Hello,
I was hoping to get some advice about a trip I am planning for next year. I have had a look around this forum and there is a lot of information that I have found very useful, however I have a few questions that I was hoping someone experienced could help me with.
I am going to get a train down to Perpignan and cycle back up to Caen. I am hoping to do this in around two weeks, maybe 16 days. I've calculated it should be about 50 miles a day cycling.
Is this going to be troublesome given that I would be cycling this far every day for two weeks? I will also have all of my belongings weighing me down as I intend to camp every night. What kind of training would be recommended for this type of trip?
Also, I am attempting to plan a route. Google maps appears to have a feature that lets me select a bicycle route. Does anyone have any experience of using this? Google maps has provided me with a route to work from however don't want to use it if it if the feature has proven to be unreliable.
Many thanks
I was hoping to get some advice about a trip I am planning for next year. I have had a look around this forum and there is a lot of information that I have found very useful, however I have a few questions that I was hoping someone experienced could help me with.
I am going to get a train down to Perpignan and cycle back up to Caen. I am hoping to do this in around two weeks, maybe 16 days. I've calculated it should be about 50 miles a day cycling.
Is this going to be troublesome given that I would be cycling this far every day for two weeks? I will also have all of my belongings weighing me down as I intend to camp every night. What kind of training would be recommended for this type of trip?
Also, I am attempting to plan a route. Google maps appears to have a feature that lets me select a bicycle route. Does anyone have any experience of using this? Google maps has provided me with a route to work from however don't want to use it if it if the feature has proven to be unreliable.
Many thanks