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randonnée cyclotouriste

English translation: cycle tour (route)

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French term or phrase:randonnée cyclotouriste
English translation:cycle tour (route)
Entered by: Miranda Joubioux (X)

13:57 Mar 13, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel
French term or phrase: randonnée cyclotouriste
Context: randonnée cyclotouriste de 18 km
nothing more.

Is there any specific term for this?
Miranda Joubioux (X)
Local time: 13:35
cycle tour (route)
Explanation:
Depending upon context, "route" is optional.

"Lake Route - A 9 night self guided cycle tour graded level 2-3 Cycling Holiday in Switzerland, Bking Vacation .Rightfully called the Lake-Route this tour ..."
www.hookedoncycling.co.uk/Switzerland/switzerland.html

"At Hooked on Cycling holidays we specialise in cycling holidays in Portugal and biking vacations in Alentejo Portugal. Our cycle tour in Portugal is ..."
www.hookedoncycling.co.uk/Germany/bb moselle and saar river...

and one of a similar distance:
"Parks for. People project to enhance our City. Park. Cycle Tour. Grade 2. Distance 14km. www.chester.gov.uk/healthroutes. route 17. route 17 ..."
www.chester.gov.uk/PDF/Sport-connect2-cycle-route.pdf

Selected response from:

B D Finch
France
Local time: 13:35
Grading comment
A lot of very interesting contributions here. For me this is the best and I've already used it in other contexts so I can't imagine why I didn't think of it. Thanks to everyone. As far as I can gather it's both off-road and on.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6cycle tour (route)
B D Finch
3 +3cycling excursion
hirselina
5 +1Biking excursion
Veronica Coquard
5cyclotouristic ride
Nadia Ayoub
4bike route
Expialidocio (X)
4cycle tour vs leisure ride - NFG
Bourth (X)
4cyclotour excursion
Katarina Peters
4bicycle tour
joehlindsay
2 +1bicycle sightseeing tour
Jonathan MacKerron


Discussion entries: 8





  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bicycle sightseeing tour


Explanation:
perhaps?

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kate Hudson (X)
0 min
  -> thx, "touristic" should be avoided like the plague
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
cycling excursion


Explanation:
a very short excursion!

than a utopian cycling excursion. I sometimes think it would pay to be more "typical": perhaps when they put on an even bigger, better event next year, ...
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/sep/20/ethicalliving.tw...

hirselina
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Dunwell
41 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  roctor: cycling excursion is the best term around, although - working in tourism as well - "cycling tour" is most commonly used for such excursions, at least in NA English.
4 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  joehlindsay: excursion is common in UK, bicycle tour in USA
4 days
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bike route


Explanation:
That's how I would put it.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=fr&rls=com.microsoft:fr:IE-S...

Expialidocio (X)
France
Local time: 13:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jonathan MacKerron: but to me this would denote any bike route with signs, not specifically a sightseeing one
5 mins
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Biking excursion


Explanation:
...Would be one possibility

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Note added at 5 mins (2008-03-13 14:02:36 GMT)
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"Visit by bike" would be another (to insist upon the touristic aspect of the excursion)...

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Note added at 7 mins (2008-03-13 14:04:51 GMT)
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An example of a translated document that uses "excursion": http://www.tourisme-aquitaine.fr/upload/brochures/docs/broch...

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Note added at 9 mins (2008-03-13 14:06:22 GMT)
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"Touristic bike ride" might be a possiblity, but it sounds a bit artificial.

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Note added at 28 mins (2008-03-13 14:25:44 GMT)
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Point taken on "biking" bringing to mind motorbikes... Although, if you do a quick Google search, the first articles all relate to all-terrain bikes.
I would say that this term is not as suggestive as the word "biker" for example. For my part I am quite confortable with "biking".

Veronica Coquard
France
Local time: 13:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cjohnstone: simpler and better to my mind
18 mins
  -> Thank you, Catherine!
neutral  B D Finch: "Biking" tends to imply the motor variety of bike.
19 mins
  -> I see what you mean. In brochures I often use "hiking and biking", which become a bit addictive.
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
cycle tour (route)


Explanation:
Depending upon context, "route" is optional.

