According to the stats 48% of Belgians own a bike, but only 8% of the trips are by bike.
In China 37% of the population owns a bike, but in Shanghai 60% of the daily trips are by bike.
There are more people riding bikes everyday in northern Italy (which has about 2 times the population of Belgium) than in Belgium, even though the amount of bikes per capita on a national level is much lower than Belgium.
Numbers of bikes sold alone doesn't say much, more so because in some countries bikes are a status symbol, just like being member of a golf court is in Florida.
Most do it because it says something about their life styles more than their likings.
In China 37% of the population owns a bike, but in Shanghai 60% of the daily trips are by bike.
There are more people riding bikes everyday in northern Italy (which has about 2 times the population of Belgium) than in Belgium, even though the amount of bikes per capita on a national level is much lower than Belgium.
Numbers of bikes sold alone doesn't say much, more so because in some countries bikes are a status symbol, just like being member of a golf court is in Florida.
Most do it because it says something about their life styles more than their likings.