Travel: Vienna on a rothar

You have to be seriously alert ... but it's worth itThere's a wonderful anarchy about cycling around a city, writes Brian Byrne. Especially one like Vienna, in a group with a guide.

Actually, the city makes it relatively easy with lots of cycle lanes and priorities at lights and intersections. But you still have to be seriously alert, because there's a busy mix of pedallers and pedestrians, not to mind the motor traffic.

There were five of us, Billy and Kimberly from Utah, Jerry and Robin from Toronto. Me on my own. Kimberly had backpacked for a month, had been to the south of Ireland. The other two had trained through Europe, were just now in from Budapest. Information our guide, Horst, gleaned while waiting for the start time. I just listened. I'm a journalist, it's what I do. MORE>>