Has anyone rented a bike for a section(s) of the route?

[Adejh]

Hi there,

I'm thinking of walking and cycling the route to cut down time-length slightly.

Has anyone here had experience doing something similar?

Any info about where you got bikes, sections, costs and drop off would be great.

Thanks!

 

[Kev]

Hi there,

I'm thinking of walking and cycling the route to cut down time-length slightly.

Has anyone here had experience doing something similar?

Any info about where you got bikes, sections, costs and drop off would be great.

Thanks!

Hi there,

I'm thinking of walking and cycling the route to cut down time-length slightly.

Has anyone here had experience doing something similar?

Any info about where you got bikes, sections, costs and drop off would be great.

Thanks!

As far as I know, it doesn't matter what combination of travel you use, so long as the last 100 km is walked or the last 200 km is biked. Outside of those restrictions, I believe you are free to mix it up in any combination you wish.

There is at least one bike rental company that will drop off and pickup at various spots along the Camino.
http://www.bikeiberia.com/

Good luck and Buen Camino.

 

[Shalaw]

My fiancé and I did the Camino Frances from St. Jean to Santiago and we rented bikes to cross the Meseta which is 168kms of hot, flat, prairie-like terrain. Given our average walking pace of 25kms per day, this would likely have taken us about seven days but we did the whole thing in 2.5 days. We had the bikes delivered to an albergue called La Fabrica which is about 10kms outside of Burgos and we rode them to Leon. We're glad we did it as it afforded us extra time, post-Camino for our trip to Belgium and France, but we certainly had sore bums!! The first day with the bikes was particularly tough as we did not send our backpacks ahead and had them bungeed to the backs of our bikes and that really threw our balance off so we would recommend that you send your pack ahead each day you're on the bikes. I can't recall the company we used but the cost was about 175 euros each. They were brand new bikes and they were awesome. Most albergues accept cyclists and have a place for your bike. We had to find the return location in Leon but it wasn't too hard. I would highly recommend renting bikes for this part of the Camino. Some would argue this as the meseta can be a very introspective part of the journey, but others say it drove them crazy. A friend of mine who did her Camino recommended that we do it as she had an injury and did it to make up lost time but ended up having so much fun she said she'd do it regardless of injury, next time.

Buen Camino!!

 

[dduroy]

Yes, there are many rental companies who will deliver and pick up the bikes along with equipment needed. Three years ago I used cyclingrentals.com