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Hi, and welcome
I have been through most of Europe with my bike, but will be walking the camino
No, I will definitely not recommend caged pedals !
Purchase your self a pair of cycle shoes
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/no/en/shimano-m064-mtb-spd-shoes-2014/rp-prod69966
And a pair of click pedals
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/no/en/shimano-xt-spd-xc-race-m780-mtb-pedals/rp-prod67220
This pedal will fit on every rental bike.
And bring the pedals and shoes with you.
Your rear will be extremely sore doing 800 km without bike training. Train before you leave for Spain. And train with your click pedals, first time in safe environment.
http://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/bike-pedals.html
Buen camino
Hi, and welcome
I have been thru most of Europe with my bike, but will be walking the camino
No, I will definitely not recommend caged pedals !
Purchase your self a pair of cyckle shoes
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/no/en/shimano-m064-mtb-spd-shoes-2014/rp-prod69966
And a pair of click pedals
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/no/en/shimano-xt-spd-xc-race-m780-mtb-pedals/rp-prod67220
This pedal will fit on every rental bike.
And bring the pedals and shoes with you.
Your ass will be extremely wound, doing 800 km without bike training. Train before you leave for Spain. And train with your click pedals, first time in safe environment.
http://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/bike-pedals.html
Buen camino
helloI've done half of the camino on a bike last year and I'm leaving in three weeks to cycle from Pamplona to Santiago.
I'd highly recommend Tournride, we used them last year and they're brilliant. Flat pedals are absolutely fine.
helloI find flat pedals can be dangerous on a mountain bike-----my wife broke her collar bone when her feet were bounced off the pedals and she crashed. We used toe clips until step in pedals were invented, and now would not use anything else.
That said, you should not be going that fast downhill on the camino, with gear on your bike, and walkers to pass. Both toe clips and step in pedals take some learning. You would be better off with flat pedals.
If your bike experience is "zero", how do you know your sore knee would be better off on a bike? I agree the camino is no place to learn to bike.
hello jonas thanks for all the information
can you explain please why a toe clips are not advisable ?
hello
can you tell me which bike did you rent from them and which equipment?
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 Leon, my kids (ages mid 20s) insisted on straps, including my brother (mid 50's and experienced biker). they insisted that straps give you a consistent alignment and better for the Knees. I would not use clip ons, mainly because you WILL be walking your bike alot. you will want to be wearing a good light weight walking tennis shoe. my greatest suggestion is train on lots of hills and break in a saddle, which you will take with you. Break in a saddle like a Brooks saddle. Take butt grease as well. As others have suggested, you don't want to learn to ride a bike on the Camino, but, 13 days will be plenty of time. we took 14 days and spent 1 day off in Burgos and 1day off in Leon. Ride and enjoy. I'm walking summer of 2015 only because I just want to take more time enjoying Spain and its people. I also understand that Portugal and its people are just as wonderful, that will be my next trip. Buen Camino to you.hello everbody
i am planning of biking the camino in the beginning of june yhis year
i dreamed of doing the camino by foot for some time
i am doing hiking for many years but never walked a long distance walk like the camino
due to time restriction (although i have one month i don't like the "frame" feeling and prefer the timeless, no pressure ,freedom kind of feeling) but mainly knee aching i decided to do it in a bicycle.
my bicycle experience unfortunately is zero ,although i rode of course as child
and i was touring cross countries many times with motorbikes
and now for my question : for a first timer do i need a flat pedals? or caged one?
"cycling rentals" offers flat or caged one and "tournride" offers regular one anyway but with the possibility of renting a strapless toe-clips
any suggestion? thanks in advance
yan
hello everbody
i am planning of biking the camino in the beginning of june yhis year
i dreamed of doing the camino by foot for some time
i am doing hiking for many years but never walked a long distance walk like the camino
due to time restriction (although i have one month i don't like the "frame" feeling and prefer the timeless, no pressure ,freedom kind of feeling) but mainly knee aching i decided to do it in a bicycle.
my bicycle experience unfortunately is zero ,although i rode of course as child
and i was touring cross countries many times with motorbikes
and now for my question : for a first timer do i need a flat pedals? or caged one?
"cycling rentals" offers flat or caged one and "tournride" offers regular one anyway but with the possibility of renting a strapless toe-clips
any suggestion? thanks in advance
yan
hello jonasI will try, but it should be easier in norwegian language
The effect we want to achieve is an "around pedaling movement", "power in the up pull movement" and "stability".
Toe clips is an old technique, where you will need to tighten the cage (straps) to get this effect.
In an sudden stop it will be more difficult to disengage the shoe from a tighten cage, and you might get hurt.
Cliples pedals are much easier to release/disengage. And it gives stability in the pedaling movement that might be good for your knees.
It is also possible to combine flat pedal and cliples pedal. This pedal combines SPD mechanism on one side and a stable platform pedal body on the other.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/no/en/shimano-xt-spd-trekking-t780-mtb-pedals/rp-prod67250
Thanks to google translate
hello againWell both times I have used a package deal. So for example this time we have chosen the Pamplona to Santiago in 13 days deal. So you do not get a choice of bikes only bike sizes.
