Bicycle Advocacy TV Ads from the Netherlands



A collection of Dutch bicycle advocacy videos

Running time: 8 minutes 11 seconds

We don’t understand a word of it, but in this video compilation from the Netherlands, we see what a well-funded television ad campaign to encourage cycling might look like. Or not. Check out the ad about three minutes in: It appears to show an Al Qaeda operative a Saddam Hussein-like guy on a bicycle with a machine gun strapped to his back chasing three Western politician businessman types. It’s probably not the best sales pitch for the US market but you get the idea.

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