Comments on: Riding a bicycle http://www.o-chateau.com/stuff-parisians-like/riding-a-bicycle.html Wine Tasting in Paris, Wine Classes and Wine Events Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:10:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: HiP Paris Blog » Blog Archive » Strolling in Paris: Let Me Count the Ways… http://www.o-chateau.com/stuff-parisians-like/riding-a-bicycle.html/comment-page-1#comment-7729 HiP Paris Blog » Blog Archive » Strolling in Paris: Let Me Count the Ways… Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:10:37 +0000 http://www.o-chateau.com/blog/?p=17#comment-7729 [...] Stuff Parisians Like: Riding a bike [...] [...] Stuff Parisians Like: Riding a bike [...]

]]> By: lagatta à montréal http://www.o-chateau.com/stuff-parisians-like/riding-a-bicycle.html/comment-page-1#comment-171 lagatta à montréal Fri, 15 May 2009 15:52:27 +0000 http://www.o-chateau.com/blog/?p=17#comment-171 Vive la vélorution! As a Montréalaise who was among those who championed the vélorution - riding in town, in everyday clothes, and fighting for bicycle lanes and other facilities, I am thrilled that cycling - and cycle-chic - have experienced take-off in Paris. I cycled in Paris some 20 years ago, and it was not a pleasant experience. I ride an old Raleigh Sprite, British city bicycle, not very different from the Dutch bikes but a bit lighter and more speeds (6). Well-adapted to cycling in normal city clothing. I hate mountain bikes, unless one is actually "mountain-biking". They are not adapted to city cycling, and actually one of the reasons for the prevalence of bicycle helmets in some benighted lands, because their centre of gravity is wrong, and falling off, you really do risk bumping your noggin. People fall off urban bicycles sideways. For chic pics of Dutch and Danish cyclists: www.amsterdamize.com www.copenhagencyclechic.com Vive la vélorution! As a Montréalaise who was among those who championed the vélorution – riding in town, in everyday clothes, and fighting for bicycle lanes and other facilities, I am thrilled that cycling – and cycle-chic – have experienced take-off in Paris.

I cycled in Paris some 20 years ago, and it was not a pleasant experience.

I ride an old Raleigh Sprite, British city bicycle, not very different from the Dutch bikes but a bit lighter and more speeds (6). Well-adapted to cycling in normal city clothing.

I hate mountain bikes, unless one is actually “mountain-biking”. They are not adapted to city cycling, and actually one of the reasons for the prevalence of bicycle helmets in some benighted lands, because their centre of gravity is wrong, and falling off, you really do risk bumping your noggin. People fall off urban bicycles sideways.

For chic pics of Dutch and Danish cyclists: http://www.amsterdamize.com http://www.copenhagencyclechic.com

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