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In Praise of a Terrible Bicycle

Slow and heavy, that bike forced me to pedal slowly and take frequent breaks

Nikki Tate
Nov 1 · 3 min read
A stone’s throw from Aigues Mortes in the south of France. (Nikki Tate)

The clunky 3-gear bike that came with our rented canal boat wasn’t exactly a speed machine. Neither was the canal boat, for that matter. Not that we were trying to go anywhere fast — we weren’t. We couldn’t. There are strict…

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