‘Seine a Velo’ cycle route: 3 days between Rouen and Paris

For me, the highlight of this route is Claude Monet’s gorgeous garden at Giverny. Rouen was a lovely surprise.

A sign along the way.

France’s Seine a Velo cycle route stretches more than 400 kilometers between Paris and the English Channel (Le Havre or Deauville, take your pick). We chose to ride between Rouen and Paris, so most of it. Here’s what we found.

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2 emotional days bicycling along the D-Day beaches

Going by bike is the perfect pace for experiencing the D-Day beaches.

I have two three pieces of advice for anyone thinking of going to Normandy and the D-Day beaches.

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I finally finished biking the D&L Trail!

A 28-mile ride along the D&L Trail more than closes my remaining gap.

It took a crazy baseball game under black lights to get me back to Allentown, but I finally biked the final miles (for me) of the Delaware & Lehigh Trail.

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I tested out bikepacking with an overnight trip. It rained. Here’s what I learned

I headed to Green Lane Park at the northern end of the Perkiomen Trail for a bikepacking adventure with the Bicycle Club of Philadelphia.

So you’re dreaming of a bike trip that lasts many days, weeks or even months … perhaps out west, perhaps Europe, or maybe just closer to home. And to keep costs down and flexibility high, you think camping is the way to go.

A word of advice: Test it out with a simple bike overnight.

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A bicycle ride to one of the best restaurants in the U.S. — a casual culinary adventure in the middle of New Jersey

A 28-mile bike ride to Chatpati Delhi in Central Jersey. So much food for $15 per person.

Chatpati Delhi made The New York Times’ list of the country’s 50 best restaurants in 2025. How could this not be worth a bike ride?

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I biked Mexico City’s car-free Sunday — here’s what it’s like

This is how to spend a Sunday in Mexico City.

In a word, wow!

Tens of miles of streets closed off, tens of thousands of riders. Just about everyone is chill; few are on light road bikes trying to go fast, and almost everyone obeys red lights.

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A bike bingo game built on a personal wish list of rides

My new way to organize bike rides I want to do.

This isn’t about one bike ride. Instead, it’s a way I’ve found to organize my To Be Ridden wish list (a riff off To Be Read, for all you bookworms).

With a bingo sheet.

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Biking the Loire: The hardest part was the train

Just getting a reservation on a local train was cumbersome.

When we planned our bike vacation along France’s Loire River, part of Eurovelo 6, I hadn’t expected that the train would be the hardest part.

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Biking the Loire: Why staying in one town was the perfect choice for us

A different way to tackle Eurovelo 6.

Our final night in Tours: Leftovers from our many market stops.

On this bike trip to Europe, we decided to try something different: Rather than biking from point to point along a castle-laden section of Eurovelo 6 in France, we would base ourselves in one town and do day trips.

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The No. 1 thing you should never do when getting a Santander Cycle in London

What a headache!

I love bicycling in London as an occasional visitor. Just a great way to explore, and much faster than walking. And so many cycle routes!

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