On holiday, seeing bikes everywhere

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Bikes bikes bikes

Pelaton flying through the country lanes near Modbury in Devon, and MTB's all over the place

Climbed up Burgh Island and there was a guy at the top with a Scott hardtail of some kind, with a rack on. Can't imagine he rode it up, and I saw him pushing it down.

And when I got back to my apartment some guy seemed to be trying to ride a roadbike across the sand causeway to the island...

And my bike is at home

 

[User16625]

I seen 3 pushbikes while out cycling myself on sunday. Couldnt tell what ones they were tho.

 

[summerdays]

Came back from S.Devon (east of Salcombe) last week and I kept seeing cyclists climbing up various hills.

 

[John90]

Summer's here and the time is right......

 

[ian turner]

Plenty of cars on the road with 2,3 or even 5 bikes on board (3 on the back, two on top) heading towards holiday destinations.

 

[snorri]

Plenty of cars on the road with 2,3 or even 5 bikes on board (3 on the back, two on top) heading towards holiday destinations.

When I see bikes on cars, I just assume they are defective in some way and are being transported to a repair shop. Why else would their owners not be cycling instead of sitting in a car :?:

 

[Globalti]

When I see bikes on empty cars especially vans and estates I think the owners must be displaying them as some kind of trophy because anybody with half a brain would put them safely inside the vehicle...

 

[LosingFocus]

When I see bikes on cars, I just assume they are defective in some way and are being transported to a repair shop. Why else would their owners not be cycling instead of sitting in a car :?:

A chap 3 doors down from me cycles the same local woods as me. They are 2-3 miles away. He drives there, I cycle it. Im usually home before him too.

 

[Oxo]

When I see bikes on cars, I just assume they are defective in some way and are being transported to a repair shop. Why else would their owners not be cycling instead of sitting in a car :?:

I carry my bike on a rack so that I can enjoy new rides in different parts of the country.

 

[Cubist]

When I see bikes on cars, I just assume they are defective in some way and are being transported to a repair shop. Why else would their owners not be cycling instead of sitting in a car :?:

So how would you propose we took or bikes to the Midi? It's about 1000 miles from our house.

 

[ian turner]

So how would you propose we took or bikes to the Midi? It's about 1000 miles from our house.

Follow the example of The Hungry Cyclist and grab hold of a passing truck (just don't do it on an uphill slope on an unsurfaced road in Columbia )

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Bikes bikes bikes

Pelaton flying through the country lanes near Modbury in Devon, and MTB's all over the place

Climbed up Burgh Island and there was a guy at the top with a Scott hardtail of some kind, with a rack on. Can't imagine he rode it up, and I saw him pushing it down.

And when I got back to my apartment some guy seemed to be trying to ride a roadbike across the sand causeway to the island...

And my bike is at home

There is a lesson here - Always take your bike on holiday

 

[cyberknight]

I have been in Ilfracombe all week and there were a lot of bikes about when it was not raining , which was a lot

I would like to have taken a bike but i would not have had the time to ride it and i wanted a break from it .

 

[briantrumpet]

and i wanted a break from it .

I'm sorry, I can't grasp that concept.

Anyway, if anyone does come to Devon, do bring your bike. It's a fab place to ride - lots of traffic-free trails, 8000 miles of roads to explore (mostly really quiet once you get off the main routes), and a few hills to give your legs a good work out. Not that I'm biased, or anyfink.

Yesterday I was amused to pass a stationary group of four under-10s waiting patiently for the rest of their party to catch up on the Exe Trail. As I passed on my CAAD9, one of them viewed it with awe and said "Aw! It's another racing bike!!!!" I think the seeds might have been sown for a keen road cyclist in a few years time...

 

[cyberknight]

I have been suffering from general tiredness , aches and pains etc etc

The wrong side of 40 , shift work and a hyperactive 4 year old along with trying to keep fit all take there toll.