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  1. Kurt5280

    Mature couple cycling the Camino

    Biking the Camino del Norte from Santander to Santiago is very bikeable with one very memorable hill climb...but bring extra innertubes because I lost two inner tubes on some rough trail between Santander and Santiago...however from Bayonne to Santandar I recommend hiking because there is some...
  2. Kurt5280

    What Is The Most Useful & Usless Item You Packed

    Most Useful: 1.5" straight blade knife with hard plastic sheath...cut...open...eat...and almost an attacking dog Most Useless: Emergency weather cover...or...first aid kit...never used...but just in case...about 1-pound weight Actually Tossed: I left about six-rolls of camping toilet paper...
  3. Kurt5280

    Cycling - Frances vs Norte/Camping vs Not/Road vs actual route

    If your intention is an exercise Camino then I would bike the Camino del Norte starting at the Biarritz Airport...the food and scenery are better...also unless you have a mountain bike the Camino trails on the Camino Frances are not made for a road bikes...and I mountain biked the Camino Frances...
  4. Kurt5280

    Mature couple cycling the Camino

    1st...it depends why you are doing a Camino...religious...social...or exercise...if your purpose is religious then no Pilgrim has the right to tell you the correct way to Camino...if your purpose is social then you will miss a lot...if your purpose is exercise please be more considerate that the...
  5. Kurt5280

    The 'politics' of bikers passing walkers on the trail

    I live in Colorado and I am use to sharing the trail with hikers...the real problem is just rudeness...first...the problem starts with the mountain bike clubs using the hiking trails for competition timing...they race up unannonced and then pass by way to close...my best story was I was parked...
  6. Kurt5280

    Cycling Shorts: Road or Mountain Biking Type?

    I am a mountain biker and I never wore road biker pants before my Camino...after a 1,000 km you will be glad you wore padded road biker pants...and I have always said I would never wear padded road biker pants but I am glad I did for my Camino.
  7. Kurt5280

    Self Guided biking the Camino from Pamplona...

    I had problems as a Bicigrino with Albergues and small hotels in the Meseta...best solution was to ask for a "single room" and suddenly there is "room at the inn" for a bicycle Pilgrim at a higher price. I rode the entire Pilgrim trail except where the road was directly next to the...
  8. Kurt5280

    Occasional biking on the Camino?

    Mike - My guess is the local police are told not to harass the Pilgrims for minor offenses because it could create bad public relations...also you must live in a very flat part of Australia if you think the Camino has some "very rough off-road sections"...because in Colorado I usually cannot...
  9. Kurt5280

    Occasional biking on the Camino?

    I brought my own mountain bike and helmet...but if you mountain bike the hiking trail you don't need to wear a helmet unless you bike on the roads...but I biked a 1,000 km in Spain and never wore my helmet...also I biked through Burgos into the Meseta with a Spaniard and he did not wear a helmet...
  10. Kurt5280

    Pamplona to santiago de compostela

    I mountain biked from SJPDP to Muxia...it may be easier to start biking from SJPDP if you want to bring your own bike...I met several bikers that bought bikes in Pamplona after hiking from SJPDP...also I had my mountain bike professional tuned before leaving with all new tires, tubes, brakes and...
  11. Kurt5280

    Recommended half-way pit stop cycling Leon to Santiago

    Portomarin maybe...Santiago always.
  12. Kurt5280

    Recommended half-way pit stop cycling Leon to Santiago

    Astorga...spent two nights there...good hotels...good food...good grocery stores...good shopping...good sights...and the first town that I saw families with children playing in the streets at night...really liked Astorga!
  13. Kurt5280

    Bike hire Sahagun-Astorga

    I brought my bike with me to Spain...but many pilgrims were buying new or used bikes...and then later selling the bikes or donating them to the church...also several Pilgrims brought bikes and either sold or donated the bikes instead of paying to ship the bikes back home.
  14. Kurt5280

    Advice: Biking vs. Walking?

    Fact: I rode my mountain bike on the sidewalls through the major cities of Pamplona, Logrono, Burgos, Leon, and Santiago I never heard any comments from pedestrians...but I ride my mountain bike on the Camino hiking trail and I heard all types of opinions. At Albergue La Casa Magica I meet...
  15. Kurt5280

    Advice: Biking vs. Walking?

    THE CAMINO IS FOR ALL PILGRIMS...the Camino Routes of the Santiago de Compostela is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for all Pilgrims and the Cathedral in Santiago decides the rules for receiving a Compostela...but road biking the Camino Frances from SJPDP to Santiago on the paved roads is just...
  16. Kurt5280

    Guided or self guided

    Self-guided biking tour and give yourself some extra time to stop and enjoy yourself...or to avoid bad weather (wind and rain)...also if you have some extra time consider riding out to Finisterre and Muxia...and about 5 km of the Camino between Finisterre and Muxia is on a beach.
  17. Kurt5280

    Advice: Biking vs. Walking?

    Hi Joe - I mountain biked the Camino Frances from SJPDP to Muxia in September on the hiking trail and it took me 20-days with 2-days of rest...first you will push the bike mostly uphill for over 300+ km so biking the hiking trail includes a lot of hiking pushing the bike...second on a mountain...

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