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Re:Spain launches free train tickets for short and medium jo... by alastairp on Friday September 02, 2022 @01:24PM (#32693373)
The tickets are definitely pitched as "for regular commuters", but I'm going to take advantage of them for getting further out of Barcelona to cycle. I've spent 70€ on 4 tickets and expect that I'll receive refunds for 2 of them (by travelling at least 16 times on a ticket). A return ticket to a location 2 hours away ends up being close to 15€, so even if I get no refunds due to not travelling enough, it's still economical to buy the tickets if I'm planning on using them 2-3 times a month.
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Re:Spain launches free train tickets for short and medium jo... by durkie on Friday September 02, 2022 @03:47PM (#32695021)
Where are your favorite places to ride near Barcelona?
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Re:Spain launches free train tickets for short and medium jo... by googlryas on Friday September 02, 2022 @04:11PM (#32695224)
Not a ton of experience biking in the region, but I rode from Barcelona to Montserrat and it is quite lovely. There are a few sections where you're on a road busier with cars than one would like, but I've found Spanish drivers to be fairly respectful of bikers*. It was about 3.5h there, 2.5h back, with a nice 600m climb up the mountain at the end of the trip. The views up there are simply stunning.

* Fun story, I rode 1500 miles throughout Spain ~10 years ago, and had not a single bad experience with a motorist. When I got back to my home in NY state, literally on my first bike ride back, within 2 miles of my starting point, a man in a truck threw a beer can at me.

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Re:Spain launches free train tickets for short and medium jo... by GekkePrutser on Saturday September 03, 2022 @07:23AM (#32700761)
Such things are very regional yeah. I live in Spain and there drivers are respectful because cyclists have nowhere else to go.

In the Netherlands where I'm from we frown on cyclists on the road because there's excellent cycle lanes they should be using. The problem is the "sporty" types that think they're too good for those and use the main road instead.

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