Bergen to Kristiansund

Hi,

I went credit card touring for 7 days through norway I want share my take aways if you have similar plans.

Route: https://www.komoot.com/de-de/tour/2468087722

I roughly synced a strava replays and time lapses – Ride from Leirvik to Førde: https://youtu.be/KLrWCiJ5TMg

Best Day: Strynsfjellvegen & Dalsnibba (But everyday was really great due to good weather conditions)

Clothing notes:

• Silicone shoe covers (20€) -> Tried them once and sweating was so bad that i prefer the rain.
• Rainover pants (80€) -> Decided for rather expensive ones, but in the end i rather cycle with wet legs than with rainover pants.
• Rain jacket (120€, something from Scott, DRYO 2.5, 20.000mm water resistence) -> Kept my dry in light rain for 1 hour or so. Longer or medium rain my arms were wet. Was really nice to wear in general though. My take away is that its really difficult to stay dry and comfortable if it is raining.
• I took 2 long tights and a 2 long shirts to prepare for cold weather. But the mountains on this route are not super high so not a big temperature drop. Next time I would pack only one of each and buy on the road if necessary. I would pack a towel instead.

Other notes:

• Finding rooms to stay was not easy, I planned like 1 week beforehand and had to adapt my route to the available accomendations, which were mainly cabins on camping sites. Costs were between 80€ – 100€.
• Traveling alone without a tent is kinda cost inefficient. The cabins were big enough for 2 adults and 1-2 kids.
• Overall I saw one group of 3 credit card touring vs. about 30 bike packing.
• Cycling on the "E"- streets (large streets) is sometimes not so relexing due to traffic. But everyone overtook safely.
• Going in and out of Kristiansund is only allowed with the bus. This was not a problem, but you have to throw your bike in the luggage department.
• I travelled back with buses and trains. This was a gamble, since I could not book a spot for the bike in beforehand. I used two long range buses (replacement bus for Andalsnes – Dombas, and Oslo-Gothenburg) and was lucky to be the only one with a bike.