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- Camino Frances
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It's a long distance bicycle trail that coincides with the Camino Frances for a little while in the area of Castilla y Leon near Burgos.Can anybody tell me why it says Portugal, when we are in Spain
Big triangle is indicating to go straight on but I'm sure everybody got the message...
The big circle and the two small ones indicate to the biker to continue straight on.
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Big triangle is indicating to go straight on but I'm sure everybody got the message
OK, the "spear" of the triangle indicates the direction. In this case it is straight. If the spear would be to the right/lefthand side you know the answer nowWell, actually, I didn’t, and I’m not usually so obtuse . . . I thought it just meant that it was a cycle route – two wheels with a person on top.
Not falling off, it means that on both routes one must cycling just on the front wheelOr is it:
Biker falling off bike to the right on trail 9 and biker falling off bike to the left on trail 10.
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You mean that there are now dedicated unicycle routes? If you ride a unicycle to Santiago do you have to do a minimum of 200km like bicyclists to get a Compostela, or is that halved to 100km?Not falling off, it means that on both routes one must cycling just on the front wheel
Indeed. And this year by a man who unicycled 5000+km over 75 days - all the way from Norway.It has been done. I met this chap south of Miramont-Sensacq in May 2016:
You mean that there are now dedicated unicycle routes? If you ride a unicycle to Santiago do you have to do a minimum of 200km like bicyclists to get a Compostela, or is that halved to 100km?
Oooooohhhhhh! Now my brain hurts!! And next you are going to tell us that a tricycle is a bicycle too?Answering your question with a straight face, a unicycle is considered a bicycle for Compostela eligibility. The 200 km minimum distance applies. This, too, has been done...
Just sayin...
The price that some of us pay for having very literal minds @dougfitzOooooohhhhhh! Now my brain hurts!! And next you are going to tell us that a tricycle is a bicycle too?
Not meBig triangle is indicating to go straight on but I'm sure everybody got the message
It was meant that the spear of the triangle is indicating the direction and not the big circle as posted by @Kathar1na It was her typo because there are no 1 big and 2 small circles on the signNot me
It's not intuitive I think. Although we figured it out at the time - the bike trail joins, follows and leaves the Camino Frances over quite a short stretch of the road and you can see all three variations of the sign - and I now know what the signs mean, what I still "see" is what I saw at first: a happy little red car rolling along the road, in the same direction or the opposite direction to this one: .Not me
Basically, if it has wheels and and pedals, and you MUST use the pedals to propel you forward, the device is a bicycle for Compostela eligibility purposes. It does not matter if you pedal with your feet or arms.
So cuteIt's not intuitive I think. Although we figured it out at the time - the bike trail joins, follows and leaves the Camino Frances over quite a short stretch of the road and you can see all three variations of the sign - and I now know what the signs mean, what I still "see" is what I saw at first: a happy little red car rolling along the road, in the same direction or the opposite direction to this one: .
So if you are bipedal or ride a quadruped, only 100km is required, but if you are bi-pedal, then its 200km?
How about riders of velocipedes? They don't pedal!
There are velociraptors and centipedes in the animal kingdom but the velocipede is a human invention dating back to 1817. There is a modern version, electro-assisted and developed at Saarland University in Germany. The photo shows the velocipede model Draisine 200.0 with the professor who designed it and his student team. No pedalling and it is surely more like walking than riding a horse. Is 100 km sufficient for a Compostela? Or perhaps a compromise: 150 km?Show me a velocipede large enough to be ridden...and I will run the other way... However, technically, this would be like riding a horse... 200 km...