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Arcachon has a program where they give you bicycles (not electric) when you buy an apartment or house. They're up to about 12K-14K given away. And people USE them. I regularly see 80+ year olds riding them on errands. Good exercise and no pollution.
I love this and more communities should do it.
 
I love this and more communities should do it.
Yeah, great program.

A "few" of the vélos (bikes) the village bought:

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Our mayor in front of city hall (down the street from my apartment):

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Le vélo (the bike). Notice the custom text (Le vélo d'Arcachon):

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We have many kilometers of dedicated bike paths, both in the village center and around the beaches on the bay to the Atlantic:

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Here's mine, a German-made Cube Kathmandu Hybrid Pro 625 desert'n'orange;

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Yeah, great program.

A "few" of the vélos (bikes) the village bought:

0bcd972a-6c56-11e2-a9ed-948929b912a5-493x328.jpg


Our mayor in front of city hall (down the street from my apartment):

velo-arcachon.jpg


Le vélo (the bike). Notice the custom text (Le vélo d'Arcachon):

78922769-57232074.jpg


We have many kilometers of dedicated bike paths, both in the village center and around the beaches on the bay to the Atlantic:

Le-Tour-du-Bassin-d-Arcachon-a-velo-6-jours-1322625FR.jpg


Here's mine, a German-made Cube Kathmandu Hybrid Pro 625 desert'n'orange;

uffjPUn.jpg

Here's mine in I-don't-know-what-color-blue:

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I've had it since December, 2019. I haven't ridden a two-wheeler at least since then. I doubt that I will ever ride a two-wheeler again. I have the one below out in the shed in the back yard. It is a Gary Fisher full-suspension mountain bike:

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Interesting. I know people who went to vocal training and had to memorize a tone for a reference point. I never tried that. I should.
When first learning bass I used a tuning fork. After a while I could hear an A in my head without the tuning fork and do a pretty good job of tuning by ear. That was a long time ago now... I can no longer do it.