build my bike rather than lugging a huge box through the city.
I then learned that bringing a bike on the subway with 20 lbs of luggage is a bit challenging -- there are lots of people and lots of stairs to go up and down, plus subway turnstiles aren't exactly bike compatible.
Just after exiting the subway Melvyn approached me wearing a biking jersey. Said he loved my bike and pointed me to my hotel and a local bike shop. Turns out he was also going to Evreux tomorrow for a bike trip, but that he was taking the train. He gave me his number incase I needed anything, and wished me luck biking out of Paris.
I went to the bike store and had my derailer adjusted, then hit the
town! I road down the Champs Élysées to start my ride with a great finish (the Tour ends there every year) then visited the Arc.
But the cobble road gave me a flat, so I took the subway home. How do the pros do laps without getting a flat? Perhaps lower tire pressure...
Dined and people watched in what seemed to be falafel central,
Then had trouble planning my route, so I gave Melvin a call.
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