Prices are rising. For some of the more popular events (gymnastics and swimming) tickets are sold out. For others, a ticket can cost up to $3,000 USD (close enough that the difference won't buy a croissant and coffee). Hotels' prices have doubled, tripled and even quintupled their rates. If you are planning to ride your bike, large areas of Paris will be closed to motor vehicles and even the local Metro prices are going up. On the other hand, Break Dancing at the Place de la Concorde and Beach Volleyball at the Eiffel Tower will be free. Bring your binoculars.
For everbody visiting Paris and the Olympics this summer....
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Uncle Phil
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And IIRC, 'older' motorcycles cannot come into Paris - or maybe they have to pay an exorbitant fee.
Uh NON MERCI. I’ll stay on this side of the pond and watch from an air conditioned venue with a cold beverage firmly in one paw and the remote in the other 
I forgot to mention, they are banning motorized vehicles from a lot of areas in central Paris to encourage walking, bicycling, and public transportation. But, if they don't clear the manure deposited by the farmers recently, ticket prices might drop significantly.
If I can't ride there me no going.
Uncle Phil
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I think a lot of the 'manure' was already there before the farmers showed up ....
Some areas of Paris are not safe for police to go in so why would you ride a bike there?