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I would add the following comments, based upon our experience of doing the Camino by bicycle in 2006:
Always check the brakes. In Galicia, one fellow pilgrim on a bike flew past us on a 15 kilometer decline when he lost his back brake. When we met him at Molinaseca he was still shaking.
We...
Hi to All - Camino in Late March
Good fortune on the journey. Last year, towards the end of March, we did the Camino Frances starting in SJPP. We had a little snow at the beginning and again on the third or fourth day. Steve
New cyclist
At Biarritz last April, I assembled our two bikes at one end of the train station platform while we waited for the train to SJPP. I deposited the two cardboard bike boxes in the proper garbage cantainer, which pleased several locals. It must have been a very slow news day in...
David, we plan to keep notes of the trip, plus photos and we will be happy to share our experiences with you and your girlfriend. Today we took our last practice bike trip. Tomorrow I disassemble the bikes for the boxes. We are flying KLM to Madrid. The airline is allowing us to check one...
After several years of wanting to do the whole 800 kilometer camino, we have our plane tickets and will arrive in Spain the end of March. Great photos of the snowfalls in Galicia in the Forum, but we sure hope the snow is gone by then. We plan a modest pace, no hurry to finish, rather enjoy...
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