How long would it take you to cycle this fully laden?
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middleagecyclist
Call me MAC
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- Prestwich, Manchester
I did the Pennine Cycleway with full camping gear in five days. Should think this would take two, maybe three days depending on things to do/see en route. Why rush when in 'touring' mode?
I thought I would post a couple of 'fully laden' pix, as I've never posted pix before on this site.
This is from a week long October ride in Holland, camping all but the last day when we were forced into a (closed for the season) hotel who took pity on us when 6" of snow was dumped in the space of two hours.
We have two tents and two stoves between the 5 bikes
This is from a week long October ride in Holland, camping all but the last day when we were forced into a (closed for the season) hotel who took pity on us when 6" of snow was dumped in the space of two hours.
We have two tents and two stoves between the 5 bikes
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robjh
Legendary Member
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- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
I normally work on an average 10 mph over a whole day when touring, as a (very) rough rule of thumb. It doesn't sound much, but covers riding with heavy luggage over varied terrain, and a fair number of stops for cafes, meals, shops and what have you. So as your route is nearly 120 miles, I'd go for 12 hours.
That still makes a long day on a heavy tourer, so in reality I'd probably spread it over 2 days.
That still makes a long day on a heavy tourer, so in reality I'd probably spread it over 2 days.
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
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- Egremont, Cumbria
If by fully laden you mean 4 panniers and tent etc (like my avatar) then I would say take a couple days over it. It could be done in a day, but I'd work on no more than 15 km/h total speed including stops, so you are looking at at least 12.5 hrs, and I'd not want to be doing the same again the following day.
Of course if your fully laden is a couple panniers of clothing and bits and pieces then you should be able to ride that in a day
Of course if your fully laden is a couple panniers of clothing and bits and pieces then you should be able to ride that in a day
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HorTs
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- Portsmouth
If by fully laden you mean 4 panniers and tent etc (like my avatar) then I would say take a couple days over it. It could be done in a day, but I'd work on no more than 15 km/h total speed including stops, so you are looking at at least 12.5 hrs, and I'd not want to be doing the same again the following day.
Of course if your fully laden is a couple panniers of clothing and bits and pieces then you should be able to ride that in a day
I mean laden with 4 panniers with tent, sleeping bag etc.
Since it's the day before a rest day I'll give it a go and leave nice and early in the morning.
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Nope meters. none of the mapping or gps software can give an accurate distance of what we climbed because 15km was spent in tunnels that day - some software just gives you the height if you went up & over rather than through the tunnel (and those figures come out heigher than Everest) and others just don't give you anything and crash. It was calculated by stopping and starting the software at each tunnel, adding on the distances for the tunnels and taking a rough guess at what we know for each tunnel - usually they are n shapped inside (Norway) for the water to run out - at least all but one along that section is. The only one that is not is an undersea tunnel that is 7km long and drops to 212m below sea level which was offically the lowest point on our aborted RTW. If you go to Day 149 & 150 of my journal you will see why we carried on into the "night" and did 2 days in 1.
Fantastic day, but I know of other tourers who frequently do much longer days that I will ever be capable of, who are also travelling around the world, so heavily laden (and on the same bikes).
SatNavSaysStraightOn
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There was a lot of pushing involved towards the end, at least by myself. When we finally made it to Nordkapp, the crowds along the side of the road who were there to have their chance to see the last midnight sun of the season (but without paying the entry fee) all cheered us and clapped us in, that helped considerably. We were let into the vistors centre free of charge which saved us a lot of money. I think pretty much everyone had gone passed us that day. It was a day to remember and a day of major achievements, including reaching the most northerly point of our RTW, just not a day to repeat anytime soon! I didn;t go anywhere the next day, other than a walk to stretch my legs!
