It's here! The first-ever Shifter Global Bike Culture Index, which compares the culture of cycling in more than 100 cities around the world — and it all came from viewers of this channel. And the results are endlessly interesting.

The background: A few months ago, to mark 100,000 subscribers, I asked all of you to help me compare the different cultures of cycling around the world. I had no idea if this would work, because it involved a big request: Asking viewers to record a 20-minute video of cyclists in their city, then tallying up things like types of bikes, clothing, helmet use and demographics. But I was overwhelmed by the response. More than 100 cities from four continents are represented. And this video is all about the results.

Here's a map I made with the data (the icon in each city represents the most common type of cycling in that city): https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mi...

Want to explore the anonymized data yourself? Here is it. If you do something cool with it, please share: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

For the record: This data isn't scientific, so don't read too much into it. It's just a fun exercise. And I apologize in advance for those cities whose names I mispronounce and for any errors that may have emerged from the data -- this was a big project and I did my honest best.

0:00 Intro
0:40 Check out my new wall ornament!
2:30 Representing this data in pictures and maps
3:41 Global data
4:11 The bikes we ride around the world
12:21 The clothes we wear while riding bikes
15:27 Helmets
18:26 Demographics
20:33 Questions and surprises
24:02 Thanks to those who contributed

#cycling #bike #commuting

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• Vaude Cover II Rain Poncho (for higher-end, try Cleverhood or People’s Poncho): https://amzn.to/3jLkift
• Kryptonite U-Lock (your bike is going to get stolen eventually, sigh, but at least make it hard): https://amzn.to/3tPWcGi
• Peak Design phone case (the one I use, paired with the Peak Design phone mount): https://amzn.to/3HGM0FU

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