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Never have understood why Brits go on holiday and rent a bike, when many wouldn't dream of riding in the UK - 'too dangerous' they say, but in a foreign country their levels of perceived danger seem to be lower.... 
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Easy to spot them,shorts and flip lops.Until the first off anyway.
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Never have understood why Brits go on holiday and rent a bike, when many wouldn't dream of riding in the UK - 'too dangerous' they say, but in a foreign country their levels of perceived danger seem to be lower.... |
And not just on vacation: there must be something in the water, or the air.
Over twenty years ago it was much the same on the island of Ibiza.
I well recall talking with a Brit owner of a local scooter hire shop on that island: he was just going out to pick up one of his hire machines which had been dropped on a road junction overnight and simply left there by the hirer.
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Sat waiting for a plane back from Corfu a few years ago in the airport and I couldn't help noticing a fair few people with plasters and bandages mainly on elbows and legs tht were sitting around the departure area..
I rented a pushbike for a couple of days whilst waiting for friends to decide what they wanted to do,and it was quite a shocker,on some of the downhill bits I could follow some of the hire bikes/scooters and spectate at their near collisions on bends and getting things realy wrong..and usualy whilst clad in shorts and flip flops...
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Never have understood why Brits go on holiday and rent a bike, when many wouldn't dream of riding in the UK - 'too dangerous' they say, but in a foreign country their levels of perceived danger seem to be lower.... |
nice weather
no points on licence for behaving badly!
cheaper than car hire
parking is free!
I'd go with any of the above!
but "  induced stupidity" followed by "I'm not loosing face" are in the alternate set!
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