Comments on: How #quaxing Became a Rallying Call for Everyday Cyclists

By: James

James — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 23:31:07 +0000

Ah – the point isn’t that it’s new phenomena – it was originally a term used on NZ twitter to make fun of Dick Quax!

By: Mark smith

Mark smith — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 22:57:23 +0000

In reply to Chrissy. I would just have dropped all the groceries right there and walked out.

By: Nix

Nix — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:48:35 +0000

This is so new they need a new term for it??? In Holland it’s called “boodschappen” and that’s been going on for decades. Everything is done on the bike. We used to move families on the bike (bakfiets). And yes, there some people shop by train too.

By: Chrissy

Chrissy — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:40:58 +0000

Great article. I’d not heard of the quaxing term before. I often ride my bicycle to the local shops here but a lot are not very bike friendly. If a store doesn’t have a place for me to chain my bike up to, I take it inside and walk it around like a shopping cart. My bike has a wire basket on it and doesn’t take up much more room than a cart would but I have been asked to take it outside by several shops. When pointing out they don’t have bike racks or a place to secure it, they don’t usually have anything more to say or offer to let me keep it with me. I guess in this day and age where everyone seems to have not one, but several cars in a family, bicycling is not an option anymore. My local ALDI store is very accepting of my bicycle and I am thankful for that. As are a few of the local small businesses near me. I just wish more places would realize how great bicycles are and openly accept them.