Originally Posted by
3speed
What do you do if you Are in a city or something? A friend and I are going to be riding around Western Europe this summer. We do plan to hit up several of the typical bigger cities like Rome, Venice, Paris, etc. Is there anything you can do to secure your stuff while you go visit a museum, or do you just have to get a hotel and keep your stuff inside there? We don't plan on doing any hotel stays and I'm having trouble figuring this one out.
How are you going to do Paris, and the other large cities? Paris is not someplace you can ride into for a day see a museum, etc and ride out of in one day. Even if you use the train to get into the city it is a multi-day venture.
We were advised by local friends in Paris, not to even leave our bikes in their home's enclosed courtyard. We took them into a hallway of their house. We rented a relatively cheap apartment for a week because we wanted to see the finish of the Tour de France. We got similar warnings about leaving our bikes unattended in Amsterdam.