obinray
New Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Del Norte Mayo 2022
I am an empty-nester coming from Canada via NL and France at the end of April, about 6 weeks from now, mid March.
I am renting a mountain bike and riding the Camino del Norte in 17 days, starting from Irún. I haven't seen much about cycling anything besides the Francés and I was curious about your experiences, especially on a bike, but also as a walker. I am quite cognizant of being a second class trail user, I'll have a bell, (for letting people know I'm coming, not to say, "move and make room for me") and would like to know there are lots of places where there is a separate track.
How much is paved and how much is gravel? Half/half? How rocky and steep are the hilly parts? A bit late to ask but how far did you ride each day? (My average distance will be 50km but that mathematically means that I have 8 days of more than that and 8 days, less. I'm training in a place with good sometimes gravel trails and where I can choose flat or hilly.)
Training while working full-time has been difficult, (I'm usually only able to clock about 200km/week) but my leave starts 5 weeks before I fly, so I'll be able to step it up.
Definitely starting to get enthusiastic about it, watching CoViD threats diminish, and the weather warm up.
I am renting a mountain bike and riding the Camino del Norte in 17 days, starting from Irún. I haven't seen much about cycling anything besides the Francés and I was curious about your experiences, especially on a bike, but also as a walker. I am quite cognizant of being a second class trail user, I'll have a bell, (for letting people know I'm coming, not to say, "move and make room for me") and would like to know there are lots of places where there is a separate track.
How much is paved and how much is gravel? Half/half? How rocky and steep are the hilly parts? A bit late to ask but how far did you ride each day? (My average distance will be 50km but that mathematically means that I have 8 days of more than that and 8 days, less. I'm training in a place with good sometimes gravel trails and where I can choose flat or hilly.)
Training while working full-time has been difficult, (I'm usually only able to clock about 200km/week) but my leave starts 5 weeks before I fly, so I'll be able to step it up.
Definitely starting to get enthusiastic about it, watching CoViD threats diminish, and the weather warm up.