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Here’s 60 seconds of a Paris intersection. It was a lovely fall day on the first floor of a hotel in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood.
October is a good time to visit because the crowds are light, temps fair, and the air fares cheap. I counted 6 different bikes and typical for the other neighborhoods I visited.
Not seen are the fixed-gear and single speed bikes so many Parisians ride.
While I wasn’t in Paris to write about urban biking, velo couture and what not, I did take photos of the locals.
And, when the temps dropped from the high 70s to the low 60s, the coats and scarves came out.
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We rode out in the country too and back in Seattle, I’m editing the photos for that story.
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