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A bicycle built for Paris sightseeing
My first encounter with the self-service rental bikes in Paris was like my first day in college French class: I was in over my head.
It was 8 a.m. one Sunday last November, an hour when no one is out in Paris except street cleaners, cafe waiters and a few old people with dogs barely bigger than croissants. There would never be a safer hour for a tourist with jet lag to try a new Velib'.
Velib'...
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