Posted by: OS.
Cycling in france - 10/24/06 06:15 PM
Hi all.
The oppitunity to cycle across france has come up for me and would be happining in september 2007. Me and my step bro are going to cycle together and his dad has offord to drive as a support car and for him to have a tour around france also.
we desided to ride from our home in Haslingfield near Cambridge to the village of Salvan near Martigny in Switzlerand where my step bros aunt and her family live. Most days we will hope to cover 100 miles Ish. (I know this will be a challange when it is hilly).
So the plan is to ride our racing bikes across france (with smallish saddle bags) and to the alps. then we hope to spend a few days resting followed by cycling some alpine climbs before driving home shutup.gif .
I cycled LEJOG solo in may 2005 so I know what it will be like, and have cycled 100 mile days in cornwall with 2 full panniers. however I have never cycled mountins like the alps and i know that prepiration is EVRYTHING when it comes to long/hard touring.
So my questions are...
What is the wether like in the alps in september?
What is the smallest gear you would recomend?
and anything else you would recomend?
Any help would be most appresheated.
OS.
Ps. sorry about spelling
The oppitunity to cycle across france has come up for me and would be happining in september 2007. Me and my step bro are going to cycle together and his dad has offord to drive as a support car and for him to have a tour around france also.
we desided to ride from our home in Haslingfield near Cambridge to the village of Salvan near Martigny in Switzlerand where my step bros aunt and her family live. Most days we will hope to cover 100 miles Ish. (I know this will be a challange when it is hilly).
So the plan is to ride our racing bikes across france (with smallish saddle bags) and to the alps. then we hope to spend a few days resting followed by cycling some alpine climbs before driving home shutup.gif .
I cycled LEJOG solo in may 2005 so I know what it will be like, and have cycled 100 mile days in cornwall with 2 full panniers. however I have never cycled mountins like the alps and i know that prepiration is EVRYTHING when it comes to long/hard touring.
So my questions are...
What is the wether like in the alps in september?
What is the smallest gear you would recomend?
and anything else you would recomend?
Any help would be most appresheated.
OS.
Ps. sorry about spelling