Today is Bastille Day, the most quintessentially French holiday.
When I first started to do long rides, I thought of cycling as the most quintessentially French activity--or, at least, of France as the quintessential cycling nation.
Even though no French rider has won le quatorze stage of the Tour de France--and a win for a team in tricolore seems unlikely this year--it's still hard not to think of cycling and, of course, the Tour itself, on this date.
I notice that a number of clubs and less-formal groups are holding rides today. I wonder if any of them will storm a replica of the Bastille and free the Marquis de Sade.
Anyway, I'm wondering: What is your idea of a Bastille Day ride? Is it something like this?:
Or this?:
Or something else altogether?:
When I first started to do long rides, I thought of cycling as the most quintessentially French activity--or, at least, of France as the quintessential cycling nation.
Even though no French rider has won le quatorze stage of the Tour de France--and a win for a team in tricolore seems unlikely this year--it's still hard not to think of cycling and, of course, the Tour itself, on this date.
I notice that a number of clubs and less-formal groups are holding rides today. I wonder if any of them will storm a replica of the Bastille and free the Marquis de Sade.
Anyway, I'm wondering: What is your idea of a Bastille Day ride? Is it something like this?:
Or this?:
Or something else altogether?:
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