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Skinnybiker replied to the thread Advice on Getting a Second-Hand Gravel Bike?.If you're living in or are in Spain atm try Wallapop or Milanuncios, plenty of bikes available. Accessories, routing and all the other interesting stuff are another chapter in the book. Buen bici-camino. Richard -
Hi, getting lost in all the posts - but is roughly 50% heavier than your average mountain bike (17kg), and normal/manual version rather than the e-assist.
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Skinnybiker replied to the thread Via de la Plata - Recumbent...?.As others have written, it's mostly doable by bike so it will generally be doable by a recumbent trike, what hasn't been discussed is the added difficulties of using a trike. Looking at the ICE Adventure HD it folds, which is good, what's the...
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Skinnybiker replied to the thread Caminos for cycling that are not very hilly..Train / ferry whilst environmentally sound is a bit of fool's errand, very hard, i did it once Cádiz to Plymouth, never again. Flight to SVQ will be much easier then airport bus in to the city. Good luck
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Skinnybiker replied to the thread Train bookings.Recently I was looking for a train from Malaga to Cádiz, RENFE came up with nada. The reason being that for most routes the system does not handle connections - which is strange because it's not unusual. Seat61.com provides a lot of useful...
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Skinnybiker replied to the thread Caminos for cycling that are not very hilly..Spain, by some criteria, is reckoned to be the second most mountainous country in Europe. How about some of the Caminos in flatter countries, Netherlands, France etc?
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Skinnybiker replied to the thread What exercises to do to strengthen lower back?.You have received a lot of good suggestions about back exercises and walking the Camino so I have a couple of suggestions from a cycling pov. * Why not cycle the Camino? You're obviously a very competent cyclist, the bike carries the weight and...
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Skinnybiker replied to the thread cycling from Santiago to Lisbon?.Well it would seem to me that if you're cycling 1000km & perhaps 10,000m vertical from Sevilla, by the time you arrive Santiago you'll both be fit, know what you're capable of and perhaps jettisoned some cargo. The hills / mountains in Spain...
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Skinnybiker replied to the thread Cycling the Del Norte.I have ridden most of the Norte and also hiked & biked with a friend some of the Transadaluz in S Spain (I was the biker). It might be useful to understand his style of riding and also the type of ebike he will ride. After all there is a huge...
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Skinnybiker replied to the thread Biking the via de la plata.Another option could be to buy good second hand bikes. Check / contact the local bike shops, look on Wallapop or Milanuncios as there are usually 100s of bikes for sale and it should be a buyers market.
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