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Last weekend 42000 cyclists stormed the vineyards of Alsace in France (feddit.org)

submitted 3 months ago by muelltonne@feddit.org to c/bicycling@lemmy.world

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There is a local tradition in Switzerland, and some parts of eastern France and southern Germany where roads are given to cyclists for a "slow up". Cars are banned on the route. Tens of thousands of people are on the road, there are local festivities, music, food stands and drinks and it's a really good time for everybody.

https://www.slowup.ch/

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[–] bonjour@mander.xyz 9 points 3 months ago

Oh that sounds nice, never heard of this before.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

So they didn't storm the vineyards? They just rode their bikes along the roads next to them?

Why did the title say they stormed the vineyard?

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

I guess they wanted to bait people into clicking

[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 4 points 3 months ago

Sounds like they did the Route des Vins ! https://www.routedesvins.alsace/

[–] telllos@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, did the one in Valais by bike a d Morat in Roller. Its super fun.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Were they hiding from the photos or something?

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago

There are lots of cyclists in the photos. We're you expecting them to all crowd together in one spot?

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 months ago

Montreal had one the other day. I think 20,000 cyclists showed up!

The idea that "nobody rides bikes" by NIMBYs shows how blind they are to the reality that a hell of a lot do, and even more would if it were safer to.