when brussels went into lockd own, vesseli na foteva decided cycling was the fastest, safest way to travelke shop and had an image of myself, you know, buying a beautiful bike and matching with the nice helmet. but i just went there, and it was empty, you know? there were no bikes. i wanted to order one, but they said that i need to wait at least two months to get the bike. so i said, "ok. no way. i cannot wait so much because, you know, the whole summer will be gone." a friend of mine, really by accident, told me that she heard about this subscription—based service, where you can pay a monthly fee and get the bike at your home. so i told her that that's really cool. commuters make up the majority of those who've subscribed to this particular scheme, swapfiets. the dutch company is expanding into three new cities to capitalise on a spike in demand that came with covid. when it was already official that we are living in a global pandemic, i decided that i will avoid as much as possible public transport. so this is probably the main reason to decide to have a bike. but it's notjust commuters