Beautiful photos; thanks for posting. That must be the only Leglolas, if not Rivendell, in Switzerland.
I like this chainguard: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79695460@N00/6247960827/in/photostream/ I see ski-ers on XC rollers out on our Rio Grande path in the warmer weather -- sometimes in groups -- but those are much longer and (also?) used with ski poles. On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Mojo <[email protected]> wrote: > My wife and I just returned from 20 days in western Switzerland and > surroundings. Here are my bike pics, with a few from France Germany. > Occasionally I saw lycra/carbon riders out climbing the hills, but those > bikes didn't vary from the racing bikes on this side of the Atlantic. > We stayed with family in Carouge (suburb of Geneva), and I failed to get a > pic of the Brompton bike shop in the neighborhood. > It seems I was most interested in bikes with women riding them.... > I did see a few lugged frames of 70s-80s vintage. Nothing modern and lugged > though. > > It was interesting to me; this is the top of the first world, by just about > any economic or life-quality measure. > Here bicycles are used regularly as transport, and are fully integrated > into traffic and other mass transit. > Bikes are allowed on most trains and buses. (And an aside, dogs seem to be > allowed in most restaurants and stores.) > I don't think the bike-riding Swiss thinks her life is diminished because > she doesn't drive everywhere. > I spent a day hiking with a 57 year old Swiss man that had never owned a > car and felt no need to do so. > > And I doubt many would trade passports. > > Pics start here: > *http://www.flickr.com/photos/79695460@N00/6248492498/in/photostream/*<http://www.flickr.com/photos/79695460@N00/6248492498/in/photostream/> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/WN9eIe7mq1AJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
