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Getting the Christmas Tree Home via Bike: 2018 Edition

Plus, it was a heck of a lot easier than holding a tree in the basket of the Velib bike where I couldn’t really see what was in front of me anyway.

First look at Zwift, an ultra real graphics trainer app

Or, perhaps they’ll partner with the Parisian Velib bike share system and I can rock my Velib instead.

Training, race sign-ups, getting crapped on, and new product odds and ends

I’ve got a triathlon bike, my commuter bike…and near unlimited access to the Velib bike rentals.

Week in Review–July 19th, 2014

7) 7 Years of Velib: This past weekend the Paris bike sharing system celebrated it’s 7-year birthday.

Power2Max NG ECO In-Depth Review

I must have gotten excited chasing Grandma on a bike-share Velib or something.

The Paris Color Run 2014 ‘Race’ Report

There were however a few Velib’s trying to swim upstream through the crowd occasionally.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

A short pedal away by Velib.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

Saturday we grabbed some Velib’s and hit up all sorts of places around town.

5 Random Things I Did This Past Weekend(ish)

While I almost daily ride the Velib (bike share) bike at night, it’s somewhat rare for me to get a workout in at night.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

Afterwards some of us biked homed via Velib.

Paris Blog: An evening market cooking class

We attempted to Velib home (bike), but none of the Velib stations had any functional bikes, so it was back via Metro instead.

Riding off French cheese and meat platters

Saturday we went out for a run up to the Bois (big central-park like park) and looped around it a few times before eventually taking the Velib (bike-share) home.

Garmin Varia Bike Radar System In-Depth Review

For example in Paris it’ll almost always trigger on an approaching Velib (bike sharing bike) when I’m stationary, but not so much on a single-speed bike.

The 2015 Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List

Though, I could also probably put the Paris Velib bike in this category too, I ride that more often actually.

How to find & create awesome cycling routes in a smarter way

While there’s undoubtedly more cycling going on in Paris proper than outside, it’s more along the lines of bike-sharing (Velib) and commuter bikes.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

In warmer months we would have just found a Velib or taken the Metro, but it was pretty chilly that time of night and given we were soaked from sweat and rain the Autolib was a better choice.

Running into a Parade, Cycling in Circles, and Crushing Cardboard

5 Random Things I Did This Past Week in Paris

Fear not, we pedaled between these spots using the ‘new’ Velib.

Getting the Christmas Tree Home via Bike: 2020 Edition

It started when we lived in Paris, using a bike share Velib to make the trek from our favorite Christmas Tree vendor at the flower markets in the shadow of Notre Dame, to just across the river to our apartment.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

4) Late night stories on a Velib…

Week in Review–December 13th, 2020

5) Meet the magnet bike fishers: These guys fish out old bikes, notably my older beloved Velib’s, from Parisian waterways.

Outside Magazine DCR Article: A bit behind the scenes

And he got to have fun chasing around UPS, FedEx and La Poste around town on Velib bikes.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

Given it was a beautiful fall day out, I took the Velib:…

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

The only thing left was a quick 8-10 minute bike ride home on the Velib, my little suitcase and all:…

The $800 Bike Part IV: The final result!

Ironically, the shifting system/company is exactly the same in the massive Velib bike sharing program here in Paris: There are integrated front and rear LED lights, which operate based on the front wheel spinning.