The Bicycle Thread - November 2023

November 1, 2023 | The Bicycle Thread

[JonPreston]

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[Berlin_Freeper]

Ireland has a lot of bicyclists?
Is bicycle friendly?

[Paal Gulli]

"Peter Langford, from Suffolk, had already cycled the 1,100-mile (1,770km) route three times - aged 75, 80 and 85."

1100 miles!!??!! Does the route go through Paris? It's only 603 miles as the crow flies, 814 miles if you're willing to brave a few Jacobean-era bridges.

[Berlin_Freeper]

[Berlin_Freeper]

I saw three foxes tonight. Two in the park and one right on my corner when I got home. Told my wife: I'm expecting to see a fox in the kitchen. They are everywhere!

[Excellence]

Thanks for the tip!

[Berlin_Freeper]

I had back-to-back flu the past couple of weeks and now it has been raining a lot. So I haven't had a ride for 2 weeks and it occurred to me that is the longest I have not ridden in like 5 years, other than being away on vacation.

EU produced 14.7 million bicycles in 2022

In 2022, a total of 14.7 million bicycles were produced in the EU.

This figure presents a 10% increase in bicycle production compared to the previous year (2021), and a 29% increase over the course of a decade from 2012 to 2022.

The biggest producer in 2022 was Portugal (2.7 million units), followed by Romania (2.6 million), Italy (2.5 million), Germany (1.7 million) and Poland (1.0 million).