I have recently done a 5 day cycling trip from Marseille‘ish to Genova. It‘s a great route, reasonably flat, stunning roads, nice people, great food.
I did it in roughly 85km étapes, which worked out nicely. Just the last piece through Genova was a bit longer and more scary 🙂
Compared to my last post where I shared my trip [through latvia](https://www.reddit.com/r/Brompton/comments/15ktz3l/bike_trip_through_latvia/), I added a wider John Kuosac Handlebar and innerbar ends. And now I am super comfortable. The bargrips are not only to relieve stress, but you can also use them to power up hills. And you can still reach the brakes.
I also added cheap handlebar mirrors (the beam corky knock offs), which I enjoyed quite a bit on the narrow roads
Luggage wise, I am also very happy with my latest purchases. I added a seatpost hugger from vincent at eerder metaal and I found a used Lumabag Bromfort – a 25L rucksack.
The seatpost hugger is awesome as it allows to use the brompton in kick stand mode, when enjoying the dolce vita. The rucksack is great in trains. I hang the borough to one side, the dimpa to the other and the rucksack on the back.
Also when shouldering the brompton the rucksack moves quickly to the back and the bike can be carried easily any stairs to bypass any roadworks or the like.
I needed to replace one inner tube, and stocked back up in Nice at cycleable. Super nice in Nice. They also measured my chain and noticed I am too powerful and wore the chain out, so I got a spare one just in case. Later my chain started skipping, so it was either the right call or they jinxed it.
On the trains the brompton didnt cause any problem. Neither in the ICEs, TGVs, regional train, Frecciarossas or Eurocities I took. Having to transfer in paris from est to gare de lyon was cumbersome with that much luggage, time pressure and my false assumption it would take 4 vs 40minutes to get a metro ticket. But oh well, I made it with aching shoulders
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Looks beautiful! I have a 5 day cycle end of may doing York, UK, to Amsterdam and back via a ferry to Rotterdam. Will average about 50 miles per day with one day in Amsterdam to sightsee. I think I may need to add a rear rack as I’m unsure I’ll fit everything I need in my borough bag. I also see people use Ergon grips for comfort and reduce the chain ring size but I may just end up going with the stock chain ring. Thanks for sharing your travels and pictures it’s very inspiring to see! Some people I have told about my ride have said I will suffer on the brompton and will need a road bike but I think if I just try not to rush too much it will be ok. Have you done bike touring on just the brompton or on any other bikes? If so how does it compare ?
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What rollers/wheels do you have on the rack?
I’m still using factory rollers and thinking about upgrading.
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Hi bromptoneers,
I have recently done a 5 day cycling trip from Marseille‘ish to Genova. It‘s a great route, reasonably flat, stunning roads, nice people, great food.
I did it in roughly 85km étapes, which worked out nicely. Just the last piece through Genova was a bit longer and more scary 🙂
Compared to my last post where I shared my trip [through latvia](https://www.reddit.com/r/Brompton/comments/15ktz3l/bike_trip_through_latvia/), I added a wider John Kuosac Handlebar and innerbar ends. And now I am super comfortable. The bargrips are not only to relieve stress, but you can also use them to power up hills. And you can still reach the brakes.
I also added cheap handlebar mirrors (the beam corky knock offs), which I enjoyed quite a bit on the narrow roads
Luggage wise, I am also very happy with my latest purchases. I added a seatpost hugger from vincent at eerder metaal and I found a used Lumabag Bromfort – a 25L rucksack.
The seatpost hugger is awesome as it allows to use the brompton in kick stand mode, when enjoying the dolce vita. The rucksack is great in trains. I hang the borough to one side, the dimpa to the other and the rucksack on the back.
Also when shouldering the brompton the rucksack moves quickly to the back and the bike can be carried easily any stairs to bypass any roadworks or the like.
I needed to replace one inner tube, and stocked back up in Nice at cycleable. Super nice in Nice. They also measured my chain and noticed I am too powerful and wore the chain out, so I got a spare one just in case. Later my chain started skipping, so it was either the right call or they jinxed it.
On the trains the brompton didnt cause any problem. Neither in the ICEs, TGVs, regional train, Frecciarossas or Eurocities I took. Having to transfer in paris from est to gare de lyon was cumbersome with that much luggage, time pressure and my false assumption it would take 4 vs 40minutes to get a metro ticket. But oh well, I made it with aching shoulders
Looks beautiful! I have a 5 day cycle end of may doing York, UK, to Amsterdam and back via a ferry to Rotterdam. Will average about 50 miles per day with one day in Amsterdam to sightsee. I think I may need to add a rear rack as I’m unsure I’ll fit everything I need in my borough bag. I also see people use Ergon grips for comfort and reduce the chain ring size but I may just end up going with the stock chain ring. Thanks for sharing your travels and pictures it’s very inspiring to see! Some people I have told about my ride have said I will suffer on the brompton and will need a road bike but I think if I just try not to rush too much it will be ok. Have you done bike touring on just the brompton or on any other bikes? If so how does it compare ?
What rollers/wheels do you have on the rack?
I’m still using factory rollers and thinking about upgrading.