Planning on cycling part of the via de la Plata at the beginning of october.
Flying into madrid and then hoping to cycle west to join the camino at Salamanca.
I have already completed the camino frances by touring bike following the roads.
Hence the reason for choosing to follow the silver route this time.
My question is this , is a mountain bike required, as is suggested on most forums ?
we intend to follow the actual camino trail from Salamanca to Santiago. I would prefer to bring the touring bike and maybe fit larger tyres as i would find the cycle from Madrid to Salamanca tough on a mountain bike.
What is the condition on the trail from salamanca to santiago. I followed the trail on the camino frances for one day and found it extremely tough going on the touring bike.
Looking at pictures of the trail on via de la plata , it seems to be a sandy track for most parts while the camino frances was full of pot holes and totally unsuitable for a touring bike.
So basically could i go from Salamanca to Santiago on a touring bike following the actual camino or is a mountain bike essential ?
thanks in advance folks.
Flying into madrid and then hoping to cycle west to join the camino at Salamanca.
I have already completed the camino frances by touring bike following the roads.
Hence the reason for choosing to follow the silver route this time.
My question is this , is a mountain bike required, as is suggested on most forums ?
we intend to follow the actual camino trail from Salamanca to Santiago. I would prefer to bring the touring bike and maybe fit larger tyres as i would find the cycle from Madrid to Salamanca tough on a mountain bike.
What is the condition on the trail from salamanca to santiago. I followed the trail on the camino frances for one day and found it extremely tough going on the touring bike.
Looking at pictures of the trail on via de la plata , it seems to be a sandy track for most parts while the camino frances was full of pot holes and totally unsuitable for a touring bike.
So basically could i go from Salamanca to Santiago on a touring bike following the actual camino or is a mountain bike essential ?
thanks in advance folks.