Je n'arrive pas à trouver des informations et surtout un itinéraire pour faire Redon-Pornic et notamment la partie Redon - Pont de Saint Nazaire...je compte faire Rennes - Pornic via Redon en deux jours de vélo type VTT avec des ados de 10 de 13 et de 15 ans...Merci à cexu qui pourraient me donner des tuyaux..BJH
Suivre au plus près la Vilaine de Rennes à Redon et de Redon à la Roche Bernard puis récupérer le GR qui suit l'embouchure de la vilaine via ARZAL et récupérer à Piriac le circuit Vélocéan qui passe par Guérande, la Baule, Pornichet St Nazaire et le Pont (attention prendre le pond en vélo en période creuse).
Après Painboeuf, le circuit "Vélocéan n'est pas très attractif et fait faire des zig zag autour de la route bleue, préférer de coller le plus près de la côte par les petites routes.
je suis aux regrets de t'avoir mal renseigné, sans doute, cher BJH (succédané de BZH?).
Il fut un temps sur ce forum excellent où la simple politesse était encore de mise, mais il est vrai que nous sommes rentrés dans un monde de "bling-bling sans foi ni loi", dont acte, il va falloir hélas s'y faire.
Il est loisible sur ce forum d'ouvrir autant de discussions, mêmes répétitives, à mon avis ce n'est pas dans l'intérêt des forumeurs car les réponses aux questions posées seront de plus en plus rares puisqu'elles sont à l'évidence inutiles et méprisées. Pour ma part je fais le choix, par exemple, à partir de cette expérience de me taire quant à un autre post sur le GR65 à vélo (?) initié par un BJH demandeur de renseignements vtt "caminesques".Ultreïa.
Il faut tout de même savoir qu'entre Redon et St Nazaire les itinéraires vélos sont multiples et non sécurisés de type "donauradweg" ou "eurovélo", il reste pour le moins 60 à 70 kms (une petite journée) de routes secondaires carrossables non dénuées d'intérêts (chateaux, marais, musées...)en relevant seulement quelquefois la tête du guidon ! En Bretagne tout est possible, même la pluie, qui comme chacun sait ne mouille jamais les bretons mais seulement.......les autres...!
degemer mat (bienvenue)
Un grand merci pour ces informations plus claires qui vont m'aider à mieux préparer cette randonnée avec mes enfants...je ne sais pas le kilometrage...j'ai peur que cela fasse un peut trop sur 2 jours avec des enfants de 10 à 15 ans...on va voir...en tous les cas un grand merci pour ces précisions...
BJH
Cher Rando44, merci pour toutes ces informations...Au fait, je me suis acheté une "carte à la carte" IGN de Redon à La Roche Bernard, et je ne vois pas bien les chemins/route entre Redon et La Roche Bernard mis à part le GR qui ne suis pas directement la Vilaine..peux tu me dire si le GR est "facilement" praticable en velo entre Redon et La Roche Bernard? Merci. BJH
Salut BJH
Tout d'abord je ne sais pas ce que tu appelles "une carte à la carte" IGN, mais ce n'est pas grave.
Tout d'abord, je te confirme que de Rennes à Redon, tu suis la Vilaine au plus près par le chemin de halage jusqu'à La Goussinière Basse un peu avant d'arriver à Redon. Ce chemin de halage est très roulant même par temps de pluie(je l'ai fais deux fois sous une pluie battante sans problème).
Ensuite arrivé à Redon, tu empruntes des petites routes pour passer par Rieux, Cran, St Cyr, Nivillac, pour arriver à la Roche Bernard. Ce sont des routes tranquilles et relativement touristiques.Je ne sais pas s'il y a un GR dans le secteur moi j'ai préféré coller au maximum la voie d'eau par des petites routes.
Là, à la Roche Bernard, tu as le choix entre le GR (très technique, mais faisable en VTT) qui suis la Vilaine jusqu'à Pénétin ou bien tu passes toujours par des petites routes par Férel, Camoël, St Molf, Quimia, Piriac, et enfin tu retrouves le circuit "vélocéan" vers Guérande, la Baule, Pornichet, St Nazaire via le Pont et ensuite se reporter à mes infos sur les messages précédents.
