Sardinia is Bicycle Touring Paradise! // World Bicycle Touring Episode 18

We spent one week bike touring Sardinia from Cagliari to Porto Torres, and the island quickly became one of our favorite places we've bicycle toured in Europe. The combination of low traffic gravel roads, great wild camping, stunning scenery, and fascinating archaeological sites made Sardinia an ideal cycling destination.
Blog post with route details and GPX track:
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Instagram: / rollingexistence
Bicycle gear list below. We're running a mix of traditional panniers and bikepacking bags.
- 2020 Surly Ogres
- 36h Rohloff Speedhubs
- 36h Son 28 Dynamo hubs
- Ryde Andra 40 rims
- Marathon Mondial 29x2.0 DD tires
- Avid BB7 brakes, 200mm front, 160mm rear
- Sinewave Cycles Beacon headlight/USB charger
- Brooks B17 (Andrew) Terry Butterfly Century (Jenny) saddles
- Rogue Panda custom frame bags
- Ortlieb Back Rollers Plus rear panniers
- Bedrock Bags Hermosa front panniers
- Tubus racks
- Planet Bike AL fenders
Camera Gear:
- Fuji X-T4
- Fujinon 16-80 mm f/4
- Fujinon 23 mm f/2 prime
- GoPro Hero 8 Black
- Rode VideoMic Pro
- Mavic Mini 1 drone
Music Credits:
brillion. x No Spirit x Sitting Duck - Eventide
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brillion. x Lucid Green - Just Close Your Eyes
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brillion. x Tender Spring - Through The Clouds
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brillion. x Kupla x Arbour - Dreamscape
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brillion. x TyLuv - Journey
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[@j.k.6148]

O Sardinia! The scenery, the location, cinematography… All simply lovely, serene, and supercalifragilisticexpialidocious !!!

[@donaldnelson6198]

That's the best word ever thanks from California

[@Mark-f7o]

Just loves these videos and adventures. Take good care and all the best from Australia 👍

[@BluecollarBackcountry]

Such a nice easy vibe in this episode and the drone shots are great. It's amazing some of those Roman bridges are still standing

[@BarronFujimoto]

Wow. Very cool! I think this is my favorite episode yet. The campsite looked really good. I love the drone shots too.

[@parsaerfani7973]

This is one of the best biketouring channels out there!

[@teddgram]

I really love how these videos are put together. Keep up the great work.

[@alafenetre81]

It seems the perfect place for bike touring. It's funny because with your helmets and hats you both make me think of impressionist painters lost in the landscapes, looking for a nice place to paint :-) You're the impressionist bikers! And the music confirms it :-)

[@RollingExistence]

Haha, love that description!

[@canica99]

what an amazing trip you are both having...love the dinner ingredients when it is dark and you do not want to cook. Sardinia is amazing. I lived in Italy for two years and had a girlfriend in Sardinia and it was an amazing experience.

[@BikeBuddiesCrew]

Fantastic! You guys are quite the explorers. This video is extremely well done, and it this leaves me wanting to visit Sardinia. Thank you for sharing this beautiful experience.

[@Nimbokwezer]

Good choice on the Lindt chili bar 🌶️

[@justinmoss]

Absolutely *legendary* coverage guys!

[@jengreatrex7384]

Such a wonderful island. Great filming again! Thanks.

[@FollowThomas]

It really looks like a bicycle touring paradise. Very pretty surroundings. 👍

[@Tombastic77]

Thank you for sharing. Love seeing different parts of the world. Especially by bike! Sardinia is making it to my bucket list. : )

[@MrJx4000]

Wow, great trip, what a place to cycle around. I hope to get out there this year barring any other virus releases or whatever.

[@kennethkuhl1188]

Very beautiful. I would love to bicycle there. Thank you.

[@mariospenard5125]

Love you! and Sardinia!

[@mitchdehotte]

Ah dudes that so much memories, we travelled two times Sardaigna with our e bike one for the west coast to cagliari + train to the north to cross in corsica an corsica by the middle, the second for porto torres -> Oblia , and the train to cagliairi, then back to santa terressa de gallura to cross to corsica and corsica by the west, next time we ll do corsica by the east alone and cap corse in deep Love travelling with bikes ! For sure I ll ahve a serious look on your Sicilly trip becaise it will be the trip for 2024 :) We travel in summer, but it seems that even in february it s nice overthere :) Good luck for the roundabout !

