Cycling Forum / General / Rides / September 2006

Last summer, I was lucky enough to spend seven weeks in Southern
France. For one of those weeks, I joined four guys on the Marmotte ride
and several other rides in Vercors and Provence regions. Here is my
first report:

Looking at a package tour that is 6 nights in the Cotswolds. Package in
includes 6 nights accomodations, bicycle rental, luggage transfer between
towns, mileage approx. 20-30 miles per day depending on route chosen. Has
anyone experience with something like this, and wondering ...

Sharon and I finally got to try out riding in Austria and Germany, and we
were very impressed. I put some photos up at
http://www.roberts-1.com/t/b06/a/k
What struck us:

Where are they?
Recently moved from Northern VA to Franklin TN.

The soft case product called bikebag looks like a nice way to travel on
an airplane with a bicycle.  Does anyone have any experiences with it?
-Gary

I was glad to get to try out some of the high passes in Switzerland
suggested on this newsgroup in the last couple of months by Sergio and
Roberto, and the ever-helpful reports from Jobst Brandt.
I've put some photos up at

I was hoping someone could recommend a couple of good bike paths in New
Jersey or eastern PA.
I live in New Jersey and the next couple of weekends I'd like to find
some areas to ride with kids 10 and 13.  Would like to hit the area

oi!  i am planning on a mountain biking trip north of thailand - just
short day trips.  id be really glad if you can offer suggestions?
i currently live  in bangkok and would like to go on weekend trips to
the north - pack my bicycle in a pickup, drive up north, ride for a

This past Month I was out riding the trail that runs arounds the lake.
Its a nice paved trail. abouut 10' wide. I seemed to be the only one
out on it early in the morning so I was cranking up the speed. In a
field, off in the disatnce I saw a gal walking her dog. As I got closer

BOSTON TO MILWAUKEE
Following 25th yr Reunion - Harvard Law School
4/27 - 5/7, 1994
Flight to Boston

Next spring break (end of March 07) i plan on biking from san francisco
down to san luis obispo (where i go to school), probably in 5-6 days.
I have a Felt SR81, and will be getting some panniers.
Do you guys have any advice, or is there anything i should know before

This is a shameless plug for the North Shore Century this Sunday Sept 17 --  
the last day of the summer. It's been raining for days, but the weather is
likely to be beautiful. 100, 62, 50, 25 and 8 (family) rides. Food. Trees.
Lake Michigan.

I'll be in Elko, NV next Friday evening and would love to get in 20-30
miles.  Can anybody suggest a route for me?
I'll be on my way to Taho for the ride there on Sunday.  Anybody going
to be there?

I am ahead of target for my goal of two 100 miles centuries per month this
year. http://www.billcotton.com/my_training.htm Details of my rides are
here. http://www.billcotton.com/MY_rides.htm#Current%20ride.

Hi...
I am italian.
I have a question for english languages...
How are called, in english language, the peoples that came to Italy from