Comments on: 10 Steps to Safe Cycling in Medellín https://medellinliving.com/cycling-medellin/ Colombia Travel Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:27:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3 By: Jon https://medellinliving.com/cycling-medellin/#comment-501338 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:27:47 +0000 http://medellinliving.com/?p=32183#comment-501338 ‘Medellin is such a bike friendly place….however due to lack of safety on the roads’

How can somewhere be bike friendly and unsafe?

Has the writer really been here? I would have thought one big thing for any potential cyclists here are the hills. There’s not a lot of flat space in the city. One of the big things for experienced cyclists here are the hills – Las Palmas for example.

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By: Alan Malarkey https://medellinliving.com/cycling-medellin/#comment-501237 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 04:45:11 +0000 http://medellinliving.com/?p=32183#comment-501237 Hi thanks for posting this. You may have seen I have written a couple of articles about road biking in Medellín and I’m keen to promote all forms of cycling in and around the city. It would be great to chat. I’ll be there for a month from the 22nd. Maybe a coffee?

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By: geoffrey https://medellinliving.com/cycling-medellin/#comment-501206 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 01:44:50 +0000 http://medellinliving.com/?p=32183#comment-501206 Holy Moly! In the instant I finished looking at this article seemed like about 2,000 bicycles just rode past my balcony. Was this story timed to play on something special? What’s going on?

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By: Kate https://medellinliving.com/cycling-medellin/#comment-501132 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 17:46:40 +0000 http://medellinliving.com/?p=32183#comment-501132 In reply to Shane Talmage.

I agree that it is a bad recommendation to carry your passport around when cycling or elsewhere. Much safer to bring a copy. Even the founder of this Medellín Living site had his passport stolen while in a taxi. And it’s a hassle to get a replacement passport requiring a trip to the US embassy in Bogotá if you are a US citizen.

It’s also not a good idea to carry a credit card/bank card either. You never know who might stop you when you are out cycling. Better to just have some cash and a copy of your ID and not dar papaya.

Was this reviewed by someone more knowledgeable about Medellín? Hard to believe this site is recommending carrying your passport around everywhere including when cycling.

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By: Shane Talmage https://medellinliving.com/cycling-medellin/#comment-501117 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 16:21:08 +0000 http://medellinliving.com/?p=32183#comment-501117 In reply to Michael Joseph.

The founder of medellin living can speak to what it’s like to have your passport stolen(on the way to immigration in a taxi). 150% size copy does the trick for everything, including getting your personalized metro civica card, and cashing money at the bank(last i checked). Only time my passport leaves the house is when I have a flight, or embassy/immigration/visa process requires it.

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By: Michael Joseph https://medellinliving.com/cycling-medellin/#comment-501096 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 14:15:53 +0000 http://medellinliving.com/?p=32183#comment-501096 I disagree with carry ones passport around , I make a photo copy of my passport before travel and carry that around for ID not wanting to risk my actual passport being stolen, only time I have my passport on me is when I arrive and leave, or need it is needed for offical bussiness. I also have an expired State drivers license in my wallet I use which is thinner in size than my US wallet as back up ID

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