"Lake Route - A 9 night self guided cycle tour graded level 2-3 Cycling Holiday in Switzerland, Bking Vacation .Rightfully called the Lake-Route this tour ..."
www.hookedoncycling.co.uk/Switzerland/switzerland.html

"At Hooked on Cycling holidays we specialise in cycling holidays in Portugal and biking vacations in Alentejo Portugal. Our cycle tour in Portugal is ..."
www.hookedoncycling.co.uk/Germany/bb moselle and saar river...

and one of a similar distance:
"Parks for. People project to enhance our City. Park. Cycle Tour. Grade 2. Distance 14km. www.chester.gov.uk/healthroutes. route 17. route 17 ..."
www.chester.gov.uk/PDF/Sport-connect2-cycle-route.pdf



B D Finch
France
Local time: 13:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
A lot of very interesting contributions here. For me this is the best and I've already used it in other contexts so I can't imagine why I didn't think of it. Thanks to everyone. As far as I can gather it's both off-road and on.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claire Cox: cycle route, see http://www.cycle-route.com/routes/Scotland-Cycle-Routes-1.ht... yes it does depend whether the location or the activity is meant
14 mins
  -> Thanks Claire, though as "route" is about geography and "tour" is about the activity, I favour the latter.
agree  Bourth (X)
40 mins
  -> Thanks Bourth
agree  cmwilliams (X)
2 hrs
agree  Euqinimod (X): OK cycle tour. See http://www.cycletreks.com/
6 hrs
agree  PB Trans
16 hrs
agree  jean-jacques alexandre
18 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cyclotouristic ride


Explanation:
just like in French

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Note added at 9 mins (2008-03-13 14:06:32 GMT)
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I also found bike touring.

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Note added at 49 mins (2008-03-13 14:46:40 GMT)
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J'imagine que le cyclotourisme c'est visiter les monuments touristiques en bicyclette. Chez nous en Egypte il y a des tours sur dos d'ane. Ce n'est pas juste une promenade, mes les touristes partent en groupe pour voir la vallee des rois, les temples etc. Je pense alors que l'on puisse faire la meme chose en velo. Ce n'est pas juste une promenade.

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 13:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jonathan MacKerron: doesn't really cut it in English though
1 min
neutral  B D Finch: Unfortunately, Google comes up with a few hits for "cyclotouristic", but that doesn't make it good English.
17 mins
neutral  Claire Cox: Sounds more like a futuristic theme park ride, I'm afraid...
36 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cycle tour vs leisure ride - NFG


Explanation:
Just a couple of ideas. I think it will depend much on how these terms come up in context.

Not convinced that "randonnée cyclotouriste" need really be any different to a "bike ride", particularly such as I used to go on as an 8-10 yr old. I suspect it's a bit like Himalayan trekking: there might have been a time when an above-average level of fitness and experience was required, but to sell the idea they lower the expectations.

Weekly LEISURE RIDE each Saturday morning at 10. We'll average 15-20km per hour following bike routes around Vancouver, going to Iona Island or crossing to ...
www.momentumplanet.com/event/saturday-leisure-ride-vbc-3

An easy LEISURE RIDE which is 95% traffic free and suitable for inexperienced adults and children of all ages. The route is largely unsurfaced and a ...
www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/transport_streets/rights_way/cycli... -

A LEISURE RIDE can start ideally from home, or from a place participants drive to if ... CYCLE TOURING has a place in promoting cycling in that it offers ...
www.cyclingengland.co.uk/documents/SM12.pdf

Traditionally with an interest in CYCLE TOURING. http://www.ctc.org.uk ... A family oriented LEISURE RIDE with plenty of food and entertainment along the ...
www.cyclingscotland.org/links.aspx

The art of CYCLE TOURING is to carry no more weight than you need to, ... The LEISURE RIDE on Thursday was a more quiet affair, and gave campaign members a ...
www.camcycle.org.uk/newsletters/7/all.html


Bourth (X)
Local time: 13:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 67
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cyclotour excursion


Explanation:
another option

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 07:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bicycle tour


Explanation:
Without more context I'd say bicycle tour is fine for US English. Think of other "randonees":
randonée=hiking
ski randonée=cross country skiing
It probably implies a bike tour through the countryside like hiking or cross-country skiing rather than an urban bike ride. Might possibly imply off-road mountain biking. Need more context.

Example sentence(s):
  • Dick and Jane took a bicycle tour of Yellowstone Park.

    Reference: http://www.bicycletour.com
    Reference: http://www.nbtda.com/default.php
joehlindsay
Local time: 06:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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