Quote Originally Posted by shootingstar View Post
I've wondered about their cycling culture...when cycling becomes so integrated/embedded, one's identity then no longer needs to be tied at all as a "cyclist"/ defined as a cyclist or as the "other".
Yup - Denmark is one of our closest neighbours, yet they have a cycling culture that is nothing like Norway. Part of it is geography - Denmark is flat and open, and they have ROOM to build bike paths all over the place. Norway is hilly and mountainous and everything has to be squeezed in.

I do think that there is very little identity connected to being a cyclist in Denmark, no more than there would be to "being" a pedestrian or a driver or a bus passenger, they're just alternative modes of transport. I think the transport thing is key - I'm sure racers still consider themselves very much "cyclists".