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I was passing Beausejour campsite roundabout on Friday morning on the way back from Saint Saturnin and I noticed a sign by the campsite entrance "Bike Hire".
Did anyone hire any out, what was the cost, who were they ?.
On the way back to the port on Sunday night i passed a large covered trailer with Chain Reaction Cycles stickers. was it them ?
Did anyone hire any out, what was the cost, who were they ?.
On the way back to the port on Sunday night i passed a large covered trailer with Chain Reaction Cycles stickers. was it them ?
We took three bikes to LeMans this year, as the walking got the better of us last year (Porsche Curves is a LONG way from the start/finish straight when you walk the round trip once or twice a day for four or five days....)
My son's Alfa 159 SW would probably have done 45mpg average with the roofbox fitted - it actually managed about 37mpg with three bikes hanging off the back (although the MPG would have been a lot better if we hadn't got stuck in the huge queues at Arnage on the Thursday night and the similar queues at Calais on the way back....)
I reckon the total cost of the extra fuel was about £25 - much cheaper than hiring three bikes for a few days
My son's Alfa 159 SW would probably have done 45mpg average with the roofbox fitted - it actually managed about 37mpg with three bikes hanging off the back (although the MPG would have been a lot better if we hadn't got stuck in the huge queues at Arnage on the Thursday night and the similar queues at Calais on the way back....)
I reckon the total cost of the extra fuel was about £25 - much cheaper than hiring three bikes for a few days
ukcobra said:
If you take a bike to Le Mans, lock it up with a very thick lock. Or expect to lose it.
Mine was locked, but they used bolt croppers and it went in 2015.
If we take bikes back in the future, they will have better chains / locks / shackles.
Our neighbours in the 'safe haven' of Houx had a bike nicked that was chained to a rack on their camper. Mine was locked, but they used bolt croppers and it went in 2015.
If we take bikes back in the future, they will have better chains / locks / shackles.
ukcobra said:
If you take a bike to Le Mans, lock it up with a very thick lock. Or expect to lose it.
Mine was locked, but they used bolt croppers and it went in 2015.
If we take bikes back in the future, they will have better chains / locks / shackles.
Does this still apply regardless of the state of the bike? Obviously taking a new Boardman/Specialized or similar is asking for trouble but a knackered old decathlon jobbie would be less attractive surely? Are the light findgered ones the same scum that loot the campsites or just lazy race goers that can't be bothered to walk or bring their own transport?Mine was locked, but they used bolt croppers and it went in 2015.
If we take bikes back in the future, they will have better chains / locks / shackles.
chrisr111r said:
Does this still apply regardless of the state of the bike? Obviously taking a new Boardman/Specialized or similar is asking for trouble but a knackered old decathlon jobbie would be less attractive surely? Are the light findgered ones the same scum that loot the campsites or just lazy race goers that can't be bothered to walk or bring their own transport?
I'd imagine a lot of them are down to Lazy people not wanting to walk, no matter on the value of the bike. I have a couple of nice bikes and my mate said to me this year, why don't we bring our bikes next year, my response was No Way, not unless I could pick up a sub £100 for the trip and even then I would bring a bulky lock!
Maybe a Boris Bike type system should be set up for race weekends....
s2driveruk said:
locked ours at the gates where staff were close by and had no issues.
Same here - we locked them to the railings by the main entrance - we used a home-made cable lock - about 6 feet of 1/4" high-tensile steel cable light enough to carry around, but strong enough to cause any potential thief to have to work at it for a while - anyone using bolt-cutters would surely have attracted an awful lot of attention. The campsite was secure, so little chance of them going AWOL while we were back at base.Thanks for the replies, I haven't taken bikes for a good few years as i didnt mind putting a bike rack off the back of the cars i had then,
thought maybe hiring one would be the way forward but the price seems a bit steep.
Might take a folding bike so it can be transported inside car.
thought maybe hiring one would be the way forward but the price seems a bit steep.
Might take a folding bike so it can be transported inside car.
in the past we used to nip to the local recycling centre and pick up a useable bike for le mans for less than a tenner. sometimes they got left in france, sometimes they did several trips until the gave up. six or seven generally knackered looking bikes lashed together with a couple of locks is enough to put of most casual theives from bothering
Le_Mans said:
With the number of bikes nicked at Le Mans a 'Bike Hire' business is certainly a brave venture...
It reminds me of a story someone told me the other day about a guy who rented out bikes to American airmen stationed at what is now Stansted Airport during WW2. The yanks would pay him a deposit and hire the bikes to cycle to the local pubs. He would then go round all the pubs with a van and nick his own bikes while the Americans were inside, only to hire them back to the yanks the next dayGassing Station | Le Mans | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff