Just need to make friends with Tim Declerq (El Tractor)… 
and have him lead the ride all day…
That’s a race-cyclist though, aka a lean-over cyclist. Just cycling for sport, dressed for the journey, not the destiny. Not very popular in right-up cyling nation The Netherlands. About 99.8 % of their cycling population are riding a bike for utility (shopping, commuting, visiting friends, leisure.)
Regarding leisure: very common:
… bike parking at a local Dutch lake during a sunny day:
…with your bike to a local park:
First world living! Tranquility in public spaces and you can park right where you sit!
Two differerent worlds on a Dutch cycle-lane: a cyclist and people on bikes:
I regularly got my ass kicked by those Grossmutter when I lived in Germany! Some of those old girls can ride. As for the bike, it’s a pretty poorly designed, but very popular style in the US, probably with origins in California, called a beach cruiser. The frames usually only come in 2 sizes, adult and child, so often too large for the rider. In the case of my mom that day, I was worried about her being able to put her feet down. Cruisers are mostly a fashion statement, but after a few cocktails, who cares. It was a Christmas present for my wife last year, who hasn’t gotten on her road bike since we had our first child 10 years ago. She loves it and I did mount a basket in leu of a back rack.
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The famous “granny-bike”.
@chipwich. Very interesting!
In The Netherlands and in some other European countries the so-called “Granny-bike” is the most popular right-up (city) bicycle; comfortable, ruggid and timeless:
With minor changes over 120 years in production and still going strong. Manufacturers: Gazelle and Batatus (from The Nethelands) and Cortina (from the Czech Republic.)
The male version (diamond frame):
Dutch teens on bicycles from Cortina - Czech Republic (ruggid too):
A commercial from Gazelle with a lot of city (e-) bikes:
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Remember - bikes are 92-98% efficient. Humans are 20-25% efficient.
You’re posting mostly midsummer, gorgeous weather cycling. I’d like to see the count/hr on site-line surveys (which I’ve done, and they’re boring as hell but necessary), on a seasonal or monthly basis. How busy are the streets in the rain,the snow, winter, spring?
We also have to take into account the cost of owning and operating a motorized vehicle. In the US, you can get a Driver’s License with a quarter and a bubble-gum dispenser. Same thing with Insurance - it’s basically voluntary. Not so in Europe, and this is a hurdle too high for many. There’s also the huge bus/light-rail/EuroRail infrastructure. Expensive to install and maintain, but acceptable in the eyes of many.
I did a study of myself for a year, on a townie bike similar to what you show. I hauled myself 11K in each direction, to my job as an instructor at a Recreational Center. It was 770Kj up, and 680Kj back.
Can you imagine an American doing this?
Ride your bike to work once, and IT IS A STUNT.
Ride your bike to work for a week, and IT IS AN ADVENTURE.
Ride your bike to work for a month, using current infrastructure, and… It becomes MUNDANE.
Americans RARELY go beyond step 1.
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This photo reminded me of when I was 17 and my friend and I went to the Brewers Retail on my motorcycle one night. Brewers Retail used to be the only place you could buy beer in Canada. Anyhoo, we bought a two-four and my friend rode backwards on the back of my bike (he was pretty crazy) with the case in hand back to his place. We then proceeded to grill up some chicken wings on his patio BBQ and we watched the coolest lightning storm while eating wings and drinking beer. Those were the days! 
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Wow! …
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I could do that! Easy! I just need to find a way to cancel gravity first…
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I just bought a white bicycle I’ll never use. 
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Those are … unconventional … ways to ride a bike. I can barely do it the one way I was taught.
There was a bicycle in that video?
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Good stuff @Elby.
Been forever since I was at Newport or Huntington Beach but they used to have trick bike performers, male and female, there all the time.
Wheels
Getting dresses while riding a bike…
Cycling with 13 horses:
Then cycling with one horse is a peace of cake:
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@elby. I recently came across:
There even exists a tool for beer crates on your bike:
A DIY project: a beer brand crate on your bicycle (trendy), demo:
I like the painting with an alcohol scene:
Bonus:
Another DIY project: a beer crate radio for your city bike: cycling, bagage 10 15, crate radio — Postimages
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True mass utility cycling in the 1920s (Amsterdam-NL in colour); after 01:18 mins:
Back then, and today…
Cycling with kids in the past:
UK, 1920s, and NL, late 50s/early 60s:
=> USA, 1920s
A child-seat from the 1920s, and a today child-seat:
The wind-shield in a better position:
Example of a today common mum-bicycle:
Probably this joke is a Made in England, as the cycling blond goddes is cycling on a road, meant for cars. In her country however it’s very unusual that both cars as well as people on bikes share the same space. Pedestrians have sidewalks, and people on bikes have bike- lanes and paths.
This photo may have been an inspiration for this joke, but you may notice, that this gal is cycling on a separate bike lane:
If cars and people on bikes are on the same road, then there is a “shared space” situation, in 30 km zones, and than you may also find these road signs with “Cars are guest”: so cars have to stay behind the cyclists (the correct answer in the joke would be “Yes”, because of the traffic rules):
But when people on bikes have to share the same space as cars, because of maintenance work for instance, then it’s common that there are temporary roadblocks to protect the more vulnarable roadusers.
An example: scene: the cycle lane is blocked because of trainbridge works. The people on bikes are now diverted to the adjacent road; and this road has therefore temporary roadblocks:
Notice also a 2nd cycle lane on the other side of the road. Probably a main cycle lane between 2 villages or cities, and the blocked cycle is probably for the locals. And these locals still have enough space to cycle abreast, common in their country (as cycling is social too).
I see that NBC-SN will be shutting down before the end of this year. That is a bummer since I use it to watch the Tour. I hope Bob Roll and Christian can land somewhere along with Phil…
And for the record…I’m still way back on Stage 20 of the Giro…have the whole Vuelta to watch still…
Rumor has it that the Tour may be headed to Peacock. I imagine that platform’s days are numbered too then…
Do you get Eurosport over there?
May use a non subscription streaming service?
I use one over here if there’s something I want to watch, ashes cricket series, Ryder cup etc. It charges monthly, similar to Netflix, so there’s not long term subscription.
With all the teams that are sponsored by TV channels, there must be something.