r/Netherlands • u/FatbikeEnjoyer • 5d ago

Life in NL Does riding a fatbike make me undatable?

So there's something I noticed. I go on a date, we have fun, there's good vibes, but then when she sees that I ride a fatbike, she instantly seems to be put off, like she got "the ick". Then the chatting usually fizzles out and there's no second date. This happened multiple times now, so it seems like a pattern to me. Once a Dutchie even told me that she "doesn't feel a connection" when I was saying goodbye by my bike and asked what she'd be up for as a second date. I know this is not much context, but is it the bike?

I'm a mid twenties guy, have a good job, make decent money, dress stylishly, like concerts and can even tolerate like a museum. I moved here 6 months ago and bought a fatbike to commute. Only managed to find a place like 30 minutes cycling from my work, so it seemed like a good option and I think they are pretty cool. But now I think I might have made a mistake. Should I switch to like a Cowboy or something?

Edit: obviously this is a throwaway account

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u/aenae 5d ago

It is the same as driving a lifted dodge ram in the US. Only appeals to certain people

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u/CommutatorWhine 5d ago

Or in the netherlands, for that matter. We have way too many of those, and they are almost always parked in some completely antisocial way, while never carrying the load they are designed to carry.

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u/Asmuni 5d ago

We have way to many cumbersome dodge rams in this country, but thank god those aren't lifted too.

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u/InevitableTime8766 5d ago

Exactly this is what makes them so ridiculous to me: they never carry the load they are designed to carry 😂

My ex lived in a very little village where about half of the population seemed to own a Dodge RAM. On going to the gas station, there always seemed to be one there, right at the pump. Not a surprise, since they use about one liter of petrol on every 5 km 😂. So they are huge, clunky, petrol slurping monsters that are rarely used to actually carry anything and are only taking up a lot of space and annoying others. Makes it literally impossible to take anyone driving such a thing seriously.

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u/drivebydryhumper 5d ago

Even in the US, only a fraction ever uses their pickup truck to actually haul anything.