cycles

[tytots]

We are buying some cycles when we arrive in Calis for our big spend out in May, any idea of prices & where the bicycle shops are situated please?

[legless]

I am taking my bike over in May as the ones for sale out there are quite cheap only meant for leisure riding.

You should pick one up for about £40.00 check out Migros and spot shop

Ron

[philrose]

As the man said they are mainly cheap leisure only cycles, a lot of the "white goods" type shops also seem to stock a selwetion of bycycles as well. I'd take a few bits and pieces out with you, such as a puncture repair kit, a pump and maybe a few basic tools as they seem quite hard to get hold of out there. There may be a specialist cycle shop somewhere but I hav'nt found one yet

[tytots]

Thanks alot for your info. These bikes will be for leisure, up the tracks where you don't see anyone (it's brilliant) on our bird watching jaunts, bearing in mind us 2 SKI...ers will not be chasing a yellow jersey. Good advise re tools etc. thanks.

[wallace]

Is that SKI as in Spending the Kids Inheritance?

[tytots]

BASICALLY  YES  :D:D:D:D

[lindacarl]

On the subject of bikes - anyone know where you can get those 3 wheeler bikes for adults - the ones with the huge carrier on the back.
Having been really accident prone as a child (every photo we have of me has me bandaged or plastered around the legs) my parents decided in their wisdom that cycling for me was just asking for trouble. I got in enough scrapes with my super scooter :-).
Hence I'm one of the few that never learnt to ride a bike. My sense of balance is still abysmal - I rarely manage to stay upright in the snow & ice. Saw someone riding round on one of these & thought YES!
Looked great for carting home provisions & might mean I get a bit of exercise - greatly needed.
Anyone help?
Linda

[farmer]

Linda
Could the inability to balance be anything to do with you always being plastered?
regards

farmer

[lindacarl]

Me LOL - I'm virtually teetotal! Not everyone on here drinks.
Seriously I do rarely drink. Not totally teetotal but often prefer a coffee to a drink.
Used to drink a fair bit when I was younger but have maybe grown older & wiser now & realise you don;t need to get blotto to have a good time.
I will have the occasional Efes & have been known to help my other half drink the good part of a bottle of whisky but we only do that 2-3 times a year.
Would still love to know where I can get one of those bikes though.
Linda

[Scunner]

I've only met you once and you had polished off the best part of a bottle of whisky then - "2 or 3 times a year" - yeah right!

I do enjoy the occasional Efes myself. Steph sometimes implies that I'm a hopeless alcoholic - she is wrong - I'm a bloody good one.

Can't help you with the bikes, people who want to cycle in that heat are either bonkers or on the run.

Scunner