Bicycle Geekery: A Visit To The World's Only Suspended Bicycle Roundabout

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A little bit of bicycle geekery: we went to see the world's only suspended bicycle roundabout, the Hovenring in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. It takes about 50 seconds to bike around it on a Brompton folding bike, while towing 25kg of baby + trailer.

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