So, just before I hop off on a 2 week holiday to France, I wanted to share something personal with you. In a long standing tradition of SEO’s and Affiliate marketers who show off their new ride, going from John Chow and Shoe on the affiliate side to Marcus and Dave on the SEO side, I’d like to tell you about my new pair, well actually trio, of wheels. I got myself a bakfiets. Or as you’d probably call it in English: a “Freight bicycle“. Yes, it’s a bike.
Why? Well because I either work from home, or fly, and for those small moments in between, I don’t need no car, I’d rather take a train. Ever heard of traffic jams? We seem to have invented those here in the Netherlands, or at least have a serious problem with them. Consider this: we’ve got longer traffic jams each office day, than that our country is long.
So why a “bakfiets”? Well I need to carry around my two kids sometime, and some beer, and this baby can carry it all at the same time. Ow and, just look how awesome it looks on me:
Now that we’re talking about rides by the way, I got my son a new ride too, a skelter:
Is that cool, or what?
hehe, this is awesome. I want one.
Very cool, Joost!
Have a nice holiday!
Awesome and better for the environment than shoemoneys hummer :-)
Nice one! Enjoy the bakfiets!
Looking good Joost!
So I take it that your son will start on “4 wheels” and then perhaps graduate up to “3″? :)
All the best,
Stu
hehe he’s actually training to graduate to a “real”, 2 wheeled bike :)
I was in Amsterdam last year (my first trip back to the Netherlands in at least 15 years) and was amazed at all the bikes. I’d heard about it, of course, but to see a huge rush of commuters in the morning, including parents with not just 1, but 2 kids in a bakfiets bringing them to school or doing errands was simply incredible. I bike everywhere here in Orange County, but that makes me a rare exception. It was inspiring to see how the citizens of Amsterdam have taken to bikes.
Egg-celent Joost :) Have fun!
Hi Joost,
Nice ride!
Yeah, nice toy! Just wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you for all your posts. I’m a big fan of yoast.com ! Enjoy your holiday :p
Babboe ftw! They are so great I bought myself one this spring. Kids love it.
DUDE – SWEET RIDE.
That is definitely a slick new ride Yoast
Sweet ride–and practical too!
Ah nice! Zo eentje hebben wij ook (Babboe). Worth every penny! :)
Wow, that’s a cool ride! Handy yet cool.
Very nice Joost, but I think we’d all appreciate a photo with it full of beer and ice also:) Ride on!
That is awesome! I have my own quiver of bicycles and love to transport stuff on them! Good work.
Hans
Yoast,
Your gravatar looks exactly like you, good work.
Peter
Did anyone said sexy? You`re surely going to attract much woman with that bike!
;-)
The bakfiets is a great thing. You might want to get a hood for it if you don’t already. If there’s one thing more persistant than traffic jams it’s rain.
And a harnass for Wende when she gets to the terrible 2′s.
The skelter is awesome too (reminds me of mini-me rocking her new “step), and it almost makes up for the horror of giving the boy crocks ;)
Nice SUV (bike. have fun in France!
2 wheels good, 4 wheels bad.
you need a raise yoast!
LOL… enjoy your trip Yoast.
enjoy your ride
Very green Yoast! I hope you and your family enjoy the bike. I think we’re all going to need to rethink our policy on travel unless we want to spend a third of our lives in traffic jams :-(
Nice ride Joost! Have a good holiday too – you definitely deserve it.
That is awesome and so is vacation.
Enjoy
doesn’t get more dutch than that, something as a fellow dutchie I can appreciate.I live in the UK now where biking isn’t as easy&safe as in Holland but I still use mine. Have been debating a new car but when I read this I realize I don’t even need one for the same reasons.
That is brilliant, but where is the engine?! It looks like it would be hard work cycling on that bad boy, is it heavy?
Mooie bakfiets Joost
Here I was thinking you picked up one of the 3-wheel motorcycles (2 in front). Love the Skelter, though!
nice ride and enjoy with the kids ..these are the best of times
It’s be great to see some of these on the streets of Scotland. My kids would love it.
Don’t those things usually have the 2 wheels in the back? I have never seen one of these in France before.
Bakfiets + kids – altijd goed !
Enjoy your holiday! That is a sweet ride, Joost! All sorts of good uses for the “freight bicycle”! ;-) Relax and take some well deserved time off.
Hey Joost-
I totally dig it! I traded in my BMW for a bicycle just over 2 years ago and haven’t looked back. Not only is it a great “green” option, it is practical for me. And, we have one car between us, so I have access when necessary. I live in a community where everything is “bikeable” and can do all my daily chores – including light grocery shopping – on my bike. Now, I wish my significant other was as open as yours. I was considering “upgrading” to a tricycle with a sweet basket on the back (much like yours), but she wasn’t having it at all! Maybe once we have kids she’ll reconsider…
Cheers-
The Coach
Waar kan ek ook ‘n bakfiets kry?
