Paging Des or other Parisisti

Can you take a bicycle on the RER ?

Thanks

 

Dunno. Never use it. SWMBO says yes, but it can be awkward in rush
hour, etc.

 

im not a paristi, but have been to paris a few times and spent a fair bit of
the time riding the metro and rer trains, you can take a bike on most rer
lines, need to take the bike onto the train through the doors marked with a
bike symbol to avoid pissing everyone else off.

theres one line that dosent allow bikes i believe, and i believe they arent
allowed during rush hour, but i may be thinking of the u-bahn in a german
city for the no bikes during rush hour thing, but either way you dont really
want to take a bike on a train during rush hour anywhere.

 

I'm not sure if you're allowed or not, but I'm pretty sure I've never
seen anyone with a bike on the RER (or the Metro).

 

I think gazz is right. There are, on some trains, compartments large
enough for bicycles.

 

Thanks to you all, I've just got back from Paris, I didn't take the
bike in the end as it was too much of a fag to get it in the car,
thanks anway.

My wife did the marathon, and got a PB of 4h.27m, she is very pleased
with that.

 

And so she should be. Well done to her.

I've got a mate doing the London Marathon this year - he's hoping for
3h30m which I think will be great for someone who, although rather fit
from rowing and skiing, has never run a marathon before.

What gets me is when you hear of able-bodied people doing it in 10
hours or so. I reckon I could do that just strolling round looking at
the scenery.

 

I'm going to climb a 14er this year. Don't know if I'm looking
forward to it or not...

 

What's one of them then? Sounds like it's got something to do with
conkers.

 

A 14,000 foot mountain.

 

Ah, right.

<fx:works out on fingers>

Pah! That's only 2.65 miles up. Get to it, man!

 

Which one?

And does it require real climbing or is it a walk and scramble?

Not taking the piss, I'm actually curious.

 

I'm guessing at Pike's Peak, which is close to where he lives, and
also at the very real possibility that he's not planning to get up
under his own steam at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikes_Peak_International_Hill_Climb

 

Now that looks like fun.

 

I enjoyed the three peaks. Bloody knackering but fun.

 

Pffft, you just need a lift from a helicopter.

 

It's a fun road all right, but some cars don't like it.

http://acenet.ifrance.com/dsc00190_s.jpg
http://acenet.ifrance.com/dsc00192_s.jpg

 

Aha, the patented Champ approach.

 

Those bumpers are a bit of an abortion.

 

*ding*

Although to be fair, I was there too, and didn't complain at the time.