Très sérieusement, je ne pense pas que ce soit possible de faire Rennes Pornic en deux jours même en roulant soutenu. Sur le chemin de halage tu ne dépasseras pas les 18 km:Heure et sur les petites routes, ce sera 20 - 25 km/H maxi et sur le GR pas plus de 13 km/h.
je pense qu'il serait plus prudent de prévoir 3 bons jours.
Au fait si vous êtes intéressés par des scann en gpeg des 9 cartes du circuit détaillé de Rennes à Pénétin, je suis près à vous les envoyer si vous me communiquez votre Mail par message privé.
Une autre manière de rallier St Nazaire de Redon est de longer le canal de Nantes à Brest jusqu'à la hauteur de Savenay puis de gagner St Nazaire en longeant la Loire.
Cher RANDO 44, merci pour ces informations et ces conseils...en fait, nous souhaitons passer par le centre du parc de Brière, et non par Piriac/Guérande, ce qui rallonge le parcours...ensuite, à partir de St Nazaire, probablement nous prendrons Vélocéan...je reste en tous cas trsè intéressé pas les cartes que tu me proposes de me faire passer...tu peux me les faire passer sur mon adresse mail...a bientot...BJH
je viens de lire votre réponse concernant l'itinéraire à suivre. Nous partons ma fille de 14 ans et moi nous aussi de redon et comptons rejoindre le bac à royan. Les explications sont très claires mais je serai preneur quand même si possible des 7 cartes en jpeg.
Bonjour
Nous préparons un périple en Bretagne pour fin juillet et la liaison Pénestin Arzal Redon Rennes m'intéresse, vu le peu de cartes disponibles. Vos scanns m'intéresseraient bien si cela est possible
merci
Gigine
J'suis OK, mais envoie moi ton mail perso pour te faire parvenir ces documents (Important je suis de passage à Nantes Mardi et Mercredi de cette semaine . Après je n'aurais pluis internet d'ici Mi septembre)
Bonjour,
je suis originaire de redon, tous les parcours recencé concernant la route de redon a st Nazaire me semble très bien.J'ai tous de même 1 petite préférence pour celui ci:
Redon, Rieux (mon beau village!!!! ), puis direction la roche bernard en passant par st dolay, 1 visite s'impose pour visiter cette petite cité .
rejoindre st nazaire par la brière (la chapelle des marais ...)
certes ce n'est pas le chemin le plus court ...loin de là, mais coté paysage ça vaut le détour!
Pour le pont de st nazaire, ne pas le prendre celui-ci lorqu'il y'a du vent
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Hello,
We’d like to go on a 3- to 4-month bike trip starting in December, crossing from Assam (northeast India) to New Delhi via Nepal.
Are there routes with light traffic along the Brahmaputra and through Nepal?
We’re also looking for any info on accommodations, wild camping, local interactions, etc.
Thanks,
Michel
I’m planning to cycle from Morlaix to Brest (via Roscoff and the V45 coastal route). We’ll start riding on August 16th for 13 days (with stops for island visits, surfing, etc.). Is there a lot of traffic at this time of year? I’ve got two kids, 11 and 13, and we don’t like riding in the middle of cars (we’ve already done the Vélomaritime—Caen to Cherbourg—the Loire route from Orléans to Saumur, the Vélodyssée from Nantes to Royans, and the canals like the Nivernais and Bourgogne, where there were plenty of bike-only lanes, which isn’t the case on this route).
Thanks for your help if you’ve already done this route in late August!
Virginie
I’ve got my flight ticket sorted—departing in mid-November and returning in mid-March. I’ll arrive in Santiago and leave from Buenos Aires.
I’ve already been to southern Argentina, specifically Torres del Paine National Park, and I’d love to go back to do the full W trek (I only did the shorter version last time).
I also want to do some hiking and maybe even tackle a summit. I climb and occasionally do some mountaineering, so I’ll definitely be going with a guide.
