Planning a bike trip? (page 16 of 37)

And are you bringing your slippers? 😛

For me, it's either Lille to Bayonne along the coast or maybe Bordeaux to Santiago de Compostela. It all depends on whether someone's coming with me...

Good luck with your preparations!

Jonathan

When are you leaving, Jofox? As for me, I'm leaving from Saint-Quentin.

Ha! I see there’s at least one person following along 😮

Of course, for the Charentaise slippers, the gray knee-high socks, the leather-and-canvas panniers, the Canadian tent, the "vermeil" credit card, Jean Ferrat’s cassette tapes (the mustachioed one), the hearing-aid maintenance kit… Oops, I’d better stop there—I’m gonna get roasted!!! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

Bru

Hey, did you steal my list or what?

Don’t care, but you forgot the denture cleaner!!

Alright! No kidding around!

In early April, I’m setting off (for 10 days) from Le Havre to Luxembourg, passing through Belgium where I’ll pick up Adrien22 (we met by chance on the Croatian roads back in 2007 while he was heading to Turkey with his young and charming wife). We’ll tour Luxembourg as a warm-up for a trip in June. Then, I’ll take the train back from Metz to Le Havre.

From early June to early July:

train to Zurich. I’ll start cycling solo toward Innsbruck, where Adrien22 will join me (in a car—surprise!). We’ll head together toward Ljubljana, passing by the Grossglockner and Triglav National Park. In Ljubljana, Olivier (Adrien22) will ditch me like an old sock to return to his sweetheart’s arms.

I’ll continue to Nova Gorica, then pedal to Lausanne via Italy. For the Italian leg, I haven’t finalized the route yet—I’ll decide on the spot.

Ciao

Hey Bruno,

Don’t forget the beer break in Albert.

Hi there,

Nice route! But instead of ending in Lausanne at the beginning of July, pedal all the way to Mijoux for EuroVéloGex ;) !

Ibarra, Ecuador, March 3, 2011, Hi everyone, My project is underway, but I won’t make it all the way to Ushuaia in the time I have left, so there’ll be a future project—just not sure when for South America. Plus, I *really* want to go back to Colombia and Mexico—those two countries totally won me over. A Colombian friend from Medellín offered me a bike tour around Colombia: amazing, I’m in as soon as I can! But it’s steep and long climbs, luckily there’s *panela* (pure cane sugar juice extract) to keep you going 🙂😛 Safe travels, everyone.

Hi!

Why not? 😉

Hey Miloc, have a great trip!!! I’m leaving in early May to cycle from my place to Nantes along the Loire, then heading back up toward Rennes, Rouen, Dunkirk, and with a Breton friend, we’ll ride down to Perpignan via the Méridienne verte before heading back up into the Forez.

A nice little adventure—I hope it goes well! Looking ahead to 2012, maybe a cross-Canada trip before I get too old ;);) Have a good day

Hey Coulonneux.....before getting old!!!!!!! For my entry into my seventies, Carcassonne to the North Cape and back, leaving in early May. Cool (coul), 4 or 5 months of adventures, mishaps, encounters, beauty, and all the little daily joys of a bike trip. If the old age stays tucked away in the panniers, what a burst of youth !😉. Safe travels.

Hey Maxou11, I see you're young too, and travel really shapes the youth—especially by bike!!!

I’d love to do the North Cape one of these days, 2011 or 2012? It’s my dream to go back to Norway 50 years later because I made it to Trondheim in 1962!!! Hitchhiking, I was *really* young back then; have a great day, and by the way, I also passed through Carcassonne in 1989—those hills are tough!!! See you

I’m usually leaving on August 3rd. What’s your route? Have you done this kind of trip before? How long are you going for?

Have a good evening, Jonathan

Everyone’s all over the place—you can tell winter was long and we’ve all been itching to get going. Come on, give it a little push! Lausanne is only a day’s ride from Mijoux, so come join us for the Eurovélogex! 🙂

Hey everyone. Well, ours is super tiny 😊. Just a month of vacation to get away, so... we dream about it all year, save up, and then... 😇 This year, it's Burgundy with the whole crew—two years by wagon, seven by bike, a cast-iron pan for fries, diapers, and the "hostel under a thousand stars"... phew, we can't wait. But all the amazing trips we read about on this forum really help—"humans are beings of desire, not need." Norway, Finland, the Camino de Santiago, a Europe tour... Bring on the layoffs and severance pay!

Thanks Coulonneux42 and Bayernd77 for the invite.

I’m planning to be in Lausanne on July 12th or 13th. I’d better not dawdle in Italy if I need to be in Mijoux around July 6th.

Will there be any strollers? 😄

Hi! I’ll know my departure date this week since a friend is coming with me, normally. My route is still a bit unclear for now, but first from Saint-Quentin to Besançon, then heading down to Montélimar. Depending on how much time we take, either down to Marseille or straight to Toulouse. Then back up via Bordeaux and Brittany, followed by Le Mans, Rouen, Amiens, and Saint-Quentin...

But for now, it’s just a rough plan. I’m leaving for 5 weeks if all goes well.

I practice in my area—if you’re from Lille, we could meet up and do a little bivouac halfway between us! ;)

Just a little cycling adventure in Sardinia.... By the way, if you have any tips or info about biking around Sardinia. I'm going solo this time, all by myself!

Caro

Here’s the link to the travel journal my teammate wrote about our cycling tour of Corsica and Sardinia in May 2010. We didn’t go south. I have amazing memories of a village on the east coast—Ambatax, I think—and a campsite in the far north facing the Santa Madalena islands. We also climbed the highest peak. Happy travels! Jean http://voyageforum.com/v.f?post=2667270;#2667270