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Conference noted::bicycle

Title: Bicycling
Notice:Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:JAMIN::WASSER
Created:Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3214
Total number of notes:31946

1786.0. "Winter keep fit efforts...." by IDEFIX::HEMMINGS (Lanterne Rouge) Fri Nov 23 1990 11:48

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1786.1climb Alp D' in the your own room alongside gregMOVIES::WIDDOWSONFri Nov 23 1990 14:484
    I use videos of the Tour de France (40+ hours of live coverage) but
    I'll need to get some headphones 'cos the TV has to be on *loud*
    
    (the other) rod
1786.2some suggestionsSHALOT::ELLISJohn Lee Ellis - assembly requiredFri Nov 23 1990 21:1916
    
    It is a shame to sit in the hottest spot in continental France
    (except for the Kit Kat Klub in Frejus) with no chance to enjoy
    it during the week.
    
    During my stay in Valbonne (Algo) in November & December '88,
    I brought my bike to work, and at least some lunchtimes was
    able to get in a strenuous hour's loop, more or less - you
    can go clockwise up to Valbonne (Village), down to Biot, and
    back up to Sophia Antipolis the back way.  And with that route,
    "only" an hour will give you all the exertion you want.
    
    Plus which, you get the practice in banking around serpentines, 
    dodging potholes and Citroens, etc., that no trainer can give!  :-)
    
    -john
1786.3Even with the showers next door....IDEFIX::HEMMINGSLanterne RougeMon Nov 26 1990 05:5012
1786.42-3 hour lunch breaks of courseMOVIES::WIDDOWSONMon Nov 26 1990 07:159
    When I was working in that region (admittedly for a French company) 2
    hour lunch breaks were the norm and so you could manage 1 1/2 hours 
    with no problems and still be cooled down before being back in front 
    of the W/S.
    
    It was interesting tho' to come back into airconditioned chill
    after 90 minutes of hard work in 90+(F) of heat....
    
    (the other) Rod
1786.5ULTRA::WITTENBERGUphill, Into the WindMon Nov 26 1990 17:389
    If the  only problem is darkness, you can put lights on your bike.
    In  the  U.S. a good set of lights seem to run in the $100 to $200
    range.  The  only part that would give you problems is the battery
    charger, and I'm sure you can find a 6v battery charger.

    See note  10.*  on  lights, get a better system than you think you
    need, and keep commuting by bike.

--David