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there’s going to be plenty of people going in both directions! Fall would be a great time to take the trip. I did it on a beater bike but a nice bike would let you cover distance more easily. I’m not familiar with bike shipping logistics, but I remember the channel Ryan van Duzer did a packing guide for his trip to Sweden that might give some useful info. For lodging, when not camping, I booked either morning of or day before and didn’t have issues. If going to camp site you can just show up. I also have a Google maps list of all camping spots that I can share (note some might have closed, so double check) I was living in the Netherlands for study so I took trains home. re: airports, Geneva and Zurich are the biggest in Switzerland. Both have super easy train access and you can take full bikes on board to Basel.

yes definitely there's hotels very often along the route, in small French villages you can look for "gites" if there is no hotel (these are bed and breakfasts)

usually between 30 and 40, longest closer to 60 and shortest about 20

Hi, thanks for the comment! On the bike I averaged about 15-16kph. Of course each day was much longer because of stops but you can guess saddle time from that speed.

I rode an old and heavy Gazelle city bike (model Xanta, but I can't find this name online)

Because this video here is part 2.

thanks for the feedback, I can remember for next time!

Hi, it was about a half and half split between camping and hotel/bnb. In the French section most villages and smaller cities have a well-appointed municipal camping site that is very accessible. Maybe too accessible, since they're filled with RVs, but at least they have working showers and spacious sites.

great question, I filmed with the insta360 go 2, it's a little camera the size of my thumb. Comes with magnet pendant so it hangs from my chest, so all the video is either that point of view or handheld

@@pelmers thanks for your reply. I guess that’s another piece of kit that I need for my ride. Your narration was great. Thank you again

thanks for the feedback! Maybe this comes from the tension between making videos for myself vs. making them for others -- when I am the viewer then I don't need much live commentary because just seeing the video itself is enough to put me back in the action. Appreciate the comment and that it's good to keep in mind the perspective of someone else!

thanks! re: accents, I think in the U.S. it's very difficult to guess where someone is unless they have one of a tiny number of distinctive accents (e.g. ask a Wisconsinite to say "bag"). Indeed, you might not know they're from the U.S at all, maybe they're from Canada

thanks! re: details, for part 3 and 4 I begin showing a map. Here, the route taken follows exactly the link posted in the video description. re: camping, I have a google maps list of all the potential campsites in the French part of the route: goo.gl/maps/nCPoH5fVWy28YDrA6. Over the trip some nights were in hotel and some were in the tent.

I bought it from a used bike shop in the Netherlands, though I can't even find this specific version of Gazelle Xanta anywhere online so it must be pretty old. Very heavy and it has high resistance in the drivetrain but that's just more fitness for me.

thanks! I rode on an old Gazelle bike I bought second-hand, about 40miles per day average with lots of pauses in the middle