The ride to Banyoles and the camping in the living room were nice, but they failed to test several things. We didn’t know how heavy was the final baggage going to be. How many kilometers can Daniel bike without getting burned for next day? Do we have everything we need? To answer all these questions [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Dry run: Tamariu
Posted in Preparing on 2008-May-18 | Leave a Comment »
Camping in the living room
Posted in Preparing on 2008-May-11 | Leave a Comment »
Daniel finally bought the tent yesterday. This is a big step forward: spending a lot of money in something that will only be useful for this ride. He bought a one-man tent but we can both fit in ok. Of course we had to try the new tent, so we set it up in the [...]
Test run: Banyoles
Posted in Preparing on 2008-May-8 | Leave a Comment »
Our first official test run was to Banyoles, Spain. Normally it is 20km from our flat but I convinced Daniel to take the scenic route. He loaded the bike bags with a bunch of unnecessary stuff to simulate the weight. We rode 100km (Girona-Olot-Santa Pau-Banyoles) and CouchSurfed in Banyoles.
It was tough for Daniel. We had [...]