I plan to start around Temuco in Chile, with the idea of heading toward the lakes, then taking the Carretera Austral.
I’m not sure if I’ll go all the way to Ushuaia—it’s supposed to not be *that* worth it, except for the bragging rights of saying you’ve been to the end of the world.
I saw there are lakes in Argentina too.
I don’t have a precise itinerary, but what I’d love is, once I reach the southernmost point of my trip, to take a mini-cruise to see some wildlife. Any tips for that?
What kind of sleeping bag did you take? Is a 0°C (32°F) one enough?
And one last question: white gas stove or can I get by with my gas stove?
Hi there,
I’ve been road cycling for several years, and I’m about to switch to gravel in the next few days—I’m waiting for my bike, which should arrive this week.
I’m planning a bikepacking trip in a few weeks along the Véloroute V81, also known as the Vélosud, from Biarritz to Le Barcarès.
Has anyone here already done this route? Any info is welcome, whether it’s about the route itself, gear, or accommodation. I’ll prioritize staying with locals as much as possible. On that note, I just signed up for the brand-new site *Guidon et Couette* ((www.guidon-et-couette.fr)), which offers free accommodation between cyclists across the country, but there’s almost no one listed along my route!
Thanks in advance.
Laurent.
I'm developing a free and open-source web app for planning walking and cycling trips (and even car trips). You can create a route by clicking directly on the map to add waypoints, and it can consist of multiple stages. The app provides tools to edit the stages and the overall route, and to display useful information (distances, altitudes, and elevation changes). A relief profile can be shown as a graph for a specific stage or the entire route.
Once the route is ready, it can be exported as a GPX file, which can then be used with a GPS or a mobile navigation app.
The app is built in JavaScript and runs entirely in the web browser. It uses the Leaflet library and several OpenStreetMap-based services. Initially developed for my personal needs (I enjoy hiking and cycle touring), I’d be happy to share it with anyone who might find it useful. It’s free to use, doesn’t require an account, and the source code is available.
After testing it for three years across various modes of transport, I’m sharing this video of a bike packing case. It’s made from recycled cardboard and shrink-wrapped, with adjustable thickness and added bubble wrap depending on the level of protection you want.
Installing spacers at the fork and chainstays makes the packaging compact. With the fifteen-odd euros for shrink-wrapping at the airport, this case travels really well.
https://youtu.be/_GDJi-GqmkM
- Low bulk (1.10m x 0.70m x 0.25m for a large frame), it fits vertically in train luggage compartments and the total dimensions (x+y+z) don’t exceed 2.40m.
- Two carrying solutions for public transport and easy handling by airport staff (no more tears in the cardboard from openings).
- Discreet packaging when dealing with bus drivers and train conductors, as it looks like an ordinary parcel.
- No need to return to the starting point to retrieve the case from your outbound trip, which you’d otherwise have to store somewhere, or deal with a bulky cover to pack in your panniers.
- You can still check tire pressure through the plastic film without damaging the packaging too much.
Drawbacks: Around 3 hours for this lengthy and meticulous process—removing the wheels, pedals, handlebars, and derailleur without misaligning them, then securing all components to the frame.
If you get a chance to test it, send me your feedback for future improvements.
Hi there, I’m planning a cross-Canada bike trip, and I’ve got a question that might seem silly, but could someone tell me how to pack a bike (in a box, with a fragile sticker... I don’t know) for a flight? Thanks in advance!
This summer, we’re planning to cycle along the EV 19 that follows the Meuse River from Langres all the way to Rotterdam.
My question is about getting back to Nantes.
Do any of you know what the best return option might be? I’d love to hear about your experiences.
I saw that FlixBus doesn’t take bikes.
By train, I think it’s possible but would involve multiple local trains.
We were also wondering if there’s a boat from Rotterdam to Saint-Nazaire that could take passengers with bikes.
Any tips or experiences you can share would be really helpful—thanks in advance!
Have a great evening
I’ve gotten used to crossing Europe by bus to return by bike.
It was really convenient to take the bike without having to disassemble it.
But FlixBus no longer accepts bikes...
