Too true, despite all probable stereotyping

Read the paragraph about the European city bike. Excepting the fact that the picture offered is considerably more flattering than the bikes I see (and own) around the Netherlands thus far, I do ride around to bakeries and cafes and cheese shops while gleefully humming to myself about the expedience of bike-riding over walking, not to mention just how Dutch I feel as I ring my handlebar's bell past crowds of tourists waiting for the bus.