Bike for cycling La Rochelle to Santander

Any advice for a decent bike for cycling La Rochelle to Santander?

Will be a bit uphill but not too much.

Budget as low as possible, would like it be under under 500.
Even lower if possible, I will look at second hand if available.

Thank you

Seaswimmer

bookerlover wrote: »

Any advice for a decent bike for cycling La Rochelle to Santander?

Will be a bit uphill but not too much.

Budget as low as possible, would like it be under under 500.
Even lower if possible, I will look at second hand if available.

Thank you

Are you sticking to the road (tarmac) or trails or a mixture. From memory there are quite a lot of coastal paths you can use north of Biarritz which may not be entirely suitable for a road bike.

Have you currently got a bike? What kind of experience do you have. Are you carrying your own gear? Will you be camping, staying in hotels, having your gear transported etc. How many kms a day to you hope to do? What time of the year are you going?

About 700 kms so needs a bit of planning

brocbrocach

Supposed to be fairly hilly for the Basque section coming into Santander

ford2600

brocbrocach wrote: »

Supposed to be fairly hilly for the Basque section coming into Santander

It's not flat for sure but easier than rest of journey to/from Santiago.

Tough enough spin for a newbie touring but spread it out and you'll be grand

vicwatson

bookerlover wrote: »

Any advice for a decent bike for cycling La Rochelle to Santander?

Will be a bit uphill but not too much.

Budget as low as possible, would like it be under under 500.
Even lower if possible, I will look at second hand if available.

Thank you

If you are PAYE worker you can maybe get bike to work scheme and almost double your budget??

ED E

How are you travelling? Decathlon purchase over there might save in sports gear fares on the outbound.