year here in Minneapolis. Plus we don't have as many annoying hipsters.
+Jeffrey Florence Please reference this so called fact. There are multiple links that doesn't even shoe the northwest in the top ten. I think you're believing the hype. Also, in regards to hipsters, one of the first people talking in the video would be considered a hipster. Come to Portland and actually see it. Don't go off Portlandlandia. Anyway, here's a link since you claim it to be fact. One of many I looked at..... www.insidermonkey.com/blog/the-10-most-suicidal-cities-in-america-331367/6/
Very cool ☺ VERY ☺ .....but.....hummmmm, ya forgot some really amazing stuff ........ no mention of the "Hard Times Bike Club" or our crazy tall bike riders, or the crazy fixed gear riders...... or CRITICAL MASS???? My boyfriend is a professor and he rides a fixed gear bike from Franklin and Lyndale to the UofM every week day since I have been with him (15 years) and tons of weekends tooo.... cuz he works in infectious disease as a bio-statistician, analyzing CoVid data for Project Warp Speed. ♥ There are no "Snow Days" for my fella, he rides in rain/shine/blizzards/heat waves /humidity/ 106° / -50° wind chills ...NOTHING CAN STOP HIM!!!!! and he just turned 50 this year.
This comment is maybe belated, but if you want to do that you could try a fundraiser- maybe have half go toward a good charity and half toward your trip. That way people who don't even know you might give.
I ride an electic bike because I'm old and can't pedal anymore, but Tucson has a labywrinth of bike trails; I really like them because at a light I can make a quick right and pass eveyone else waiting in a traffic jam in cars. But not long ago here in Tucson a group of elderly bikers were run down by a maniac and two died. Ya gotta have total radar, but riding in the bike lanes is safer than driving in the car lanes; but ya gotta know everything goin on around you; I got run over once; survived.
Yo, if anyone is interested. I live in st.michael and we should make a stunt Cycling club and meet up in Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Or other places. Would be awesome!!
wow what a coincidence haha. I'm coming up this summer and I was curious about the cycle scene and look it's the best in the nation. now I need to decide if I should bring my bicycle on a plane or just do a share ride.(my bicycle is my only mode of transport and I don't want to do lyft cuz I want to save money)
I want this more than anything for my city. At this point, however, anyone seen on a bike is assumed to have multiple DUI's. Our first legit bike trail did just open last year, so it's a step in the right direction.
Minneapolis opened the Greenway in 2001 and it just changed everything. People were like "Instead of spending 45 minutes in my car in bumper-to-bumper traffic, i can bike to work in 15 minutes? Instead of spewing car exhaust i can get exercise? Instead of screaming at other cars in frustration I can smile and wave at my fellow commuters?"
Hmmm. I sure wish things were as good for cyclists now as they were when this video was made. The trail system is chopped up and in shambles along the greenway. Freewheel is closed. The velodrome is gone. Hopefully this is just a phase that will give way to a return to an actually good city for cycling, but it's not great right now.
Yup, the best cycling era was 1989-1999 We had to protest to have bike lanes in the Twin Cities. Cops use to take our bikes at “critical mass” and chop them up when we went to get them back. Now not so much fun 🤣👍🏿
cool, wish we had bike lanes around here, I would love to ride more in the summer than I do I hate dodging cars and of course it is time consuming ot have to load it up to go to the park to ride. winter I wont be riding my bike, there is one guy I see all the time day and night who is always riding his bike, but all in allthe roads around here are not bike condusive you ride at your own risk.
Pretty cool video, but I'm pretty sure there are more biking musicians around here than Ben Weaver. Even if you're criteria is that the bike is a part of the musician's identity / stage persona / shtick.
at least one city in america has got their act right .while the rest of the citys are stuck in the past.that cater to cars and trucks when america is moving to bikes more and more every day.cars and trucks dont belong in the city .cars are only good for one thing long distence travel.
@@zeeshimon7138 ok u have a point, lot of fixies and MTB here. I use to work at Franklin Bike shop in 1989👍🏿 and kept biking because of cool bike shops like that. I’m totally into SE BMX now! If u see a guy on an SE or BMX over 40 they are the coolest ones 🤣✌🏿
No one road user should claim a settlement for their sort only,because that is arrogance and causes upset.do your best to live at peace with other types of road users and pedestrians .
