Les 24H du Vélib

For all of you Vélib fans out there, be sure to mark your calendars for the second annual 24h Vélib on June 15 & 16. The goal of the two days of festivities is to have people cycle 25,000km with 400 vélibs and to raise money for three different associations: Good Planet, Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque or la Fondation du Patrimoine.  They will have a little village set up near the Petit Palais, and then on the Sunday, they will close down the Champs Elysée for the bike ride.

 

So if you've always had a secret desire to know what it feels like to be coming into Paris with the Tour de France, now's your chance!  You can show up anytime between 8am and 8pm, and take one of the 400 available bikes for a spin down the Champs.  You'll be allowed to do 10 "tours", and then you can decide which one of the three associations you want to donate your ride to (the association with the most number of rides will get a little extra bonus at the end).  Last year, they rode over 17,000km and raised more than 40,000€ for the associations. 

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