>>1767983This is such nonsens.
t. dutch
This type of bike also allow you to cycle to work in formal/business attire without having to worry about getting your clothes, ripping seams or having a dress/tailcoats caught in the rear wheel etc.
Oma fietsen are like vernacular architecture. They're honed throughout the ages to be perfectly optimized for the time, place and climate.
Modern Dutch bikes have too much bloat tho. Platic brittle bits, proprietary hard-to-service parts, unnecesary complication (spring-forks, saddle-post suspension).