I am now on the verge of picking Minneapolis as my city to live in ....only for the biking culture!
@@HipHopIsUnderground not with their serious homeless problem they are having. San Francisco and Portland are horrible right now. The crime is out of control
same but 4 years later lmao
Biking to lots of people means Harley Davidsons.i say cyclists for you lot.
This should be titled 50 reasons why I'm moving to Minneapolis.
Cool video. It’s nice to see that there is a cycling culture in the USA. As a Dutchy I cheer on every initiative to promote cycling and creating 1st class bicycle infrastructure and bicycle parking like we have in the Netherlands.
Great video! I live on the Grand Rounds in Minneapolis, my wife and I both bike to work frequently, and we love the bike friendliness of the Twin Cities. I seldom even encounter road rage motorists.
+Steven Deckert I would love to experience the nicer cities in North America on bike. I just put Minneapolis at the top of the list! The infrastructure you have is incredible.
Never been cycling in minneapolis but I have always wanted to go down there for an entire day and just go explore minneapolis and just screw around on the bike lanes.
+Jens Does Stuff Bike the Grand Rounds.
Do it! Also if you like scenery you won't run out of lakes to bike to/around :)
Minneapolis by Bike Tour. You learn so much history about the city!
Wow i live in chicago and am a cyclist,
I want to move to mini
I've heard great things about Minn even before this video. good to see all the reasons!
Chicago bike Messenger!
Greetings from The Garden State! I wish New Jersey was as bicycle-friendly as Minnesota. Great video folks!
I ride in the city of angels, but as a die-hard Minnesota Vikings fan, I'm partial to Minneapolis. As if I needed any more reasons to love your state =) next time I go up there for a game, I'm renting a bike
i'm an angelino too. it makes you dream to see this, doesn't it?
Prince Robot XII ya Minnesota is all fun and games until the winter rolls around
@@TheRealMikeHoncho1 ain’t that the truth. Some years it snows thru April👍🏿
The thing is, I was homeless and lived in my cheap ass RV. And I BIKED HARD, all over Minneapolis. For so many years... Now this? Why was I so alone? There were not enough smart phones yet, in 2005.. I guess.
I live in bloomington MN and i had no idea there was so much biking in my backyard
Black Dog Road by the River was our spot back in 1992-5 Hard core riding by the river 😁👍🏿
Nine mile creek to the Falls was dope back then. Now not so much.
I have always loved Mini one of my favorite cities.
Minneapolis has a lot of bikes for sure and is super bike friendly, but Raleigh, North Carolina (where I live, so I'm biased) has a great biking scene also.
that is even better than minn because the weather and flora and fauna is different too.
I love the percussion and bikes!
Biking around Minneapolis is so fun.
+Bri Swifty I haven't owend a car now for 4 years. My own city has come a long way, and its fun to bike around, but from this video, it makes us look like losers, frankly! I understand Seattle is pretty bike-equipped, too.
Fine, fine. I'm moving. I'm moving!
Please do update
Putting Minneapolis on my bucket list 😍
Come in the Spring, that is May in Minnesota. July is too hot and too many Mosquitoes 🤣👍🏿
In the Netherlands we love or bicycles too:)
FlyingGibbon44 Hello from MPLS! We dream of having what you have in the Netherlands! We have a long way to go to get to your level!
I'm going to Minneapolis in October and that is why i found this video. But the main difference is that we feel save to bike here, because of the special junctions and special roads everywhere for bikes. (I actually do not have a bicycle helmet and nobody every use it. Only if people do cycle racing than they have helmets)
+FlyingGibbon44 You won't need a helmet if you don't want one, but people are opinionated about them here. cycling in Minneapolis is better than in other U.S, cities, but it won't be anything like cycling in the Netherlands. We are 30 years behind you guys in terms of developing safe roads for pedestrians and cyclists. One plus side is that, If you're here in the winter, you will definitely get a chance to ride a Fat bike. :) They are everywhere here.
+FlyingGibbon44 yeah yeah yeah don't rub it in :D
+ArthurFellig I feel its more out of necessity in the Netherlands, though. Typically, North Americans own a car, correct? It is much harder to live by car in the Netherlands. Bicycling is only logical, and was accommodated decades ago.