Now that is a cool mode of transport. Pretty green too. Have a great holiday.
Nice! Enjoy your holiday Joost, see you soon!
About to buy a recumbent trike for myself! Not a freight hauler but very good for my back :-)
Nice bakfiets Joost! I especially like the part where it carries a lot of beer ;-)
I bet it really improves your ranking too.
Nice! I think your son’s bike is really cool! Why did you not go for the same yellow color? :)
Hi – great bike – I would love to see more pictures. I love unique bicycles. Thanks.
Hey, looks good Joost, just one question though … where’s the engine? lol
Awesome bike and nice holidays to you and your family !
Looks awesome Joost! Sweet ride(s)!
I just signed up for Zipcar, does that count??
You’re actually proud of that? WTF.
Great idea Joost, you’re bringing IM and SEO back to realistic proportions :)
, love the bike.
Happy Hollydays and all the best,
Andreas
Cool stuff man, would really like more of this types of posts :) Makes us chill out a bit from
this tedious IM work LOL
Very nice ride, dude! And green, too. Here in the states, you can’t get very far on a cool bike. Glad you get to enjoy it where you living. Looking forward to our vacation in Spain and lots of trains and bikes.
Happy vacation!
Show off!
No, seriously, that’s cool. Wish more Americans appreciated the benefits of a utility bicycle.
Keep up the good work.
Ken :^)
Nice rides! Very practical. I would certainly pack up on the beer before I hit France!
Have a great holiday!
Rick
Great rides for family fun, or errands. And later switch off to a fuel cell or hydrogen fuel powered
Hummer or Audi SUV.
Nice Bikes, but I thought a person with your above average intelligence
would be protecting it wit a helmet.
Ha, I like your post, and the pic. Good to transport beer and kids huh? At the same time??
We’d noticed more of these when we visited the Netherlands last month, as well as a lot of bicycles with extra large square baskets attached to the handlebars. So more people are starting to use the bike to transport stuff rather than just get somewhere themselves, looks like.
Well, I’ve seen the Dutch traffic jams, been in them, even on Sundays, it’s crazy. So I guess it makes sense – for short distances. Very interesting, but I don’t really consider them ‘cool’ though… sorry :-)
Anyway, enjoy your holiday. I always enjoy your newsletters and updates.
Gave bak(ken) man!
Kid van mij heeft binnenkort ook de leeftijd dat ik er een aan mag schaffen :-)
Fijne vakantie toegewenst!
Now that’s a ride! We could use a few of those at the beach in California. Pedicabs were getting popular a few years ago but we haven’t seen them as much lately. Great way to carry the kids and other “essentials.”
Great ride careful with the drink driving!
Great ride man! Thanks again for the tools and advice you put out. If I ever cross the pond, I’ll have treat you to dinner!
Cool ride man. I do agree with you. I do the same. I live in Toronto. Two blocks away from the Train, one block away from buses. Two blocks away from 3 supermarkets, two malls close by. A beers store 4 blocks away…. I work from home for my contracts, etc… What else do I need?
Love your website man. Thank you for the great work you do.
Karl,
hahaha. you got me there. The headline was a new ride. i thought you were getting a luxury car. really you got me there. anyway how about showing you real ride? love to see it. im a fan of people like you, shoemoney and johnchow, great bloggers. hope to be like you someday. now you enjoy that new ride :p
haha, nice intro for SEO. oh yeah, and the bike is not half bad.
Yes, its a perfect Daddy-car. How many miles you can(t) drive? :))
It’s a perfect Reeksha-Dad-Vehicle :)
Lol. Perfect rides for where I live *San Diego*. Lol. i need to get a new bike soon also!
I would do the same but the distances here in Australia are slightly longer! Have a great holiday!
Boy you might want to get your money back…because that looks ridiculous Yoast..
“TrafficColeman “Signing Off”
Hey I know a man that can put a motor on that thing if you are interested? Have fun.
I’ll hope I never need to buy a car either…. even though I’m a big fan of Saab cars, who knows, there might be a Saab bi-cycle in the pipeline..
It’s good exercise anyhow…I don’t think there is any cool factor unless you have a pee-wee-Herman bell mounted on the handle bars (grin) but at least you are green…more than I can say for myself.
Nice ride Yoast. Was thinking about getting me one too.
Had the chance to ride a Babboe this weekend (4-kids-version) and it was a bit awkward in the beginning, especially 90degree curves, pushing the steering wheel from your body (not intuitive interface ;) ), but the kids loved it.. and I got major attention from the (ladies on the) terraces of course ;)
Grtz,
Tom (Belgium)
2 wheels good, 4 wheels bad.
That does it. I HAVE TO get to visit Holland. Bicycle traffic jams indeed. So if you get stuck in traffic
you have your refreshment with you. Neat.
That’s great! You have an amazing website and it’s truly helping my blog, thanks for everything!