finding my ride in France?

[Possegal]

I too am quite envious and hope that you will be posting about your adventures while you are over there.

Sometimes I feel like we're not wealthy enough to be cyclists!

This cracked me up!

[papaver]

Wow, thanks for your enthusiasm and your input! I'm not sure what we can afford to do - I asked BikeRentals for a quote - they look like an excellent service but I think they're going to be way over what we can afford. Taking our bikes would be more reasonable but not cheap by any means, and if you saw our bikes - well, they're the best we can afford right now and we love them, but they probably have a combined value of $300. Mine's an old Giant OCR 3 that I bought 4 years ago for $200 and DH's is an old steel "franken-bike" decent but old wheels, frame given to us by a college student who pulled it out of a dumpster.

Heck, maybe BikeRentals will offer to sell us a couple used bikes, and after the residency we ship them back here to replace what we have! Sometimes I feel like we're not wealthy enough to be cyclists! But then I remember how much weight I've lost, how much my health has improved, and how glorious the road feels on a good day.

Something will work out. Thanks again for your input!

when we rent a holiday home in Brittany they mostly have free bikes you can use. Maybe they have them where you're staying too. Just ask!