Bikes in the US vs bikes in Europe on Bikeportland

I just read this interesting post on Bikeportland by Michael Anderson (not to be confused with Mikael Colville-Andersen.)* It's titled Why bikes outsell cars in the USA, too (and why it doesn't matter). Basically the gist is because most bikes in the US are your $99 Wal-mart specials purchased for recreation and never used. But here's…