The other day, a stroll past the elementary school gave us a live insight into German bicycle education.
The school yard features a permanent paint miniature street scape instead of the customary basketball or volleyball markings stateside.
Every single child was wearing a helmet, and the teachers were going from intersection to roundabout to cul de sac, providing feedback and correction.
Our self described Ozark redneck was impressed and chuckled at the memories of the Missouri mandated riding class in the most rural of rural setting.
Single lane dirt roads, few kids that even had bikes, and zero kids that owned a helmet certainly provide a very different experience than densely populated central Europe.
They do share one thing, though. The kids here have just as much fun on a bike as the kids back in the U.S.
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