Post by @Amiek@glammr.us

2026-08-03 13:10 UTC

@notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com @danbrotherston@types.pl @BicycleDutch@mastodon.social the advantage of taking your own bike on a train, is that you can cycle parts of the route and them continue by train. Sometimes I just cycle till rush hour is over and then I continue my travels by train. OV fiets is okay if you stay local to one train station.

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@Amiek@glammr.us 2026-08-03 13:11

@notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com @danbrotherston@types.pl @BicycleDutch@mastodon.social The only period in time that scalability is an issue is during the summer holidays. Having a proper (removable) cycle rack in which bikes actually fit and can be stored more efficient would be helpfull. I could imagine them on sprinters.

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@quixoticgeek@social.v.st 2026-08-03 13:14

@Amiek@glammr.us @notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com @danbrotherston@types.pl @BicycleDutch@mastodon.social I have done hundreds of rides where I took a train out and cycled home, or cycled out and trained back. The problem is NS trains are almost all universally badly designed, and they never run enough capacity, even off peak in the summer. It helps to know ways round the full trains. Arnhem to Utrecht in summer is always packed but take a sprinter to Nijmegen, get on the train there, and you're already on the train when it arrives at Arnhem. Etc..

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