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  1. irishwalker

    Leon to Santiago

    Hi Dave, You could consider transporting your bikes to Leon in a cardboard bike box. Fold up your box and place it in a recycling bin. Cardboard bike boxes can be bought in the Correos Office in Santiago for €13.50. We flew to Madrid in September and travelled by bus to Burgos, with the boxes...
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    Do you wish you'd walked the Camino (instead of bicycling)?

    My first trip along the camino back in 2004, was by bike. I cycled with a number of friends from Pamplona to SdeC. We cycled on the roads along by the camino. We stayed in hotels and did not really connect with pilgrims. I cycled from Bilbao, Santander and Seville in subsequent years. It was...
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    Cycling the Via de Plata This Summer

    We cycled from Sevilla to SdeC in 2015. We pedalled on tarmac roads, on the N630 as far as it took us. We covered the distance in 10 days. We had a driver who carried the luggage. We did not rush every day. We started around 9am, stopped for coffee around 10.30/11am. We then stopped for lunch...
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    Help! bicycle for 200 Km..where to hire, where to ride or wa

    Hi Bluzman, I have not walked from Burgos to Leon so I don't know what the surface would be like. I think it would be good to cycle this section as it is flat and some walkers find it tough, because of the heat and it can become a bit monotonous. Now that I am retired, I have started walking the...
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    Help! bicycle for 200 Km..where to hire, where to ride or wa

    Hi Bluzman, You don't say if you intend cycling on the walker's path. If so, you would need a mountain bike. There is a company bikeiberia.com who hire bikes along the route.If you intend cycling from Burgos, which is probably a good idea, you will need an address for the bike co.to deliver the...

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