Looked like a terrific trip. Good you did the alps when you had fresh legs!
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**Transport:**
I asked a local bike shop for a cardboard box, I made it smaller. Bike in the box, trailer folded + tent in another box, yellow bag as normal checked in luggage. Flew from BRU to MXP. Assembled my bike, and started cycling
**Bike setup:**
A 10 year old road bike, rim brakes, 34/50 crank, 12/28 10 speed cassette, Campagnolo Scirocco wheels, Michelin dynamic sports tires
M-Wave Single 40 trailer that connects on the rear axel
Why a trailer?
The advantages: center of gravity is very low + it really feels like a road bike. On some descends I could go 60 km/h
The disadvantages: the empty trailer weighs 7.2 kg 🙂
**Route:**
A combination of Eurovelo routes (5, 6, 19), local Swiss and French routes, using Komoot to jump from one route to another sometimes, RAVeL ([https://ravel.wallonie.be/](https://ravel.wallonie.be/)) and knooppunten ([https://www.fietsnet.be/](https://www.fietsnet.be/)) in Belgium
Mostly on asphalt, sometimes a few kms of gravel
**Food:**
A lot 🙂 I did not bring cooking gear, as I already had enough weight to pull. Mostly supermarkets and small/cheap restaurants
**Nights:**
9 nights in the tent, 7 on camping and 2 on Welcome to my garden
One night in a hotel (due to rain in the afternoon/evening), the last night at a friend’s place in Belgium
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Looked like a terrific trip. Good you did the alps when you had fresh legs!
**Transport:**
I asked a local bike shop for a cardboard box, I made it smaller. Bike in the box, trailer folded + tent in another box, yellow bag as normal checked in luggage. Flew from BRU to MXP. Assembled my bike, and started cycling
**Bike setup:**
A 10 year old road bike, rim brakes, 34/50 crank, 12/28 10 speed cassette, Campagnolo Scirocco wheels, Michelin dynamic sports tires
M-Wave Single 40 trailer that connects on the rear axel
Why a trailer?
The advantages: center of gravity is very low + it really feels like a road bike. On some descends I could go 60 km/h
The disadvantages: the empty trailer weighs 7.2 kg 🙂
**Route:**
A combination of Eurovelo routes (5, 6, 19), local Swiss and French routes, using Komoot to jump from one route to another sometimes, RAVeL ([https://ravel.wallonie.be/](https://ravel.wallonie.be/)) and knooppunten ([https://www.fietsnet.be/](https://www.fietsnet.be/)) in Belgium
Mostly on asphalt, sometimes a few kms of gravel
**Food:**
A lot 🙂 I did not bring cooking gear, as I already had enough weight to pull. Mostly supermarkets and small/cheap restaurants
**Nights:**
9 nights in the tent, 7 on camping and 2 on Welcome to my garden
One night in a hotel (due to rain in the afternoon/evening), the last night at a friend’s place in Belgium
Bravissimo!