Mitz
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- Location
- Valencia Province, Spain
I have read through the threads, and it's made me even more nervous
I'm just after some pointers really, obvious or not. Any useful information that might make our trip less arduous. I have been a leisure cyclist for some years, but nothing particularly serious. I have a terrible bike which is at least 15 years old and is short of gears .... very short! Yet I am presently using it to train for LEJOG in September. It's hard work.
My friend in the UK and I have set September 3rd at the date to go and we anticipate 14 days. We allegedly have a backup car that will be around for us. We were originally considering Youth Hostels, but from what I have read here B&B or low cost hotels may be a better alternative
My friend rides an older Dawes Super Galaxy and I'm presently checking Ebay for something similar to ease my pain. I bought a Brookes B17 saddle the other day on the advice of a cycle shop in Birmingham, but still wearing it in and people who have seen it think I am verging on insanity as it looks so hard.
We have been checking various blogs and sites for routes, nothing finalised as get.
So do you have any advice for a not so seasoned cyclist who is starting off at the deep end?
I'm just after some pointers really, obvious or not. Any useful information that might make our trip less arduous. I have been a leisure cyclist for some years, but nothing particularly serious. I have a terrible bike which is at least 15 years old and is short of gears .... very short! Yet I am presently using it to train for LEJOG in September. It's hard work.
My friend in the UK and I have set September 3rd at the date to go and we anticipate 14 days. We allegedly have a backup car that will be around for us. We were originally considering Youth Hostels, but from what I have read here B&B or low cost hotels may be a better alternative
My friend rides an older Dawes Super Galaxy and I'm presently checking Ebay for something similar to ease my pain. I bought a Brookes B17 saddle the other day on the advice of a cycle shop in Birmingham, but still wearing it in and people who have seen it think I am verging on insanity as it looks so hard.
We have been checking various blogs and sites for routes, nothing finalised as get.
So do you have any advice for a not so seasoned cyclist who is starting off at the deep end?