Like the post says, Paris to Rome in four weeks and change. Took a 1976 Nishiki international I found on market place for 300 bucks and fixed up (with help from the shop). It was my first tour, and the stuff I thought would be hard was pretty easy (biking real far) and the stuff that I thought would be easy (everything else) was hard. All in, including the plane, the bike, the repairs, the gear, everything, this trip probably cost close to 5000 CAD. I brought way too much stuff, my french wasn’t nearly as good as I thought it was, and I managed to break a wheel on my literal first day on the road.
Great experience! There were a few cheeky train rides to dodge weather, and a lot more nights in air bnbs than I had thought! The best meal I had by far was a pizza in Toulon of all places. Right at the harbour.
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Like the post says, Paris to Rome in four weeks and change. Took a 1976 Nishiki international I found on market place for 300 bucks and fixed up (with help from the shop). It was my first tour, and the stuff I thought would be hard was pretty easy (biking real far) and the stuff that I thought would be easy (everything else) was hard. All in, including the plane, the bike, the repairs, the gear, everything, this trip probably cost close to 5000 CAD. I brought way too much stuff, my french wasn’t nearly as good as I thought it was, and I managed to break a wheel on my literal first day on the road.
Great experience! There were a few cheeky train rides to dodge weather, and a lot more nights in air bnbs than I had thought! The best meal I had by far was a pizza in Toulon of all places. Right at the harbour.
How do your balls not hurt with that saddle?