I cycled Liverpool to Alicante and the worst routes in Spain were their off road cycle routes. 4x4 off road cars would struggle. Boulder strewn and some 8% climbs. Atrocious. I used google cycle map and komoot and both were really awful. I ended up using google map cars avoiding toll roads etc. The roads were 95% excellent. Very little traffic, wide 'hard shoulder' and very important, takes you through villages. Essential for provisions. The cycle apps bypassed them. I was cycling for 8 hrs a day and getting drink and food a priority.

I am Spanish. Never heard about that law that forces you to use the bike line (even if it is in bad conditions) when there is a road besides. I honestly believe that you can use the road without any problem at all.

Very entertaining, makes me really appreciate wifey. We switched to bikepacking when my old seniors knees would swell up while backpacking walking downhill. Of course teaching Nordic skiing for almost 45+ years probably help us a lot. We use fatbikes in all seasons and riding conditions. Pushing a bike is part and parcel of bikepacking.

it looks amazing... enjoyed watching, thank you for sharing.

Good for me to see this. I cycled and camped along EV1 in France.

By the way, I did some part of that route a couple of years ago (the part of the Bidasoa river). True that a great part of it is not paved, but it did not look any hard to me. It looked quite reasonable to bike around. But, yes, when you cross from France (essentially flat) and start climbing hills in Spain, I understand that it must be much harder 🙂

Your videos are super good, thanks for posting. 🙂

Thank you. Super helpful!

I am a new subscriber to your channel. I have been following a few others like Nomads trail, wheels to wander, chains and chords etc.

Good day to you!

In Spain they are slowly making progress, but still don't understand much about a cycling mentallity. And there are ridiculously high fines for virtually everything. The old Franco spirit is still wandering around here.

Thank you! I want to go!

St Jean de Luz is one of my wife's favorite towns in France along with Bayonne. Diese Straßen sind so schlecht! My German and French are very much like yours. What I did know I keep forgetting and have practice before each trip to try and resurrect what I do know.

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Not just fuel up on lunch break, but snack on something at least once an hour

Ah ok jetzt habe ich es gesehen. Welche Unterkunft hattet ihr in Sunbilla. Wir kommen gerade aus Frankreich. In wie viel Etaopen seid ihr durch die Pyrenäen gefahren?

Ich bin mit meinen Kindern seit 6 Wochen auf dem EV1 in Frankreich. Ziel: Portugal. Ich bin zwar mit Ebike unterwegs, aber auch mit Tochter im Fahrradanhänger, Sohn (6) fährt selber, ein paar km täglich am Abschleppseil.

You keep complaining about getting tired, why don't you get an electric bike? Like, genuine question, you could get the weakest assisted bike (250w motor) and with a good battery and your leg work, you could easily get 60 miles range out of it. It would make riding uphill a breeze! Of course, you'd need to sleep in camping grounds which provide electricity, or hotels/motels, but it would make your journey so much easier.