Born & raised in the Twin Cities --- but now live in The Netherlands. Sorry MSP... you have a looong way to go ~ but you're headed in the right direction👍
Awesome video!!
Sounds like a fun place to bike. Gotta find out more about the Copenhagenize index.
My wife and I moved to the US (green card lottery) and hated living here since then. The entire US looks the same, with the same single family zoning, parking mandates, highways through the cities, etc. We were thinking to just move out of here, hoping someday to get to the Netherlands. But after your video we’ll give Minneapolis a try. Eventually not all US is the same car hell.
Thanks 🙏
I respectfully beg to differ with your assessment! Tucson, AZ has hundreds of miles of dedicated bike lanes and paths that are utilized 12 months out of the year!
I'm too scared to ride a bike in Tucson, roads are rough, bicycle gutters even more rough and filled with debris, bad drivers, inconsistent paths and sidewalks.
Your move Portland
PinecrestNova Haha, good one. I live here and you can have the snow, I'll take the rain any day over that shit.
So they say, yet Portland and Seattle keeps growing and growing.... Funny how that works out. Not that many people committing suicides. 😉
+Dante Green Portland has one of the highest suicide rates in the country, FACT. It's the lack of sunlight in the winter that is the main driver. No thanks I'll take a couple cold months and sun all year here in Minneapolis. Plus we don't have as many annoying hipsters.
+Jeffrey Florence Please reference this so called fact. There are multiple links that doesn't even shoe the northwest in the top ten. I think you're believing the hype. Also, in regards to hipsters, one of the first people talking in the video would be considered a hipster. Come to Portland and actually see it. Don't go off Portlandlandia. Anyway, here's a link since you claim it to be fact. One of many I looked at.....
www.insidermonkey.com/blog/the-10-most-suicidal-cities-in-america-331367/6/
+Jeffrey Florence damn phone.....show, not shoe
Very cool ☺ VERY ☺ .....but.....hummmmm, ya forgot some really amazing stuff ........ no mention of the "Hard Times Bike Club" or our crazy tall bike riders, or the crazy fixed gear riders...... or CRITICAL MASS???? My boyfriend is a professor and he rides a fixed gear bike from Franklin and Lyndale to the UofM every week day since I have been with him (15 years) and tons of weekends tooo.... cuz he works in infectious disease as a bio-statistician, analyzing CoVid data for Project Warp Speed. ♥ There are no "Snow Days" for my fella, he rides in rain/shine/blizzards/heat waves /humidity/ 106° / -50° wind chills ...NOTHING CAN STOP HIM!!!!! and he just turned 50 this year.
Im gonna bike to st paul from ca wish me luck im omw watch out st paul i see you
+industrialhemprocks Oh Are you really? Good luck man!
yeah right i need funding first....
This comment is maybe belated, but if you want to do that you could try a fundraiser- maybe have half go toward a good charity and half toward your trip. That way people who don't even know you might give.
+Sarah Berkner thanks i will think of that and turn it over in my mind
I ride an electic bike because I'm old and can't pedal anymore, but Tucson has a labywrinth of bike trails; I really like them because at a light I can make a quick right and pass eveyone else waiting in a traffic jam in cars. But not long ago here in Tucson a group of elderly bikers were run down by a maniac and two died. Ya gotta have total radar, but riding in the bike lanes is safer than driving in the car lanes; but ya gotta know everything goin on around you; I got run over once; survived.
We need this in Texas.
or...everywhere! :)
I'm so done living in Chicago....
SAME
this is the first time ever I've seen the faces of the voices behind pedalhub!
Ah yes living here in the Minneapolis Saint Paul suburbs is absolutely amazing
Yo, if anyone is interested. I live in st.michael and we should make a stunt Cycling club and meet up in
Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Or other places. Would be awesome!!
Ok, sounds like fun. Where do I sign up?
What's a good bike shop for Fixed gears? I'm moving from Nyc to Msp this weekend
i thought the idea behind fixed gear bicycles is you didn't need a mechanic? :)
basement of one on one is fun to look around...
I love my All City bike!
And Atmosphere. 👌🏼
How much can i rent an efficiency apartment and have access to bike lanes?
wow what a coincidence haha. I'm coming up this summer and I was curious about the cycle scene and look it's the best in the nation.
now I need to decide if I should bring my bicycle on a plane or just do a share ride.(my bicycle is my only mode of transport and I don't want to do lyft cuz I want to save money)
So how was it?
