Take your bike with you! While travelling by intercity train in Provence with my wife recently, we were surprised when a man boarded the train pushing a bicycle.
He wheeled it into our section and, to general surprise, lifted the front of the bike until it was standing upright on the back wheel. He then located the front wheel on a hook at ceiling level, and the two wheels were held in channels that formed part of the train wall. He nonchalantly took a seat, leaving the bike suspended there until he reached his destination and unhooked it.
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