Editing Grenoble (section)

===<FONT COLOR="#990000">Bicycle</FONT>===

Grenoble is flat, and full of specific ways for bicycle !
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'''Where are nice paths to ride ?'''
* This [http://www.opencyclemap.org/?zoom=15&lat=45.20253&lon=5.69754&layers=B00 OpenCycleMap] shows all the bikable routes and related shops at Grenoble.
* '''"Les voies vertes"''' are beautiful FLAT tracks for bicylcles along the rivers : see [http://www.af3v.org/-Fiche-VVV-.html?voie=161 this map for north-west Grenoble] (36 km), and [http://www.af3v.org/-Fiche-VVV-.html?voie=162 that one for the west] (14 km).

'''Looking for a bicycle''' in Grenoble ? Check the following links and organisations :<br />
* You can '''rent a bike''' at [http://www.metrovelo.fr/metro-velo-uk.php Metrovélo] (long or short rentals) : see [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101237963591483074292.00048aa40d63acce7d133&ll=45.195345,5.724349&spn=0.017087,0.038581&z=15&iwloc=00048aa4340260f4b9f61 the 2 places on this map] [[File:BikeIcon.jpg|link=http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101237963591483074292.00048aa40d63acce7d133&ll=45.195345,5.724349&spn=0.017087,0.038581&z=15&iwloc=00048aa4340260f4b9f61]] (station and campus).
* Try the TrocsAthlon, organized by the Decathlon shop in the Espace Comboire, in the south of Grenoble. It takes place twice a year, in March and October. Check [http://www.decathlon.fr/FR/trocathlon-29140541/ that page] for more information<br />
* Suscribe to the association [http://www.ptitvelo.net/Contact-et-horaires,103 Le p'tit vélo dans la tête] and visit one of their [http://www.ptitvelo.net/Contact-et-horaires,103 workshops] in Grenoble. The subscription is about 13 € for students and jobless, 20 € for other people. In that way, you'll have access to spare parts and to workshops to repair your own bicycle. They can provide you with an old bicycle to repair for a few euros. <br />
* Try [http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Troc+Sport,+96+Avenue+Gabriel+P%C3%A9ri,+38400+Saint-Martin-d%27H%C3%A8res&aq=0&sll=45.185445,5.762606&sspn=0.011781,0.022488&ie=UTF8&hq=Troc+Sport,&hnear=96+Avenue+Gabriel+P%C3%A9ri,+38400+Saint-Martin-d%27H%C3%A8res,+Is%C3%A8re,+Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A Trocsport], 96 Avenue Gabriel Peri in Saint Martin D'hères (phone : 04 76 54 00 89)<br />
* Try the [http://www.reperagesvelo.org/atelier-v%C3%A9lo---nos-services.php Association Repérages] : buy second hand bikes, or have yours repaired. If you give it back, they'll send it to Africa.
* Where to buy a cheap bike : [http://www.vivravelo.net Vivravelo] ([http://goo.gl/maps/Oh0KO map]), [http://goo.gl/maps/iM5p9 "Un P'tit Velo dans la Tete"] (associations, 2 places), [http://goo.gl/maps/9DckV Repérages] (association), or [http://www.leboncoin.fr/velos/offres/rhone_alpes/?f=a&th=1&location=Grenoble%2038000 Le Bon Coin] (online classifieds)
* At least, try the [http://maps.google.fr/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=217696027822965076798.0004571d83a4d863e2e6b&ie=UTF8&ll=45.183126,5.742073&spn=0.097884,0.179901&t=h&z=13&iwloc=0004571d875da6f37cb7c "Marché aux puces" on the Esplanade], close to the Porte de France (sunday mornings).<br />
* If you surf during a couple of days, try [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=35803 our Bike-surfing CS sub-group].<br />
* Other platforms to borrow/lend bikes : [http://www.borrowmybike.org borrowmybike.org] or [http://www.bike-sharing.org bike-sharing.org].

You want to give an old one ? Contact the association [http://www.alpesolidaires.org/reperages-valoriser-le-velo-ici-et-la-bas Repérages], they collect bicycles to send them to Africa<br />

''Find all the adresses on [http://maps.google.fr/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=111757806106676085109.0004571d83a4d863e2e6b that map] !
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