This summer, me and my friend decided to go on our first ever bicycletour as we had previously joked about cycling to Porto 4 years earlier while we were still in school. The trip as I remember it now was amazing, but we really struggled with heavy headwinds, coldness, soreness, heat and dehydration. But all of those things are something I can’t even remember looking back at it! 😎
Before this trip the longest I’ve ever cycled was 20km, and I nor my friend had never camped before. I cycled for 25m around my area the night before we left for the first time with my loaded bike which I bought a few weeks earlier.
In total, we spent 60 days in 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇳🇱🇧🇪🇫🇷🇪🇸🇵🇹from our starting point in Copenhagen until we reached Porto without any other transportation than cycling. We never got a flat, no serious soreness, no sickness and spent roughly 30€ per day, including campings, airbnbs, hotel, beer, food and activities.
Hottest day: 37 Celsius
Coldest night: 5 Celsius
Longest day: 140km with 1800m elevation from Spain to Portugal.
Feel free to ask any questions, there is a lot to share and I couldn’t recommend this type of trip more! 🚲
by wazyd