Re: Cycling El Camino in February
Date: April 27, 2010 12:22AM
Dmitry,
If you have experience of cycling in snow and cold weather then you might be ok. In the summer if something goes wrong on the path then another pilgrim will most likely stumble accross you and your never too far from help. If you cycle in the winter this is not the case. You could meet people along the way but equally you could be on your own alot of the time. I cycled it before in two weeks coming from a very low level of fitness. This was in the summer with long days. I took my time near the end, but found it hard in Galicia. It was easy to wash clothes and the accomadation although basic meant I was clean. If you go camping in winter I doubt there would be many camp sites open with showers. Do you know the cost of accomadation? It is quite cheap but will be cold in winter. I had a four season bag. It kept me warm even down to -8 centigrade but in a tent I duno you'll feel it more I'd say. Sounds like an adventure camping but. You need a fairly good mountain bike if you want to go on the trail. Front suspension important. ability to fix spokes, spare spokes, spare tube, small spanners to tighten loose nuts, spanner to take off wheel and pedal if required for flight, good quality pump, double action. able to adjust breaks, some spare screws, nuts and bolts. The bike I had got so santiago but the back wheel buckled a bit and I lost three spokes heading down a hill. I had to walk 15 miles to the nearest bike shop. Bikes in spain may have different size components to your bike but they can usually patch them up. If you opted for on road then with a hybrid or racer it would be possible to do it in a week, but apart from cheaper accomadation of which plenty would be available you might as well cycle anwhere really. There are only two 2 in one decents I can remember. Scary a bit but you could walk the bike down them.