I want this more than anything for my city. At this point, however, anyone seen on a bike is assumed to have multiple DUI's. Our first legit bike trail did just open last year, so it's a step in the right direction.
Minneapolis opened the Greenway in 2001 and it just changed everything. People were like "Instead of spending 45 minutes in my car in bumper-to-bumper traffic, i can bike to work in 15 minutes? Instead of spewing car exhaust i can get exercise? Instead of screaming at other cars in frustration I can smile and wave at my fellow commuters?"
@jayteegamble And once you see it you can't unsee it and you become so miserable driving in a city not like this... makes me cry
Awesome!
Sup.
From a Minnesotan
Hmmm. I sure wish things were as good for cyclists now as they were when this video was made. The trail system is chopped up and in shambles along the greenway. Freewheel is closed. The velodrome is gone. Hopefully this is just a phase that will give way to a return to an actually good city for cycling, but it's not great right now.
Yup, the best cycling era was 1989-1999 We had to protest to have bike lanes in the Twin Cities. Cops use to take our bikes at “critical mass” and chop them up when we went to get them back. Now not so much fun 🤣👍🏿
I love bikes!
Does anybody know the name of that bike junkyard
That was at One On One bike shop. It was in downtown MPLS and now moved to a new location.
I CANT BELIEVE U MISSED IT PRINCE LOVED BICYCLES
Prince, OG vegan cyclist!
I wonder how things are now?
What do you expect to change, idiot?
@@MEMENZO- Good advancement :))
cool, wish we had bike lanes around here, I would love to ride more in the summer than I do I hate dodging cars and of course it is time consuming ot have to load it up to go to the park to ride. winter I wont be riding my bike, there is one guy I see all the time day and night who is always riding his bike, but all in allthe roads around here are not bike condusive you ride at your own risk.
Ghost Bike Lanes don't always get used. But they are nice to have. And unlike New York, cars usually don't park in them either
Pretty cool video, but I'm pretty sure there are more biking musicians around here than Ben Weaver. Even if you're criteria is that the bike is a part of the musician's identity / stage persona / shtick.
I love this video
I`m sold... when can I move?
wow this is amazine! love it here in Argentina is so diferent i love bike
whoop whoop Minnesota
Minnie soda
Mini soda
at least one city in america has got their act right .while the rest of the citys are stuck in the past.that cater to cars and trucks when america is moving to bikes more and more every day.cars and trucks dont belong in the city .cars are only good for one thing long distence travel.
many people in Manhattan ride bikes
Sabo bridge cost 5 Million dollar 😳 We could have made that cheaper 😞
Land of 10,000 lakes and taxes🤔🤣👍🏿
Proud to call Minnesota my home.
Bike to Break Cultural Borders & let Travel become our human right....
How can we break cultural borders when every time these videos come up they only talk about white men and women that are cyclist.
@@zeeshimon7138 maybe there are no "Black's" involved with the movement.... why is that whitey's fault?
@@zeeshimon7138 ok u have a point, lot of fixies and MTB here. I use to work at Franklin Bike shop in 1989👍🏿 and kept biking because of cool bike shops like that. I’m totally into SE BMX now! If u see a guy on an SE or BMX over 40 they are the coolest ones 🤣✌🏿
i love my bike, its my car
Never irk anyone for being a motorist,you don't know the intricacies of their lifestyle.
No one road user should claim a settlement for their sort only,because that is arrogance and causes upset.do your best to live at peace with other types of road users and pedestrians .
❤️👍🔧⚙️🔥💯💪
We rule
Were fat bikes a solution to cycling on snow.?
That and sand.
@@gregkosinski2303 Cool.
Yup! Erik Noren, Peacockgroove, pioneer it then other companies copied😁
No bike license required... no bikes are required to stop at signs or lights. headphones are allowed while riding bikes... heck Id wanna ride one!
actually all street laws apply to bikers except on dedicated bike lanes, wish we has some around here.
you do need a bike permit for your bike in the city limits or the cops cant take your bike from you for no reason what so ever and ticket you also. ☺
BIKE COPS ON PHAT BIKES