The beaches, blanketed with pink and yellow shells, are a bike ride away.
To the south, the Olympic Village's shopping complex is an abandoned shell, and while biking around this pancake-flat metropolis should be a breeze, the cycle network is patchy and you have to sign up in advance before you can pick up a bright yellow [TO]BIKE from one of the city's 116 docking stations.
There's a D-Day map, where shells explode around your bike as you power through.
You can enjoy surfing, bike riding, and shell collecting on the beach, paddling and sailing in the lagoon.
United Airlines may offer the cheapest fare from A to B, but by the time you pay $125 extra each way to check your bag and bike--and shell out another $15 on sustenance at the airport, since United provides no free snacks en route--it may be a smarter option to pay for the pricier ticket with, say, JetBlue.
One bike has a plastic-shell seat covering a foam interior while the other has a sculptured, solid wood seat that Mr. Farrell said worked surprisingly well in preliminary tests.
Really, it was just a pair of bikes with an airplane shell.
The main part of the Broadwalk has spiffy features like a pedestrian walkway, a concrete bike path, a crushed-shell jogging path, and places to shower off after a dip.
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