Hungary managed to join the biggest biking nations

According to piacesprofit.hu, in the last few years Hungary managed to join the biggest biking nations. Surveys prove that on a European scale, Hungary is the third in line regarding regular biking after the Netherlands and Denmark, whose habit of biking is legendary. While the rate of citizens choosing the bike for everyday transportation is 36 and 23 per cent in these two countries, in Hungary 22 per cent of the respondents have stated that they go to school or work by bike. It is clear from Vatera’s data analysis that Hungarians are likely to buy mountain bikes (in 36% of the cases), and not surprisingly the “most-biking” Hungarian city is Budapest with 8,793 sold bikes in five years.

Biking has slowly but surely changed from a recreational activity into the everyday means of transport. This is proved by the startling data, according to which the bicycle usage in Budapest’s central districts has grown elevenfold in the last 20 years. Of course, the more popular biking became, the higher the number of bike-purchases got, as it is reflected by Vatera’s data. The operation of MOL Bubi surely contributes to this data as well.

Second-hand bikes are more popular, especially in the spring

Last year altogether 6,297 bikes were sold on Vatera at the average price of 19,330 HUF (around 61 EUR). In 81 per cent of the cases people were selling second-hand bikes, while 19 per cent of the bikes were new. These numbers clearly show that there is a growing demand for second-hand bicycles, which means that purchasers are still sensitive to prices.

Safety first

The mentioned study also shows that the rate of accidents involving bikers is growing slower than the rate of people everyday riding a bike, so regarding rates, less and less accidents happen that involve bikers. That means that bikers make more and more efforts to ride safely, which is further proved by Vatera’s data. Last year people bought cycling safety equipment worth 6,300 EUR on Vatera, such as lights (58%), safety helmets (34%) and bells or other biking devices making a sound (9%).