Santander / Bilbao to Alicante Route advice tips
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Go here: http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/web/Maps click on full screen, then zoom in to the scale where scenic routes are marked in green.
You can then buy the printed version (Spain & Portugal 1:400 000) for about £12 and tear out the pages you need.
You can then buy the printed version (Spain & Portugal 1:400 000) for about £12 and tear out the pages you need.
elduderino
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I did it the other way around. I flew to Alicante and rode to Santander to catch the ferry. I've used both ferry ports and I found the Santander port much less hassle logistics wise. The minor roads in Spain are fantastically quiet to ride on. The N-roads aren't too bad either as most of the time they have a nice wide shoulder to ride in.
The ride was more like 700 miles though and took two weeks.
I kept a journal here if it helps http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/spain2010
Typical quiet road in Spain...
The ride was more like 700 miles though and took two weeks.
I kept a journal here if it helps http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/spain2010
Typical quiet road in Spain...
I woke up early so I've just read your account elduderino. A really good tale, well told.
I think it's to adapt the clip on canisters to a screw fitting.
lukesdad
Guest
Ah, thank you squire P
elduderino
Guest
Thanks As Rich said - it's a task made a lot simpler if the canisters fit within the adaptor though. I couldn't find anything but the industrial size canisters.
As Rich said - it's a task made a lot simpler if the canisters fit within the adaptor though. I couldn't find anything but the industrial size canisters.Were the clip-on CV Gaz more widely available El Dude? That's the system I have and I'm off to Portugal in 3 weeks which may be similar. Although it may not be!Thanks
elduderino
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Were the clip-on CV Gaz more widely available El Dude? That's the system I have and I'm off to Portugal in 3 weeks which may be similar. Although it may not be!
Yep - maybe just bad luck, but outside of Scandinavia I've always found it
I've never been Portugal on bike - very jealous. Enjoy.
lulubel
Über Member
- Location
- Malaga, Spain
I'm not sure if I've been using it wrong, but when I've tried to use Via Mitchelin for navigation in Spain (set on cycling) it's tried to take me on a lot of unmade roads that wouldn't be passable with anything other than a MTB.
Dave Davenport
Guru
- Location
- Hampshire
Were the clip-on CV Gaz more widely available El Dude? That's the system I have and I'm off to Portugal in 3 weeks which may be similar. Although it may not be!
I bought one of these http://www.hitchnhike.co.uk/acatalog/edelrid_c206_puncture_cartridge_adapter.html
Used it last weekend and seems to work fine with a screw on stove. Bought both because clip on and screw cartidges are a bugger to find in France & Spain and when you do they're four times the price of the puncture type.
Cheers Dave I'll have a look at that. psmiffy assures me that the Decathlon in Faro will have CV canisters, so I'll stock up on a few of those and carry one less bottle of port
I never use the auto-routing feature - I prefer to choose my own route based on all the features I can see on the map. When I cycled to Portugal I kept almost exclusively to yellow and white roads which were quiet but surfaced.
According to my printed Michelin atlas, white roads with solid borders are surfaced; one solid border and one broken border are unsurfaced; red dashes on white background or red dots on yellow background means 'road in bad condition'; red dots on white background means 'difficult or dangerous section of road'.
