Brixton to Cadiz

Gotta get out of London gotta get gotta get out of London out of London...before I get fucked over by Whitevanman again.

So...

I did this trip 5 years ago through France, Bordeaux, Bilbao, Vitoria, Seville, Cadiz etc, and back, but it was in a freaking Luton van!

So, I know the terrain and I know the extreme beauty but I dont really know which bike to take. I got 3 frames i can go on. But which one??
To take a tent or to use hostels etc??

This is my new vision, people of the forum, please support this old duffers odyssey!!

I am thinking of going in September and taking 3 or 4 weeks (took 6 days driving it) if any fellow riders fancy it :)

That'll be a nice ride man. You'll need a helmet for Spain, and a high-vis thing for France when riding in the dark - these is the rules as far as I'm aware, though I'm sure if I'm not I'll be corrected soon enough.
I reckon at that time there'll be a good chance of rain in France, so take your waterproofs.
If I was going that way again I'd be bivvying too, with the odd night in a hostel, so the best of both worlds.
Arrghhh! I'm seething with jealousy!

Ha! yes, i may check out the latest in one man tentage. want to keep weight down of course. didnt know of the helmet law in Spain! ta for that.
I am buzzing on this plan coming together as it only came to me on Tuesday. Writing here is great for honing the dream!

Now just gotta wangle the time off at work...

I am thinking of going in September and taking 3 or 4 weeks (took 6 days driving it) if any fellow riders fancy it :)

if it's early September, I might be interested.. not sure about riding back.. which might mean me peeling off to the pyrenees, then up to Santander / Bibao and ferry back for me..

I am collecting / inheriting a titanium road bike in two weeks.. chiltern100 sportive at the end of may, then hitching a couple of days on the back of the fireflies alpine tour next month..

so a stretch to spain would be very welcome, but i will only have two weeks spare, suggest hostels and sleeping on straw at farmhouses to keep it simple..

PM me for a chat.. Darwenian

Greetings,

I am going to Cadiz from Brixton after summer is done (September).
The idea is to get there by bike* hire a windsurfer, sail like hell around Tariffa then get back some how.

I have spent ages looking at blogs and threads about similar tours and, the more I chew it over, the less planning I want to do. GPSs, towing trailers, no; Just get me on my old diamond shaped steel (531? but not sure, rides like a dream) bike and goooooooooooooo.

*What a great dilema to have...to go A fixed, B flipflop or C to mount a 7 gear cassette and rear changer.
I read there is "no shame" in getting geared up for a trip this long. Hilarious!

Anyway, I could do with a chinwag about these and related thoughts I am having.

Any fellow adventurers out there with any thoughts? be mighty good to have a conflab about this.