Bike towns

"Steven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I am looking for some references for good bike towns/cities in Europe. They would have to be a
decent size since I currently only speak english so would need to score a english speaking job at
an international school or what have you.

It seems you're looking for a job in a "bike town". Get the job first, then just ride. Turn wherever
you are into *your* bike town.

I've ridden in Oxford, Amsterdam, Cambridge, Frankfurt, Madrid, Kaiserslautern, Guadalajara,
Adana, Washingotn DC, Boston, Salt Lake City...all have varying degrees of bike use. Some better
than others.

But *I* just rode. Not bothering to worry about what everyone else did. I've never found a city/town
where I couldn't get around on a bike.

Just ride.

Pete

Pete said:

But *I* just rode. Not bothering to worry about what everyone else did. I've never found a
city/town where I couldn't get around on a bike.

I've found three so far. All Caribbean islands. You won't be able to get around on a bike on St.
John, St. Barts, and Saba.

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

"Don Wiss" <donwiss@no_spam.com> wrote

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Pete said:

But *I* just rode. Not bothering to worry about what everyone else did.

I've

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never found a city/town where I couldn't get around on a bike.

I've found three so far. All Caribbean islands. You won't be able to get around on a bike on St.
John, St. Barts, and Saba.

Why not? What was wrong?

Pete

Pete said:

Don Wiss wrote

Quoted message said:

Pete said:

But *I* just rode. Not bothering to worry about what everyone else did. I've never found a
city/town where I couldn't get around on a bike.

I've found three so far. All Caribbean islands. You won't be able to get around on a bike on St.
John, St. Barts, and Saba.

Why not? What was wrong?

Steepness, narrowness of roads, and in St. John's case, sand on the roads. On St. Barts a few guys
have bicycles to get around Gustavia, but they don't get around the island. On Saba I heard that
some local kids use bikes to go down the hills, but then have to get a ride back up. Here's a
picture of Saba: sabatourism.comsaslide14.htmlOpen ↗

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

Don Wiss said:

On Saba I heard that some local kids use bikes to go down the hills, but then have to get a ride
back up. Here's a picture of Saba: sabatourism.comsaslide14.htmlOpen ↗

Wimps! There are cyclists the world 'round that would pay dearly for such a local road to climb.
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terry morse Palo Alto, CA terrymorse.combikeOpen ↗

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 07:48:28 -0700, Terry Morse <[email hidden]> from Terry Morse Software,

Inc. said:

Don Wiss said:

On Saba I heard that some local kids use bikes to go down the hills, but then have to get a ride
back up. Here's a picture of Saba: sabatourism.comsaslide14.htmlOpen ↗

Wimps! There are cyclists the world 'round that would pay dearly for such a local road to climb.

There's a cool photo on this page:

sabatourism.comsagetto.htmlOpen ↗

The caption reads:

The road to Hell's Gate from the airport climbs a good two and a half kilometres and has twenty
sharp curves!

Sort of a mini Alpe D'Huez.

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accessories!
10:06:13 AM 31 July 2003