On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Christian Perrier <[email protected]> wrote: > Quoting Gunnar Wolf ([email protected]): > >> 5.5Km is perfectly doable in ~20 minutes, even if there is a (not too >> steep) slope. So, yes, fine by me. Regarding the dual carriageway, how >> are the laws in Spain? are cyclists allowed in such roads? How is that >> particular road's traffic? I would not think it is a riskier adventure >> than cycling in regular city traffic... > > > From what I remember of Caceres neighbourhood when we were travelling > to Casar de Caceres for last Extremadura meeting, the roads that we're > talking about are probably urban roads in the "suburbs" of Caceres, ie > very large roads but not *motorways* (Autobahnen in the standard > Debian language...:-)) where bikes would be prohibited. > > I remember seeing many such dual carriageways linking together large > crossroads with big roundabouts. Most of them probably have a 50km/h > or 70km/h speed limit (whether it is respected is another > story....Spain is the *South* of Europe...:-)). So, not an ideal place > to bike but certainly doable.
This is true, but you can use a bike in Cáceres in *every* kind of road, don't worry about that, it is perfectly legal. Plus in the places where it is not allowed it is because there are bicycle lanes. Best regards, César. _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