You get all panniers front and back. Puncture repair kit, lock. Everything you need really but no helmet.they will drop the bikes to you wherever you are staying in the place you want to start.
I do a lot if cycling in the uk and was worried I wouldn't like the bikes we got. But they were absolutely fine, full suspension. And the experience is all about doing and completing the camino not about how good the bikes are.
tank you my friend for thatA combination pedal, like Shimano M324, is good. It gives you the option of a normal flat side or a clipless side. Mountain bike shoes with recessed cleats are good for pedaling and also comfortable enough for walking. Get used to using them before your tour. I agreed with others' advice about a wearing in a saddle. A saddle is to a cyclist the same as hiking boots are to a walker…would you go to the Camino and rent some boots?
To look after your knees, take it easy and spin lower gears especially up hills. Sore knees are usually caused by incorrect saddle height or pushing too big a gear. Do some training with a load like you will have on tour so that your body can get used to it.
Remember that you don't have to stay on the walkers path. There are lovely, quiet roads to pedal along that follow the walkers route. Just follow the yellow arrows.
Yan, have a wonderful Camino.
tank you my friend for that
and sorry for the ignorance, but what exactly is a saddle?
hello jonas
and if i buy this kind of paddle would it be suitable to bike i will rent
and is it easy to mount them on the bike?
You want FLAT pedals. No cages. No clips.
Unless you are actually racing, clipless pedals and shoes are a waste of time and money. AND WEIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! You have to pack extra shoes!!
And you look like a goofball walking around in racing shoes.
I ride every day.
I have ridden all over the world.
I have never owned a pair of clipless pedals.
Read the truth here:
http://www.rivbike.com/Articles.asp?ID=255
Contrary to what folks say or believe I use the plastic baskets with adjustable straps. I do this for several reasons: It's the compromise between clipless and flat. I also wear "dorky" low top hiking shoes. That's because they have a good, stiff sole which is what you want for cycling AND I don't need to change my shoes to take a walk thereby cutting down on the weight I am carrying on the bike....
hello again
i think you absolutely right that the experience is what's couny
so please 2 more question: 1. what did you did about the helmet?
2. once you took the 13 dayes pack , did it took you eventually more dayes , and if so did they charge you for that?
thanks a bunch
Click pedals are a hazard on the trail, in particular for someone that doesn't bike frequently . . .Hi, and welcome
I have been through most of Europe with my bike, but will be walking the camino
No, I will definitely not recommend caged pedals !
Purchase your self a pair of cycle shoes
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/no/en/shimano-m064-mtb-spd-shoes-2014/rp-prod69966
And a pair of click pedals
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/no/en/shimano-xt-spd-xc-race-m780-mtb-pedals/rp-prod67220
This pedal will fit on every rental bike.
And bring the pedals and shoes with you.
Your rear will be extremely sore doing 800 km without bike training. Train before you leave for Spain. And train with your click pedals, first time in safe environment.
http://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/bike-pedals.html
Buen camino
I would bring my own helmet with me, I sure wouldn't want to wear a helmet that was sweated on by someone else before me, kinda of gross if you ask me.
There are bike shoes with clips with removable clips so you can use them to walk normally. This is critical because there are areas where you WILL have to push the bike. go on amazon.Wow, strong words for a first post. Tell me, if you have never owned a pair of clipless pedals, how do you know they are such a waste? Some of us find that the efficiencies enjoyed by racers can actually help everyone else.
Interesting that you cite the advice of Rivendell. They make fine steel bikes, just like we all rode 20 years ago, before clipless pedals were invented. They refuse to make a bike from carbon fiber, titanium, or aluminum, in spite of the fact that most modern quality bikes are no longer made with steel frames.
And as far as looking like a goofball, well, nothing is dorkier to me than riding a bike with shoes made for some other purpose.
I had a very BAD experience in 2018 with bikeiberia. The bikes arrived broken with bad brakes. the seat was torn and they sent the wrong size helmet. They refused to answer the phone or e-mails so we had to have the bikes repaired which they refused to reimburse at the end of the trip. One of the pedal bearings failed and we found out the bikes were seven years old.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 Leon, my kids (ages mid 20s) insisted on straps, including my brother (mid 50's and experienced biker). they insisted that straps give you a consistent alignment and better for the Knees. I would not use clip ons, mainly because you WILL be walking your bike alot. you will want to be wearing a good light weight walking tennis shoe. my greatest suggestion is train on lots of hills and break in a saddle, which you will take with you. Break in a saddle like a Brooks saddle. Take butt grease as well. As others have suggested, you don't want to learn to ride a bike on the Camino, but, 13 days will be plenty of time. we took 14 days and spent 1 day off in Burgos and 1day off in Leon. Ride and enjoy. I'm walking summer of 2015 only because I just want to take more time enjoying Spain and its people. I also understand that Portugal and its people are just as wonderful, that will be my next trip. Buen Camino to you.
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