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Epic Cycling Holiday

  • 08-08-2008 04:25PM
    #1
    irishpacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 84 ✭✭


    Right, I've been planning an epic cycling trip for years but haven'y had the time or people to do it. Hopefully once I'm finished college I'll have a chance to do it. I'm on here to just ask for some tips or advice.

    The main plan is basically to spend circa 2-3months cycling around Europe. With a "basic" route as follows: Dublin-Scotland-Norway-Sweden-Finland-Russia-Estonia-Lativa-Lituania-Poland-Slovakia-Ceckia-austria-hungary-croatia-slovinia-italy-germany-switzerland-france-Dublin! Couple of thousand KM's. Should take a whole summer.

    My questions are as follows:
    - What sort of bike should I do this on? (Racer,tourer, mountain?)
    - Is 80-100km a day too much? (I'm above average fitness, but nothing amazing!)
    - Have you done a trip like this before? - What advice would you give?
    - How much stuff to bring? (I plan on doing a credit card cycling trip, bringing the minimum stuff)
    - Should I camp or do hostels?

    Any advice or previous experiences you have would help me. I'm basically in the planning stages.

    Cheers!


Comments

  • #2
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    I may get a chance tomorrow to fill in with some more but briefly:

    - Light tourer with rack/mudguards
    - 80-100km is a fair bit but certainly doable
    - Not on that scale but I have dawdled along ~1,000km in 3.5 months on the bike for under £700
    - As little as possible- do bring a lightweight tent but don't bother with cooking stuff
    - Camp unless you are made of money

    To be honest for this sort of trip I think you will need a tent, if you are planning 2-3 months and just finished college I think you would be hard pushed to finance hostels every night. A tent is great insurance too, if everywhere is full or you aren't going to make it to the next town, etc.


  • #3
    Fion_McCool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭Fion_McCool


    irishpacker wrote: »
    Any advice or previous experiences you have would help me. I'm basically in the planning stages.

    Cheers!

    This Irish guy cycled from Istanbul to Listowel in 45 days !

    http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=3Tzut&doc_id=3070&v=vK

    The http://www.crazyguyonabike.com website contains a wealth of articles, logs, journals and experience for anyone planning a long tour.

    Good luck with it...

    .


  • #4
    Fion_McCool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭Fion_McCool


    This guy cycled from west coast of America across Europe and Asia to China and then home to Malaysia for aprox $6,500 (= 4,320 Euro) inclusive of planes, visas, equipment and bike !
    http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=3Tzut&doc_id=2405&v=2KZ

    28,571 km (17,753 miles) over 293 days from May 28, 2007 to March 15, 2008, including a trip around Ireland. He mostly used stealth camping with a Hennessy Hammock and lived off the land where possible.

    So practically any journey is possible on a bike !!!


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