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This is a handy updated guide to the rules per country and service for taking Bikes on Trains in Europe
Britain, France, Spain and Portugal plus many other countries are cited
This might be an impertinent question, @mspath, but how old were you when you cycled London to Rome? Were you in company?Even now I love bikes; summer 1959 I biked using 3 speeds from London to Rome in four months. What a trip!
I was 20. It was my first trip to europe. Went with AYH, American Youth Hostels, for 2 months then with I other girl. Stayed in youth hostels.This might be an impertinent question, @mspath, but how old were you when you cycled London to Rome? Were you in company?
I was going to ask about the Alps with 3 gears!…but after walking up the Alps…
Even now I love bikes; summer 1959 I biked using 3 speeds from London to Rome in four months. What a trip
I'm unlikely to need your very useful link, and know this is not the point of the thread, but just to say... @mspath, you are an inspiration.I was 20. It was my first trip to europe. Went with AYH, American Youth Hostels, for 2 months then with I other girl. Stayed in youth hostels.
Wore no helmet, simple clothes and used canvas paniers but after walking up the Alps the 80 k descent into Nice was great.
Most importantly I learned not only how to patch tyres but the importance of tenacity and the simple pleasure of following a dream to make it come true.
...Even then it was Ultreia.
I had a Robin Hood three speed.Even now I love bikes; summer 1959 I biked using 3 speeds from London to Rome in four months. What a trip!
The Robinhood was a nice bike. I had an old Hercules but I sold it a few years ago because I needed the room. These old British bikes with Brooks saddles are so heavy but roll so smooth. I still use Brooks saddles on some of my bikesI had a Robin Hood three speed.
Are the bikes you are talking about similiar to this one?The Robinhood was a nice bike. I had an old Hercules but I sold it a few years ago because I needed the room. These old British bikes with Brooks saddles are so heavy but roll so smooth. I still use Brooks saddles on some of my bikes
Here is a link to the Robin Hood three speed. Other brands were Raleigh, Hercules, Triumph, and many others.Are the bikes you are talking about similiar to this one?
In New York City we called them truck bikes. Very heavy. They were some people who rode them but it was mostly guys who were delivering groceries or other things to people's houses.
Will definitely check it out for a trip down memory lane.Here is a link to the Robin Hood three speed. Other brands were Raleigh, Hercules, Triumph, and many others.
My first nice bike was a Triumph, which my father bought for me in 1966-67. All of the other bikes were single speed Murray and Schwinn bikes with coaster brakes, so we called them "English Racers." In comparison to the others, our "racers" were rather light. That bike took me all over Connecticut at a period when parents didn't take their children around, and it cemented my love of riding. Today, I still ride, but on a custom road bike. (I'm 55 years old.) When I'm 65, I want to have a "retirement bike" manufactured for me that looks more like the old Triumph.Here is a link to the Robin Hood three speed. Other brands were Raleigh, Hercules, Triumph, and many others.
I don't know how I missed this thread months ago, but I love your story; thanks for sharing it!I was 20. It was my first trip to europe. Went with AYH, American Youth Hostels, for 2 months then with I other girl. Stayed in youth hostels.
Wore no helmet, simple clothes and used canvas paniers but after walking up the Alps the 80 k descent into Nice was great.
Most importantly I learned not only how to patch tyres but the importance of tenacity and the simple pleasure of following a dream to make it come true.
...Even then it was Ultreia.
You might enjoy browsing this site Three Speed Tour - the essentials being a Thermos flask of tea and a nice piece of fruit cake.My first nice bike was a Triumph, which my father bought for me in 1966-67. All of the other bikes were single speed Murray and Schwinn bikes with coaster brakes, so we called them "English Racers." In comparison to the others, our "racers" were rather light. That bike took me all over Connecticut at a period when parents didn't take their children around, and it cemented my love of riding. Today, I still ride, but on a custom road bike. (I'm 55 years old.) When I'm 65, I want to have a "retirement bike" manufactured for me that looks more like the old Triumph.
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