Thanks for letting me know about this bike tour! So great. My grandparents are from Brattfors Broken Sweden. I’ve never been but hope to see my dad’s people one day! 💕
@barnbersonol
4 жыл бұрын
I planned a bike trip from Wales to Barcelona for the middle fortnight September 2006. Then I changed my mind for lack of funds and Catalunya experienced floods and gale force winds. I went in Oct instead on a regular cheap holiday and the weather was perfect. Theres always a risk with the weather, even in Spain!
@davidwpinkston4226
5 жыл бұрын
so the rain in spain fell mainly on mikael?
@BikeTouringMike
5 жыл бұрын
Nice My Fair Lady reference! :-) Yeah, I was quite the rain magnet on Day 2. But I got rewarded with better weather as the days passed. Day 6 (which drops on Thursday) in which I cycled along the coast of Costa Brava I had some spectacular weather.
@anotherbutt4chair454
5 жыл бұрын
Mike what bike computer do you prefer?
@BikeTouringMike
5 жыл бұрын
I use an old Garmin Edge 500. It hardly has any features but it works for me. I'm just interested in being able to create .gpx-files from my rides and add pre-existing gpx-files to the Garmin, and it does that well so I'm happy.
@StarEssences
5 жыл бұрын
That's sad; Barcelona develops specified bike lanes and hardly any bike riders...seems kind of similar from what I witness here in San Diego as well; beautiful bike lanes all throughout the county and small quantity of bike riders on them. Cycling, such as swimming, is one of the safer sports as for wear and tear on the body. I wish there were more cyclists here in San Diego. However I believe a lot of roadies ride up and down the Pacific Coast. I remember when I had a road bike, this is where a lot of them were; on the Coast of San Diego.
@brianwheeldon4643
3 жыл бұрын
So familiar Mike...a place for everything and everything in its place... never so true as on a bicycle tour. I've many times taken 30 hour flights from New Zealand to Europe and packed the bag in Auckland for 3 months of camping in the Alpes and Dolomiti, and found when unpacking I'd left some part behind at home. Believe me i learned the value of comprehensive lists and checking things off saved much time and frustration at the point of arrival when bone tired and wanting to sleep or eat and get back into normality on the road. Thanks for filming the way you do. So good
@alexmorgan3435
5 жыл бұрын
Some days are just a wash out. Close the zip and pull your sleeping bag back over your head.
@BikeTouringMike
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly. However I always plan my tours on a way to tight schedule. So I just had to bite the bullet.
@danielwyvern5
5 жыл бұрын
But I thought “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.”
@BikeTouringMike
5 жыл бұрын
Apparently not. It mainly stayed on me this time. :-)
@Tomanart
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Mikael, I ve just discovered this great video and going to watch some more can I please ask...what camera are you using and what editing software, it all looks great quality...just like your video content..good luck, Tom
@BikeTouringMike
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Sony HDR-CX115E and Sony HDR AS200V + iMovie. But I've just purchased a Canon G7X Mark II that I'm going to be using from now on.
@jerryz.3087
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Mikael. ..Barcelona is a beautiful city, hope you enjoyed it between the rain drops...interesting new bike path, that you pointed out...thanks again and stay safe.
@BikeTouringMike
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind words. It felt kind of surreal to be cycling alone in Barcelona. The Catalonians must be afraid of the rain. As you will see in a couple of weeks when the rest of the episodes will be posted here there were plenty of cyclists on my way back through Barcelona. It was sunny and nice that day though.
@emilymartin6781
5 жыл бұрын
Longest day ive done was 142 km and it rained non stop, lucky for me it was a tropical climate. Yes everything needs to be organised in your panniers, i tour with two 12L panniers and am always digging to find something. Good Video
@BikeTouringMike
5 жыл бұрын
Were those 142 km on a loaded touring bike? That's quite a feat. I've done only done around 110 km fully loaded, but have managed 300 km on a road bike.
@emilymartin6781
5 жыл бұрын
@@BikeTouringMike Yes on my Surly took about 11 hours include breaks 300km seems impossible to me but i never ride road bikes
@rideswithscissors
5 жыл бұрын
Like they say in Suomi, "Saatana, saatana, aina sataa!" When I cycled the Olympic Peninsula in Washington it rained every day and night, and I gave up and went home since I was yet to come to the rain forest. And for no reason I will tell you that my grandparents on my father's side came from Malmö.
@BikeTouringMike
5 жыл бұрын
Even though finnish isn't one of the languages I speak fluent, I have no problem understanding that phrase. :-)
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