#10 Fighting strong winds and crazy drivers on the EuroVelo 1 in Portugal // Bike Touring Europe

[@Jmmaciel497]

Lugar maravilhoso lindo demais

[@EnlightenMewithJoePena]

That bridge would have had me wondering too. So good to see it had a separate path for cyclists. Congratulations!

[@damianherman6829]

Very nice video. I'm glad that I found out your channel. You create amazing content and showing how's really looks like bike tour.

[@biking_beyond]

Thank you!

[@phillipbateman2284]

Hungry but happy, thats good. Sometimes maneuvering a vehicle is more a male thing for some reason I dont understand. The bridge was easy, the imagination was tricking us, I wonder why? Crazy courage wins. A very nice vlog, with all ducks in line. Eat, rest, and be ready to carry me all day again tomorrow. Thanks and take care.

[@alafenetre81]

That kind of landscape with the sand and the pine forest is really nice, a synonym of Summer and holidays :-)

[@biking_beyond]

We loved it and the pine forest reminded us a lot of France! They are also really cozy for camping 😉

[@michaelzanotto8469]

I remember Figueria da Fox and it was beautiful. Part of my Portuguese caminho

[@biking_beyond]

Looking back, it was our favorite place in Portugal!

[@grahamogle6332]

If anyone is planning this route, the trail has been much improved from Mira to Figueira da Foz. The bridge in Figueira is currently "closed" to cyclists, (many ignore this), but there is a free ferry across the river from the marina to Cabadelo. The work on the bridge is planned to be finished by end 2024, but likely to be later than this.

[@biking_beyond]

Wow that’s interesting, thanks for sharing!

[@grahamogle6332]

@@biking_beyond I live locally so try to keep the touring community aware of what is happening in this part of Portugal.

[@Transtaganu]

I have a british friend that says that we drive like we just stole our own car, and its true 🤷‍♂

[@biking_beyond]

😂

[@Cyclingtugas]

Imagine the part between Mira and Figueira to Nazare full of pine trees. Wild fires took it all. The paper industrie near by were more than happy to buy cheap wood... A lot of fires around here, too much in my opinion... In Portugal we are still stuck in the ideia that having a car is like breathing, you must have a car and if you go around in a bike you are poor and cant afford one. To make it worst people dont respect you in a bike. Cooblestone is good, cars dont like it so they go slower or avoid it. Maybe cooblestone saved you from having a bad experience. Really like your work, maybe you can give another chance to Portugal and the 'Tugas' living around here :)

[@acoyne174]

Is the Eurovelo 1 route well signposted in Portugal?

[@biking_beyond]

More or less but not 100%

[@ReimaginedAdventures]

new sub happy labor day love your video

[@jorgearaujo7329]

So sad about Portuguese drivers; my sincere apologies for that! Wish you All the Best !

[@biking_beyond]

Thank you! 🙈

[@humbertomadeira3754]

Rule nº 1 in Portugal for me, always travel north/south. I made that bridge with road closed, with fog, where only the sea could be heard. There's no life like rich life. May 2022.

[@biking_beyond]

We did north to south 😊

[@mariarobertapiva7178]

If you don't walt to risk your life, Stay at home !!!

[@danciminera8986]

it's quite frustrating at times for a few reasons. 1. those bikes are seriously too big. yours is probably 4 sizes too large. less so for alex but still probably 2 sizes. 2. you bought aluminium bikes which are stiff with no flex and no compliancy but complain any time there's a bump. 3. you are using road tyres with high pressure whilst complaining about bumpy roads and cobbles. let some air out of the tyres and/or get fatter ones to ease the ride. great trip though, enjoying it apart from the complaining about the bikes

[@biking_beyond]

I’m sorry but you are SO wrong in EVERY point. My bike frame was actually 1-2cm too small for me. It was a 47cm frame. If you would be familiar with long term bike tours with lots of weight you are far better off with a “stiff aluminum frame”. Also, the tyres were special all road tyres which already are a bit fatter than usual ones &with the weight of the bike you have to go for a certain pressure.

[@danciminera8986]

@@biking_beyond starting next to it the bike is literally at your chest. And your partner can barely stand over his top tube. The bikes are so so so too big