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The Buen Camino app has an option to set it for Biking in the settings.Hello, I am biking the Primitivo starting in Oviedo in a couple of weeks and want to stay of paved roads as much at the pathway allows. Can anyone answer the below please:
Thanks everyone
- The best app for the Primitivo (free if possible) showing accommodation and bike route map
- Downloadable bike map of the Primitivo
- best towns to overnight and recommended distances per day
- any other tips and tricks!!
- where in Oviedo do I pickup a Camino passport
Give time and space for the walkers. One of the biggest irritants I found on the camino was packs of lycia clad cyclists expecting people to move out of the way as they try to get ahead. Also many paths are very narrow and only suitable for walking. In these cases there are often very quiet rural roads in close proximity suitable for cycling.Hello, I am biking the Primitivo starting in Oviedo in a couple of weeks and want to stay of paved roads as much at the pathway allows. Can anyone answer the below please:
Thanks everyone
- The best app for the Primitivo (free if possible) showing accommodation and bike route map
- Downloadable bike map of the Primitivo
- best towns to overnight and recommended distances per day
- any other tips and tricks!!
- where in Oviedo do I pickup a Camino passport
If you need to stay on paved roads as much as possible, your tour is pretty much sorted.Hello, I am biking the Primitivo starting in Oviedo in a couple of weeks and want to stay of paved roads as much at the pathway allows. Can anyone answer the below please:
Thanks everyone
- The best app for the Primitivo (free if possible) showing accommodation and bike route map
- Downloadable bike map of the Primitivo
- best towns to overnight and recommended distances per day
- any other tips and tricks!!
- where in Oviedo do I pickup a Camino passport
Thanks for that!!! I agree that many paths are only suitable for walkers and bikers shouldn't consider using them.Give time and space for the walkers. One of the biggest irritants I found on the camino was packs of lycia clad cyclists expecting people to move out of the way as they try to get ahead. Also many paths are very narrow and only suitable for walking. In these cases there are often very quiet rural roads in close proximity suitable for cycling.
Hmm, that could be taken as a challenge for next year. A speed read through some websites indicates it's possible but not easy, a light rig and expect some hike-a-bike. Let us know how you get on, Mary.I don't recall seeing a single cyclist on the Primitivo in May. As others have said, it's really not conducive to cycling.
Long time since I was on the Primitivo, but when I was we did encounter quite a few cyclists - mainly in groups, some with road bikes just sticking to the roads and others with a more MTB set-up taking to some of the paths as well. They all seemed to be enjoying themselves. Apart from Hospitales (which is just an option you can bypass) I don't think the terrain would be much of a problem, but the ups and downs require good fitness and stamina.Hmm, that could be taken as a challenge for next year. A speed read through some websites indicates it's possible but not easy, a light rig and expect some hike-a-bike. Let us know how you get on, Mary.
I disagree!!! Please don't ruin the walking paths by biking on them!!! There are trails for bikers and trails for walkers. Please use the biking trails and leave the walking trails for walkers!!!Hmm, that could be taken as a challenge for next year. A speed read through some websites indicates it's possible but not easy, a light rig and expect some hike-a-bike. Let us know how you get on, Mary.
I don´t think they differentiate in Spain, unlike the UK where there are clearly designated footpaths and bridleways. But I would caution anyone who is thinking about the Primitivo on a bike. A lot of it is pathways, some of it is steep and it would not be the ideal choice for a cyclist. A cyclist may find themselves using the road more than planned.There are trails for bikers and trails for walkers.
Didn't cycle the Primitivo but walked it twice. Rallying the waypoints by road is easy if a bit longer.Just another point to consider: so far most of the responses have been from walkers who are, perhaps unsurprisingly, rather lukewarm about the idea of cycling the Primitivo. But we haven´t heard from anyone who has actually cycled it. There may be a reason for this.
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 definition of a "hiking trail" and what is allowed on it in Spain is a bit more elastic than you think: even the GR network allows for bicycles and other vehicles in places.I disagree!!! Please don't ruin the walking paths by biking on them!!! There are trails for bikers and trails for walkers. Please use the biking trails and leave the walking trails for walkers!!!
ps. I bike (up to 250kms. per week when I'm at home) as well as hike but I leave the hiking/walking trails for hikers and I stick to the biking trails out of respect for both the walkers and the environment!! Bikes ruin hiking trails!!!
Hello, I am biking the Primitivo starting in Oviedo in a couple of weeks and want to stay of paved roads as much at the pathway allows.
When are you going? I'm starting Sept 29th but from Leon, someone mentioned it's a good place to start cycling, planning on arriving in Santiago on Oct 4th ish..Hello, I am biking the Primitivo starting in Oviedo in a couple of weeks and want to stay of paved roads as much at the pathway allows. Can anyone answer the below please:
Thanks everyone
- The best app for the Primitivo (free if possible) showing accommodation and bike route map
- Downloadable bike map of the Primitivo
- best towns to overnight and recommended distances per day
- any other tips and tricks!!
- where in Oviedo do I pickup a Camino passport
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