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  1. dariosilva

    Cyclists !

    Not always true. Biked with my family. Ended our day around 5. By then walkers would have already washed clothes, eaten, and many were already in bed. We were lucky in that only 2 of 10 evenings did we find no room in the first Alberga we stopped at. It is sad to know that bicigrinos have left...
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    What kind of pedals?

    yan, You may not want to use clip ons. it is an un=necessary expense unless you were an experienced cylcler and a speedster. I bike the frances, starting in pamplona, summer of 2012 with my family. I used bikeiberia as my rental company. very good experience. I ordered flat peddles but at about...
  3. dariosilva

    albergue/refugio on a bike

    Gary, we, my family and I (5 of us) biked end of May early June. We started in Pamplona. We had no problem with having to wait. We would usually end our day around 5 in the evening. Most walkers had already ended their day and eaten dinner. Later on in the season may be a problem.
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    Experience with Cycling-Rentals

    Julie, I used Bike Iberia. Good bikes, very helpful staff, delivery and pickup. Wished I would have rented a women's bike for my wife, which bikeiberia offers. My wife had a very bad knee and had trouble getting on the bike at times for the high bar and all the gear on back rack. I found that...
  5. dariosilva

    Biking Camino del Norte/Primitivo questions

    Ooops, misspoke. We actually traveled May-June 2012. It rained on us the first three days from Pamplona to Burgos. Of five of us traveling I was the only one to forget my rain jacket....take one. Bikeiberia supplies every two bikes with a tool kit and a spare tube. There are small bike shops in...
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    Biking Camino del Norte/Primitivo questions

    I used bikeiberia summer 2011, renting 5 bikes for family. They were great. Received a discount after my letting them know that we had several spokes break and had to have them replaced. It was not their fault, it was our miss shifting and getting chain rubbing spokes. They also transported...
  7. dariosilva

    Buy or rent a bike

    Consider bikeiberia. I rented from them last summer and biked from Pamplona. Two weeks time with one day off in Burgos and Leon. They deliver and pick up. They also include a handle bar bag, essential tools, a lock, and a tube. For me and my wife it was worth the cost of rental to not have to...
  8. dariosilva

    biking in late june, early july

    My wife and I (58 &61) plus three kids in mid twenties bicycled from Pamplona to SDC las may 18 to june 2. We rode 40 to 50 miles/day. Took a one day off our bikes every third day. Rested I Burgos, Leon, Porto Marin. The mountains out side of Pamplona and once you start climbing the costal...
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    Cycling the Camino on Paved roads

    Cycled from Pamplona to Santiago in late may with wife and 20 year old kids. Wife 58 and i'm61. Rode hybrid bikes. Took mainly roads and some trails. Big mistake, took trail on first day up to alto de person. Thought I would take the bus for the rest of the trip. Took paved road down off the...

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