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  1. Xali1970

    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    I would have thought basic manners and a modicum of "savoir vivre" dictate that you purchase something when using an establishment's facilities. Times change I suppose.
  2. Xali1970

    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    I did, and asked for REASONED opinions - of which there were precious few - to be given in return or facts that might enlighten the discussion. I made my mind up based on facts, research, math and provided all of it in the first post, along with the intention to cover the cost and a reasonable...
  3. Xali1970

    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    My point from the get go... I wish people would actually read post #1... Could this post be locked for further replies? I don't think there was much of value said on this for a good while.
  4. Xali1970

    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    I understand where you're going, but if neither party know or have an idea of what the cost price of the service provided is, how can either of you know or deem what is fair?
  5. Xali1970

    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    Well, sensu stricto, the law disagrees with you, so your opinion counts for less than a few beans past their use by date.
  6. Xali1970

    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    Why would you post an opinion on something you clearly haven't a clue about? How much € it costs to charge an e-bike battery is an elementary school level math problem which was explained/detailed in the 1st post of this thread. As for the time frame to cover 900km in mountainous terrain on a...
  7. Xali1970

    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    Me neither. I'll admit I regret starting this post. No good deed goes unpunished
  8. Xali1970

    Biking Options for People Who Mostly Want to Walk?

    If you're short on time or get behind, a bus ride will make up a few stages in a couple of hours. It's your camino, only you have to be happy with it, don't sweat the small stuff
  9. Xali1970

    New cycle path near Huelva.

    Forces one to pay attention to one's environment. Good idea. Now if the same could be done on roads for cars that'd be perfect
  10. Xali1970

    Bike Logistics Via de La Plata

    https://www.cycling-rentals.com/camino-touring-packs.html was very happy with them
  11. Xali1970

    Choosing the right part of the Camino

    If you don't mind hills, if you go east along the coast from Bilbao the scenery is stunning, but the climbs just as much. The roads are pretty quiet and motorists expect to see cyclists on it. The Basque country is very very hilly and challenging for a cyclist. I can't comment on following the...
  12. Xali1970

    Bike Logistics Via de La Plata

    Use Correos to forward the box to Santiago. I believe there's a luggage holding service run by Correos in Santiago for a fee (https://www.elcaminoconcorreos.com/en/luggage-storage). otherwise forward said box to casa ivar. (I'd check with him though)
  13. Xali1970

    Things I wish I’d had on my bici-Camino.

    dual foot bikestand, best ever
  14. Xali1970

    Bikes on the camino

    Take it up with local authorities. Good luck with that. If people could stop polluting this subforums and genuine threads with these pointless questions it would be great. If these threads could be locked or deleted shortly after posting even better
  15. Xali1970

    Cycling Norte - Stages

    I'll confirm the range challenge. With my ebike I just about made 100km with 1200m+ ascent using a dual battery (1125Wh) setup using the lowest assist mostly, 60km days in hilly situations would gobble up about 60% of the combined battery setup. Depending on the battery capacity of your rental...
  16. Xali1970

    Alternate route for bikes worth it?

    depends on the bicycle. Touring bikes with narrow slick tyres will have a very hard time on anything but hardened surfaces. MTB-touring hybrids with wide tyres (general purposes or all terrain knobblies) are quite well suited to pretty much anything you'll find on most caminos terrain wise, but...
  17. Xali1970

    Tips for biking the Primitivo please

    First off the camino is a bridleway, not a hiking trail as you romantically imagine it to be. As such anything that can be ridden or driven on it (i.e. physically fits on it: horses, bicycles, tricycles, buggies, wheelchairs, oxcarts,...) is allowed unless signposted differently. Even then the...
  18. Xali1970

    Tips for biking the Primitivo please

    Didn't cycle the Primitivo but walked it twice. Rallying the waypoints by road is easy if a bit longer. For following the trail challenge is advance knowledge of the terrain. Aside from the stage to Grande the Salime with its switchbacks (the section cresting the hill before the reservoir) and...
  19. Xali1970

    Tips for biking the Primitivo please

    If you need to stay on paved roads as much as possible, your tour is pretty much sorted. I'd stay away from the walking paths on the Primitivo; they don't lend themselves to bicycles (unless you reach expert MTB-levels with carrying a load). I'd stick to the roads, and googlemaps will probably...
  20. Xali1970

    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    Please go to https://www.iberdrola.es/en/electricity ... I found the information in English for you. Their translation is not the best, but then why should it be? At Business rates or household rates my assumptions hold. In a nutshell there's an annual standing charge based on a contracted...

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