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tour de france song

September 2nd, 2010 The Bike Nut No comments

tour de france song
Do you like the "Tour de France"?

"Tour de france" the theme song?

Yes, I think, but from the mid-80s, when used first won the Tour (Greg Lemmond) and the organization was exapanding their ability to make money became more contractors and lost one of its attractions: it was an exhausting entreprise. Still is, but something has changed.

“Tour de France” Winner -LANCE ARMSTRONG SONG “YOU ROLLED ON” wmv performance by Manfred Kriegel

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tour de france for dummies

July 15th, 2010 The Bike Nut No comments

tour de france for dummies

Señor Coconut and his Orchestra TOUR DE FRANCE

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tour de france pee

May 1st, 2010 The Bike Nut No comments

tour de france pee

Pee is for Paris

Oui oui, Paris is the city of lights, romance, fashion and good food. But what happens after you finish the bottle champagne when nature calls while youâ € ™ re walking down the Champs-Ã ‰ lysa © is? Â Welcome to pee in Paris.

Quel probl ¨ me?

When a city of 2.1 million people has more than 30 million visitors a year, itâ € ™ s clear that there are only so many thrones can be installed without jumping too much in a palaceâ € ™ s real rooms. But as a tourist recently experienced the dangers of public peeing, I noticed some things that could make or break the day.

Not even a Royal Throne

The great palace of Versailles is a sight to behold € "enough to distract the whole bladder to the end. Oh I almost missed the tour bus because I had to wait 30 minutes in a row to go to the loos. And listen to an excess of Russians with an argument tan € "probably about why the hell people were taking so long.

Waiting

Maybe itâ € ™ sa girl thing but I swear that some women were there for a minimum of 10 minutes. Are reading Madame Bovary? Lancôme one do your makeup? In search of wrinkles?  It takes an average of 30 seconds to pee. Surely nothing can be expected. Men have the right strategy: never seems to be a line.

Pee-payment

I found it odd that in the land of â € ~ Freedom, equality, fraternity € ™ that one could charge others to pee. Yes, the equivalent of 75 cents in Australia is not so bad, but I imagine that multiplied by three times a day x 21 days ahead or even then in a © cafeteria, having to buy a drink € "which could range between $ 3 and $ 9 a €" to use the loo. At least in Vienna, spending a cent to spend a penny that comes in a burgundy silk room with gold edges and coated with a song from Mozart to taps oneâ € ™ s feet.

Comfortable without mode

If Loos is fashion, then those in Paris are the ones who showed post-season sale € Binsa "With the missing buttons. Or maybe your Loos are as dirty and fronts of the tire brands and threw in a corner of a bathroom with mold. Compare the French fashion missteps with Changi Airport in Singapore toilets, which are like Givenchy couture silk, fresh from the cleaners.

Je ne pas comprends

After waiting, finally enter into the cubicle, itâ € ™ s not as easy as seems. First Some donâ € ™ t have toilet seats, so they either have to bend down, get a cold ass and risk of head scratching in. So far: whether to clean: push, pull, pull, pedal or leave automatic.

Where to go: Types of loos

Right, so now you know to do something simple biologically is logistically difficult in â € ~ gay Pareeâ € ™. Â What to do then express to wake the three jet-lag to catch up with you?

The Loovre

Public monuments tend to lose a lot, but you can only have three cubicles, in an area hidden behind a dark art Marcel display. And donâ € ™ t error Duchamp € ™ s art dealer Georges Pompidou, European for a curious public urination area.  But then, desperate times require desperate measures. Perhaps thatâ € ™ s why I saw a guy willing to risk the comfort of your tree behind the Eiffel Tower, which is patrolled by Chapters with automatic rifles.

Explosion

Walking between a beautiful building for the next time why Paris sanisettes. These are individual cubicles, permanent street accessories feel like an escape pod, but instead of space age technology, you need A peg to hold the nose and the door can be opened at any time â € ~ in flagrant squattoâ € ™.  Thereâ € ™ s still a rumor going around about young children getting caught in the wash cycle that occurs after 15 minutes.

Cash Dash

Then Thereâ € ™ s Relay Toilets, alias, pee. you pay is usually found in train stations, the system works by pe-er to decide the menu (pee only, or shower, or both (or not), then the supply of money to someone behind a glass screen. Usually, a large woman, with a sour face, â € ~ she who allows pees € ™.  So for twice the price of a two-liter bottle of water (between 50-70 cents a supermarket) you can return to walk the cobbled stones without servile.

Bar-sham

So why do not enter a bar?  In the rush, you can not see the quaint little corner brasserie doesnâ € ™ t even have a toilet: difficult after youâ € ™ ve just drank a glass of mineral water to justify their presence. O locals perched on stools insulting mockery football game â € ~ lâ € ™ à © trangerâ € ™ and make you feel like Al Gore in a cocktail Shell company.

Code silence

Even the tourist havens for the family as Maccas and KFC is the trick lock their toilets with keyboard codes. One day after rowing tea, I felt like throwing a sitting Ronald through the glass to pull the lock tight door. Oh, it was with joy that, albeit Nice minor I looked at my receipt for the first time.A Yes, you guessed it. A code for loos.Â. Sigh
Malls are not even have public health, or if it does, then the signals that lead throughout the store to get there, right next to items on impulse purchases, as Evian water and calm water devices.

Top Luxury

There are also luxury bathrooms, but I never I had the pleasure of manicures or bright magazines. called the â € ~ € ™ PointWCâ around 1.5 euros per visit itâ € ™ sa stretch but when you can undo all the good work with a coffee from a vending machine purchases or fake nails at the same time, why not?


General Tips:

  • The key not wait until you have to go: you can use when you can, not when it's necessary.
  • To make this trip less at random, buy Philippe Dorcourtâ Brochure € ™ s â € ~ Paris-break-Pipia € ™, which lists and maps where all sanisettes are available online for about Paris. 2.80 euros. http://www.paris.pause-pipi.fr/
  • Try not to think about water while waiting in line. And set a good example. Getting in and out as a rescue mission to the | € Congoâ
  • What youâ € ™ d probably want to do anyway, due to dirt. And as how to use, remember the four P: push, pull, clipless pedals. Well, isnâ € ™ t last, but Iâ € ™ ve said enough pee havenâ € ™ t I?

Toilet jokes aside, there are many people out there with the conditions they need to seriously consider the availability of a toilet when you go places, for men, an enlarged prostate for a small bladder women during pregnancy, pregnancy or posterior pelvic floor weakening. The Australian solution to this need manifests itself in a Web site run by the government for public toilet locations. The British have the â € ~ British Toilet Association € ™. But, as tourists can not oblige Parisians to serve tea with tea leaves can not dictate the standard and quantity of public toilets. But be aware of where to go and not go you can see walking down the Champs-à ‰ lysa © s instead of sprinting legs crossed, to the miracle € ™ â € ~ WCA appears.

Tour de France 2008 – The Finale in 6 Minutes

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