Saturday, March 22, 2014

Ride a bike to Burgos? it seemed like a way to have an easy day....

Okay, you tell me.  What is wrong with the idea of a 54km bike ride in the spring when you haven't been on a bike for any appreciable length if time since last September.

Exactly.  You've got it.  And yes...that's right, too.  In fact...there are many reasons to suggest.....

We leapt at the chance to ride bikes for a day, be free of our packs, and complete two long days of walking into Burgos,  in one day on a bike.  What we didn't consider was our lack of bike riding muscles, the terrain if the Camino, and, how nice it is to sit down sometimes.


Well,in case you are wondering, we did it!  54 km.  On. The. Camino.  Trail.  We stuck to the trail, which meant two really difficult rocky steep technical rides down AFTER getting the bikes up the steep, rocky. Technical hills up.

At Atepeurca was the worst.  This is the location of a significant archeological site for ancient human remains.  We are glad ours didn't join those....
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atapuerca_Mountains
There was a lot if pavement riding, also, which was mostly enjoyable.  Our lack of preparation upped the challenge.

Overall, we are glad we did it.  Next time....we'd stick to the road more, skipping the bad uphill sections.  There were two long downhills through pine woods which were loads of fun.

We'll sit down again sometime... Maybe.

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