What alternatives do you know about?
Thanks.
Hi there,
I’m planning to ride the Dutch section of the EuroVelo 19, from Maastricht to Rotterdam.
Since it’s too complicated to bring my bike on the train, I’m looking to rent one locally.
I’d love any tips or bike rental shop recommendations—I’m struggling to find options even in Rotterdam.
The plan is to rent in Rotterdam, take the train to Maastricht with the bike, then cycle back to Rotterdam.
Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions!
Nath
I’m planning to build a new touring bike.
I want to prioritize lightness.
That said, I’m tempted by a suspension fork that could offer some comfort on rougher roads.
The recent appearance of gravel suspension forks on the market might meet my needs—at least on paper.
I’m particularly considering the RockShox Rudy Ultimate XPLR fork.
Unlike MTB forks, its travel is short: either 30 mm or 40 mm.
It weighs 1400 g, which is 400/500 g more than a steel fork.
Any thoughts or real-world feedback on this?
I’m also wondering about the durability of magnesium (lower leg) for long-distance bike touring.
And what’s the impact of skipping the manufacturer-recommended maintenance every 50 and 200 hours? That’s bound to happen on a long trip unless you carry extra gear.
More generally, how reliable are these kinds of forks?
I’m making an exception and creating a separate post this time, since it’s all about France. In May, we spent a week in Provence, specifically in the Luberon, exploring the cycling routes *Autour du Luberon à Vélo*, the *Véloroute du Calavon* (part of EuroVelo 8), and the shorter *Les Ocres à Vélo* route. Together, they gave us an amazing journey through rolling hills, vineyards, lavender fields still green in spring, and some of the most stunning landscapes in southern France.
It was, of course, the perched villages that impressed us the most. We visited Gordes, Roussillon, Bonnieux, Lacoste, Lourmarin, Ménerbes, Oppède-le-Vieux, Cucuron, and Lauris. Many of them are among the most beautiful villages in Provence, and it’s hard not to agree with that reputation.
One interesting point is the route of EuroVelo 8 in this part of the region. The official path mainly follows the old railway line of the *Véloroute du Calavon*, which is very comfortable and safe. But in our opinion, cyclists traveling EuroVelo 8 around the Mediterranean would discover even more treasures if the route passed through villages like Bonnieux, Lacoste, or Oppède-le-Vieux.
We were also pleasantly surprised by how safe cycling felt. Most of the route takes small local roads, but traffic is light, drivers are respectful, and road design really takes cyclists into account. It’s one of those places where you can ride peacefully even without separated bike lanes.
Our full story:
Around Luberon by bicycle - the most beautiful villages of Provence
You can also find all our cycling travel stories on the forum:
Cycling Thread - Europe’s most beautiful bike routes
Hi there, we’re a group of 4 cyclists looking to get from Treviso in Italy to Munich with our 4 non-folding bikes. It seems complicated! Are there any solutions? Thanks so much.
hello fellow cycling enthusiasts
here’s a travel journal of the cycling tour through the Rhône-Alpes Auvergne region by Claudio
zouli
it was the plan
http://cbandiera.free.fr/parcours/auvergne-Ralpes/
the trip was completed
story being posted online soon
1100 km in 11 days
beautiful and varied regions
Hi there, we’re planning a Munich to Venice bike trip at the end of June 2026. Getting back from Venice to Toulouse by train with 4 bikes isn’t straightforward. What return options have others who’ve done this trip chosen? Any tips or great deals would be much appreciated. Thanks a bunch! !
Hi everyone,
Happy owner of a Pegasus Estremo bike with a Rohloff hub, which is giving me trouble with the SF11-NCX-FT-E-LITE 700C TS 300/0 fork (serial number TD01329060). It’s starting to show its age, and I’d like to repair it to extend the life of my beloved bike.
The suspension is gone, and there’s an oil leak from the seals.
Does anyone know how to repair it? Where can I find parts that are about fifteen years old? Or where to find an identical replacement fork? Just to clarify, the Magura HS11 brakes are mounted using Firm Tech, meaning they’re on pivots behind the fork, facing the frame.
