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Even on minor roads in the French Alps, new plastic kilometre markers show altitudes, for the benefit of cyclists.
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Even on minor roads in the French Alps, new plastic kilometre markers show altitudes, for the benefit of cyclists.
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Menton station - just about the only cycle parking I saw in town. However there's quite a bit of cycling, mainly near the seafront, despite a dominant car culture.
33188 metres
The promenade, Menton - not enough room for bikes, cars or pedestrians. There's a main road 50 metres inland, so this could be narrowed and become a route for cyclists and deliveries only.
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Cycle parking under trees at the "Les Camélias" Youth Hostel, behind the "Centre Commercial Nice Etoile".
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A "Bi Bici", which is a single, folding bike with tandem features. It has a second saddle at the very rear end with an extra pair of paddles right on the rear wheel (note the second chain from rear to front).
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With narrow, clogged-up streets and little space for parking cars, cycling to the beach seems to be popular here on the Lungomare Angelo Ciccione in Alassio.
52268 metres
Onstreet cycle lane. There is also a segregated on-pavement facility on the opposite side of the road - #14603.
55696 metres
Segregated use pavement in Albenga on the Italian Riviera. Trees take visibility at the "zebra crossing", but (unlike Milton Road in Cambridge) cyclists are not suppossed to stop or give way. There is an onstreet lane on the opposite side o ... [more]
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Cyclist climbing the Col de la Bonnette, passing derelict Maginot Line barracks.
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South side of the Col de la Bonnette, the highest road pass in Europe - all the major French alpine cols have kilometre markers that show altitudes and gradients as well as distances. (approximate location)
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The Col de la Bonnette, the highest road pass in Europe - support van and cyclists from an Amsterdam cycle touring company, drinking and putting on windproof layers before the descent.
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Designer interpretation of the Sheffield Stand. This stand helps to avoid that bicycles flip over.
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It's not only Britain that has cycle lanes that are far less than any useable width.
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No signs to stop cyclists using this pedestrian crossing and footbridge in Briançon - preferably pushing the bike.
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Traffic calming in the old town of Briançon - drawbridge, portcullis, rising bollards and a water channel (actually for fire-fighting).
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Genova (Genoa) - huge areas of 'two-wheeler' parking - but almost no-one pedals here.
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French cycle lane - not so very different from nearby road-edge markings (see #14866) (approximate locations)
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The French have a strange predilection for cycling over big passes in heavy traffic. At least this chap has chosen a pleasantly quiet road. (Most French cyclists now wear helmets out of town.)
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There's only a pedestrian crossing at the west end of this bridge, but it could be adapted to allow cyclists to leave a busy main road.
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