I would feel at home riding there. In Canada our streets look like that for several months of the year due to the freeze-thaw cycles, though the snow plows tend to use the bicycle lanes as a place to store snow.
It's not about lycra. It's not about racing, or saving the world, or crossing the Nullarbor Plain alone except for the film crew.
It's about the best way of commuting, shopping, sightseeing, socialising, partying, and generally just getting from A to B every day: by bike. We're based in York, but get around the UK a fair bit.
Read my Real Cycling column every month in Cycling Plus magazine.
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I would feel at home riding there. In Canada our streets look like that for several months of the year due to the freeze-thaw cycles, though the snow plows tend to use the bicycle lanes as a place to store snow.
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