Bike Like: Foot rests

Because most bikes here have brakes where you pedal backwards, it's a lot easier to start if you don't have both feet on the ground. At most stoplights, you'll see people put their right foot on the curb.

At some stoplights though, there are these handy little foot rests. You put your foot on the orange part and then hold onto the bar at the top. Two people can rest on one of these. This one is advertising a new bike superhighway that just opened, but my favorites are in downtown Copenhagen and say something on the order of, "Hello cyclist! Put your foot here and thanks for biking!"

Although it's the big things that really make Copenhagen great for biking, these litte touches from the city to make a difference.