France en famille: Hobnobbing with the Parisien set on the beaches of Il de Re

By ROBERT HARDMAN Chic and unique: Ile de Re is a popular Parisien hangout This must be the highest concentration of people on two wheels you�re ever likely to see outside Amsterdam or Cambridge. There are cyclists everywhere: middle-aged couples on fold-up bikes; posers in Lycra on whippet-thin racing machines; hearty families on matching mountain bikes (heaven knows why � there isn�t so much as