“Big Clearance! 12 in place of 1!”

“Grande offerta! 12 per 1!”

ENFB cyclists’ union, Woerden, 1993; poster by Theo van den Boogaard

@fuck_cars

    • Inktvip@lemm.ee
      111·
      11 months ago

      Practically all bikes in the Netherlands still look like that today. They’re a tool to get you from A to B and this design has proven very reliable for that.

      U-locks for bikes are a rarity as well. Basically all bikes have a lock built-in, that you optionally pair with a chain if you park it somewhere deemed unsafe.

    • wieson@lemmy.world
      62·
      11 months ago

      How “does it not look right” if it’s literally reality. I could take a foto of such a rack today in my area. They exist, they work. I don’t see the problem.

        • wieson@lemmy.world
          51·
          11 months ago

          pretty gross rack design

          You’re absolutely right

          It’s a normal rack, I disagree with the grossness.

          They didn’t […] tell him “hey that doesn’t look right, please draw again”

          But it does look right.

            • deur
              42·
              11 months ago

              I wont use all caps but they are indeed all over the netherlands. This discussion is hella lacking context. Yes those racks are very common and normal, and no amount of what you think changes that. This is a dutch ad which is based on what NL actually looks like.

              Acting like the 80s were a new time for bikes… by then the netherlands was not occupied and the dutch were indeed allowed to own bikes again :)

                • kattenluik
                  43·
                  11 months ago

                  We’ve all read your comments, even the deleted one and we’re saying you’re just wrong and your comment was at least partially about this.

                  Nothing in this comment is useful, you’re now just throwing jabs at people for no reason and you have thrown away all your credibility along with it.

                  Deleted comment:

                  You’re absolutely right, but this ad looks like it’s maybe late 80s, probably early 90s, so give them a little bit of slack. They were just figuring out what really good bike racks need to look like.

                  Also, bikes at that time were a lot more basic and cheaper, there’s not much need to be overly cautious about them.

                  Edit: Also also, the guy who drew this was kind of a big guy in his day, so they either got him for free or paid him way too less, either way they didn’t have the means to tell him „hey that doesn’t look right good, draw it again, please?“…