We finally made it to Spain! Hooray!
We had heard from other bikers that the road conditions were worse than what we were spoiled with in France, but the actual situation was way worse than we expected! We decided that following the EuroVelo was not possible and heavy heartedly had to make a decision…..
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Good for me to see this. I cycled and camped along EV1 in France.
Looking at EV1 in Spain I decided not to do it. The next year I came back to Irun with just 2 panniers and did the Camino del Norte instead. It's pretty good except for pushing uphill into Bilbao. This year I hope to cycle the Camino Portuguese from
Lisbon on the costal EV1 route.
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it looks amazing… enjoyed watching, thank you for sharing.
Thank you. Super helpful!
Thank you! I want to go!
Ich bin mit meinen Kindern seit 6 Wochen auf dem EV1 in Frankreich. Ziel: Portugal. Ich bin zwar mit Ebike unterwegs, aber auch mit Tochter im Fahrradanhänger, Sohn (6) fährt selber, ein paar km täglich am Abschleppseil.
Je näher wir der spanischen Grenze kommen desto unsicherer werde ich😱
Was meint ihr? Machbar oder nicht??
I cycled Liverpool to Alicante and the worst routes in Spain were their off road cycle routes. 4×4 off road cars would struggle. Boulder strewn and some 8% climbs. Atrocious. I used google cycle map and komoot and both were really awful. I ended up using google map cars avoiding toll roads etc. The roads were 95% excellent. Very little traffic, wide 'hard shoulder' and very important, takes you through villages. Essential for provisions. The cycle apps bypassed them. I was cycling for 8 hrs a day and getting drink and food a priority.
Ah ok jetzt habe ich es gesehen. Welche Unterkunft hattet ihr in Sunbilla. Wir kommen gerade aus Frankreich. In wie viel Etaopen seid ihr durch die Pyrenäen gefahren?
Pay 500 fine for riding a bike? Dang! The ruling European commies are far worse that the tax collectors in the USA.
St Jean de Luz is one of my wife's favorite towns in France along with Bayonne. Diese Straßen sind so schlecht! My German and French are very much like yours. What I did know I keep forgetting and have practice before each trip to try and resurrect what I do know.
You keep complaining about getting tired, why don't you get an electric bike? Like, genuine question, you could get the weakest assisted bike (250w motor) and with a good battery and your leg work, you could easily get 60 miles range out of it. It would make riding uphill a breeze! Of course, you'd need to sleep in camping grounds which provide electricity, or hotels/motels, but it would make your journey so much easier.
4:35 what? since when? I don't think that's correct
Gracias for sharing this episode. Safe travels to all whom read this.
Good day to you!
I am a senior rider on HONDA motorcycle from Japan.
I am enjoying camping ,touring and upload video.
Your touring video is so nice!
Awesome!
Full supported !
Have a nice day my friend!
Very entertaining, makes me really appreciate wifey. We switched to bikepacking when my old seniors knees would swell up while backpacking walking downhill. Of course teaching Nordic skiing for almost 45+ years probably help us a lot. We use fatbikes in all seasons and riding conditions. Pushing a bike is part and parcel of bikepacking.