Hi, I'd like to know if anyone has done this route recently or has reliable info.
Does the track exist, and most importantly, is there sand (for biking)?
Any info is welcome.
Cheers,
diego ambilobe: mangaoka, manondro, ramena
vohemar sambava: masondrono, tanambao
Hi there,
New to bike touring,
I’d love to start with a section of the Via Rhona to explore and share (route to be decided).
Looking forward to exchanging tips!
I’m landing in Madagascar with a buddy before the end of April 2026. We’re planning to bike around for about twenty days or so. We don’t have a specific goal other than exploring the country and meeting the locals.
Ideally, we’d prefer a loop route starting from Antananarivo with a good chunk of it along the coast. On the bike side, we’re used to riding 6 to 8 hours a day, depending on the needs, encounters, and mood 😉 Any feedback or tips from trips around this length?
A big thank you to Lazarou for all the info you share in this forum!
I'm passionate about Morocco, which I cycled through back in 2009.
Last year, my wife and I explored the High Atlas by tandem. Completely smitten, we're heading back in April (Anti Atlas) and May (High and Middle Atlas), still on our tandem.
Do you have any info on the track between Amezri and Ali Ait Nito? Are the river crossings in the Tessaout still there? It's not easy to navigate with a loaded tandem... especially if the river level is high due to this year's heavy snowmelt!
Thanks in advance for any tips you might have, and best wishes for health in this new year!
Claudio specializes in the route of the Savoie lakes
Here are his travels
Between Bornes, Chartreuse, the Savoie foothills, and Dauphiné
Five lakes: Léman, Annecy, Paladru, Aiguebelette, Bourget, not to mention a few ponds along the way
Plenty of accommodation options: camping, hotels, and more...
A lovely route not far from his place
Rural and quite peaceful
A road cycling route created by Serge B...
First of all... happy New Year! Wishing you great roads in 2017!
I’ve been traveling for a few years now with a high-quality mountain bike, but it’s equipped with hydraulic disc brakes. I live (pedal) with the constant worry of a breakdown (leak, air bubble, heat causing the fluid to...). My bike mechanic tells me it’s impossible to switch them out for V-brakes.
What do you all think? Am I taking a big risk continuing (alone) with these brakes? Thanks in advance for your great tips!
First post here to share a quick recap of our west-to-east bike trip along Algeria’s coast in January 2025.
It was just the two of us—my partner and I—with French passports and not a word of Arabic. No friends or welcoming hosts in the country.
Under those conditions, we’d strongly advise against going.
Our original plan was to follow the coast from Algiers to Tunis. We ended up cycling from Algiers to Béjaia, then took the train from Béjaia to Annaba (with a stop in Constantine), and finally biked to the border.
We were tailed by police the whole way—whether on our bikes, on the train, or even on foot while exploring towns. On top of that, we couldn’t wild camp and were limited to the few state-approved hotels that accept foreigners. Under those circumstances, connecting with locals was especially tough.
With such an omnipresent and intrusive police presence, we’d definitely recommend against this destination for bike touring. A really sad situation that completely cuts you off from the local population...
We’d been warned, we went to check it out, and we weren’t disappointed!
Hi there,
I’m planning the route to cycle from Lille to Nordkapp with my partner.
Duration: 3 months, from May 1st to July 31st, 2026.
In the attached details below, I need to add some "non-riding" days (rest days, basically).
So I’m looking to "shorten" the trip by taking ferries or trains for some stretches. Which areas could I skip?
Thanks in advance for your great tips.
Have a good evening.
https://www.komoot.com/fr-fr/collection/4023980/-lille-cap-nord-1er-mai-au-31-juillet-2026?ref=collection
I’m planning to bike back from Poland this summer. Does anyone know a way to ship it there without having to take it apart? Otherwise, it’s a real hassle to fine-tune all the settings before departure!
Thanks in advance.
Hi, has anyone recently bought Primus or Butagaz gas, possibly puncture-style, in Dubrovnik or the surrounding area? Same question for Albania... thanks. aichatou
