Monthly Archives: November 2016

Halloween ride to Northern France and Flanders

Posted on November 6, 2016 by rtminfrance

Like many of our vacation rides, we decided our destination the morning we left, as we’re packing bags and pumping tires. This time our starting point depended on where we could get tickets for on short notice. Only some TGVs take … Continue reading →

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Ride to Kortrijk, Belgium, in 2007

Posted on November 5, 2016 by rtminfrance

One Sunday in October 2007 we left our apartment in Lille to ride north to Belgium.     A windmill on the main highway. Across the border at Menen, I detached the trailgator once we got on the bike path … Continue reading →

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Paris-Roubaix country

Posted on November 3, 2016 by rtminfrance

  On a cold April 13, 2008, when we lived in Lille, I rode out past the town of Hem to see the Paris-Roubaix come by on the 260km race’s penultimate section of pavés. Those are the brutal cobblestones that the Hell … Continue reading →

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