The Age (Australia): I’d heard the stories about the Dutch Black, but nothing prepared me for the alternative universe that is Amsterdam. It was clear from the moment I stepped off the train that my wildest fantasies were about to become reality. I’m not talking about the sex and drugs; heaps of cities have that. It was the bikes — they were everywhere and in every shape and size imaginable: bikes for cruising, bikes for shopping, bikes for couples, bikes for carrying a whole tantrum of toddlers, and even bikes for the frail and wobbly.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/in-the-land-of-the-dutch-black-the-cyclist-is-king-of-the-road/2008/02/10/1202578597192.html