FNRttC FNRttC to Newhaven, Dieppe and Paris 2011
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threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
There used to be (years ago, not sure if it's still there) an 'exotic' shoe shop at the Highbury Corner end of the Holloway Road that had a good selection of unusual shoes and boots. So I've heard.
frank9755
Cyclist
- Location
- West London
I've just had a prompt and satisfactory reply from Eurostar to my polite but firm complaint about this. They have apologised, more or less agreed to my requests, and given me £30 off my next journey with them. (I had to pay €27.50 to bring my bike as freight)[/sub]
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[sub]In particular, they acknowledge that the CTC bike bag is a bike bag and say that Gary of Paris will be re-briefed to ensure that he is aware of the correct policy in future. I will take my copy of their email with me when I go again next month. I'd advise anyone else to print out both the relevant page from the Eurostar site and the pdf page from the CTC site on the bike bag.[/sub]
Yep - you are quite right to comment I'm going around in ever decreasing circles. Next year - rollerblades?
Surely I can do better than the lowlives who challenge some FNRttCs but bail before the splash'n'dash? Fixing mudguards & racks just needs to be sorted ...
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- ...I don't have much idea - really.
That's a good result, Frank! Gary Paree will be dumbstruck, and it was just a pity that he wasn't briefed - particularly given the preceeding weekend's activity - "a few bikes in Paris" etc! I'm still a bit zoned out, trying to work and recollect... not easy for me!
Obviously Claudine spotted the Sonny Clark reference (as if I would know to allude to that...) but I'm more worried about that bloke AKA Titus, who has not put his head above the parapet yet, has he? Holder of the trophy for the fastest wheel change of a Brompton on the Champs Elysees, he deserves bigging up for that alone. A sterling solo effort that meant Frank and I standing around, slugging most of a hip flask for medicinal purposes.
Our Man in Paris was last seen drinking coffee on Sunday afternoon before boarding the St Pancras express with his 'luggage'.
We did, however, rent the Velibs. Frank was using the basket as aero bars and hurtling down the street - it was a 'must be done' moment though, otherwise we would rue the day. Serried ranks of policemen kept an eye on everyone... from gentle gendarmerie to slightly better 'tooled up' Police Nationale, with the CRS as ultimate antidote to trouble. There was none.
Paul Smith's shop in Rue Faubourg Saint-Honoré was joining in with the cycle playfulness - Frank pointing out that the 'la chaîne est un peu de mou' on this €1500 runabout...
Riding to the Sacre Coeur was good fun - a circular blast around Paris was definitely worthwhile - the cobbled route upwards to the highpoint would not have been so cool in the rain (or the descent!) but, until the Gary moment, we were experiencing tap-in after tap-in... even down to the adept violinist knocking out a few tunes in best Stephan Grapelli / Itzak Perlman mode. Classy all the way!
Obviously Claudine spotted the Sonny Clark reference (as if I would know to allude to that...) but I'm more worried about that bloke AKA Titus, who has not put his head above the parapet yet, has he? Holder of the trophy for the fastest wheel change of a Brompton on the Champs Elysees, he deserves bigging up for that alone. A sterling solo effort that meant Frank and I standing around, slugging most of a hip flask for medicinal purposes.
Our Man in Paris was last seen drinking coffee on Sunday afternoon before boarding the St Pancras express with his 'luggage'.
We did, however, rent the Velibs. Frank was using the basket as aero bars and hurtling down the street - it was a 'must be done' moment though, otherwise we would rue the day. Serried ranks of policemen kept an eye on everyone... from gentle gendarmerie to slightly better 'tooled up' Police Nationale, with the CRS as ultimate antidote to trouble. There was none.
Paul Smith's shop in Rue Faubourg Saint-Honoré was joining in with the cycle playfulness - Frank pointing out that the 'la chaîne est un peu de mou' on this €1500 runabout...
Riding to the Sacre Coeur was good fun - a circular blast around Paris was definitely worthwhile - the cobbled route upwards to the highpoint would not have been so cool in the rain (or the descent!) but, until the Gary moment, we were experiencing tap-in after tap-in... even down to the adept violinist knocking out a few tunes in best Stephan Grapelli / Itzak Perlman mode. Classy all the way!
Yes please.
Glad you all enjoyed but am very envious. Newhaven/Brighton fun notwithstanding
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Would definitely be up for the Dieppe leg next year!
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- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
During the Friday's 'Tour de Frank', a new word was hatched.
Here, Titus is engaged in 'veliberation' a.k.a. how to decide what number button to press when trying to disengage the street machine from its docking station, after having screwed up the credit card entering details at least three times. I failed too, choosing a bike that didn't want to come out to play, no matter what effort was made to entice it. The gearing is pants too - probably useful for scaling a big cobbly slope, but otherwise too dinky. For general running around, it seems that Paris has got plenty of space for the casual cyclists - it was elegant and harmonious - better than a vivid blue strip dabbed onto the highway.
Here, Titus is engaged in 'veliberation' a.k.a. how to decide what number button to press when trying to disengage the street machine from its docking station, after having screwed up the credit card entering details at least three times. I failed too, choosing a bike that didn't want to come out to play, no matter what effort was made to entice it. The gearing is pants too - probably useful for scaling a big cobbly slope, but otherwise too dinky. For general running around, it seems that Paris has got plenty of space for the casual cyclists - it was elegant and harmonious - better than a vivid blue strip dabbed onto the highway.
frank9755
Cyclist
- Location
- West London
Titus aka the great veliberator!
The cycle lanes in Paris are very effective. To begin with Teef and I just ignored them, assuming they would be crap like British ones, but the people on velibs were maintaining a faster average speed than us because the cycle lanes - instead of collapsing in a fit of panic in the face of a traffic light or junction - just carried on and bypassed lots of red lights.
swarm_catcher
Guru
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- ...I don't have much idea - really.
My 'phone alarm has just gone off.It's Thursday night, and this ride is already a week old.
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- ...I don't have much idea - really.
You had a Paris Brest - naughty! Some very nice photos among those, Els - do you ever take ordinary, blurry, rain-soaked ones like us normal people?
swarm_catcher
Guru
Els - do you ever take ordinary, blurry, rain-soaked ones like us normal people?
Wow!
Like this one?
Mice
Guru
Like this one?
Are you calling me blurry!!!
All your pics s_c are fab fab fab.
M
