I had no idea the NL cycling culture was like that. The only cycling dutchman I know is a speed deamon -- but he lived in England then. Also, yes the word fah

I had no idea the NL cycling culture was like that. The only cycling dutchman I know is a speed deamon -- but he lived in England then. Also, yes the word fahren is a bit strange to my English-trained years. But if it lumps "drive" and "ride" together, it also make a distinction that isn't available in English: it is to travel on a vehicle (be it just a pair of roller skates), but not on your own power or on the back of an animal. That might sound like a weird distinction to make, until you realise that fahren is the absolute favourite activity of the German race. That's why they are so keen on trains and bikes and why they invented motor cars, jet engines, freeways and (I suspect) the parent-powered sleigh.