[@tede.1218]

Andrew & Jenny...I am so appreciating the sights and various terrains of Sardinia. Really beautiful. As for Italy and cannoli's, I cant imagine every going wrong with the choice of a delicious cannoli. Enjoy and ride safe...Ted

[@RollingExistence]

True, cannolis are always a good choice! Glad you enjoyed the video 😊

[@petesig93]

Great video of a lovely island. Mind you, if you enjoyed that, you would absolutely LOVE the west coast of Corsica! One week was a bit of an express run. You must be on a tight schedule. When we toured Sardinia we were not so keen to explore such tiny gravel back-tracks. We were there in May but had an unseasonal bout of rather bad weather with some days of gale-force NW winds. We faced some limitations in Sardinia on our itinerary as well and took the train from Cagliari to Macomer (east of Bosa), but we still spent two weeks on the island. A whole day in Cagliari, three days looping around the far SE corner, then that great road along the west coast to Alghero, but with horrendous headwinds. We spent two nights in Alghero with a boat cruise to Capo Caccia. Near Fertilia is one of the best, easy-to-access nuraghes, the Nuraghe Palmavera. We also travelled along the north coast via Castelsardo to Santa Teresa Gallura. I would love to get back there and explore some more; the island really does merit at least three-four weeks to do it justice.

[@RollingExistence]

Sorry to hear about the bad weather! But still sounds like you had an awesome trip. I think we got very lucky to have such clear skies in February. We would definitely like to visit Corsica in the future and also see more of Sardinia. Unfortunately with our Schengen visa time limit we have to make some hard choices about where to go and how long to stay.

[@lostthenfound]

Those views are breathtaking! What an amazing place to cycle too! Hope to get out to Europe some day to cycle tour! Also some very nice shots in here 😎

[@mariospenard5125]

Sweet ride!

[@BicinViaggio]

awesome video and thanks for sharing the track!

[@RollingExistence]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@omare_biketonature]

The Kind of ride I wish I had on my tour right now! In Panamá you are forced to ride on the highway, I know Colombia has more to offer. Cheers!

[@Bg563]

Thanks for the inspiration. Just finished my ride on the east side of the island after coming down Corsica. I feel you on the "aggressive bushes" did some more off-road areas that were part of the trans sardinia and got a total of 6 flats, haha. Thank god I had tubeless.

[@RollingExistence]

Awesome! Hope you had a great ride apart from the shrubbery - it was impressively sharp!

[@christiankilleen7626]

Hi guys. I think you have your tour playlist in the wrong order. Currently the newest ones start at the top meaning if someone were to press the button to 'play all' it would play them from new to old telling the story in reverse. I just thought you might want to know and do a quick reorder.

[@RollingExistence]

Thanks for bringing that to our attention! We'll do some restructuring of our home page soon 👍

[@rheinking2754]

Loved that noisy metal bridge crossing by Jenny at 7.25 minutes juxtaposed against the otherwise super chill-style background music and thanks for the pig farm warning - and if you don’t mind me asking how do you do your audio? I don’t see any microphones. Yours very truly the one and only RheinKing!

[@RollingExistence]

Thanks RheinKing!! We have a few different microphones depending on the conditions. If it's raining, we have to use the built in GoPro mic, which isn't great. Most of time time we shoot with the GoPro Media Mod + DIY dead cat. When it's super windy, we have a Rhode Lavalier lapel mic for talking to the camera. It's pretty small but we try to keep it somewhat hidden.

[@Luigi13]

Sardinia reminded me many years ago when I was there touring in a whole different setup. I remember some of the towns in which you guys passed through. I notice that you both seem to have a good pace with your bikes do you have internal gears like an enclosed hub? They also look like gravel bikes. Great tours of Europe, cheers.

[@RollingExistence]

Yes, we both have Rohloff internally geared hubs. They've been working out really well for us 👍

[@Daltesq]

Need to quit my day job and join y'all LOL

[@RollingExistence]

YES we will be waiting for you 🙌

[@danbergsven6919]

Great videos, do you have one with a breakdown of your bicycles and equipment?

[@Daltesq]

would like to see as well!

[@RollingExistence]

We haven't made a gear video yet, but we do have a breakdown of our bikes and luggage on our website: www.rollingexistence.com/gear/bikes-and-luggage/

[@TheBikeChallenge]

Omg this is so good, I'm from Sardinia originally but never toured it on a bike. Thanks for this video. Ps do you buy your music? I'm starting on KZbin and struggle to find a way to get decent music

[@RollingExistence]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! We get most of our music from Lofi Records. It's all free to use in your videos, you just have to credit the artist per the instructions on their website.

[@TheBikeChallenge]

@@RollingExistence thanks a lot, keep rolling

[@petesig93]

@@RollingExistence I must check that out. I just use my own music files, and as long as I am not monetising the YT video that is OK. YT credits the source. But a rights-free source without a $400 per annum fee would be a great thing.

[@m__r1100]

Another place just made "the list"....

[@Bg563]

Thanks for the video, been kinda binging your other ones as well! I was looking at a route north to south on Sardina and I was kind curious if you guys know of any buses/trains that go from Cagliari to Porto torres with a bike? Also, how often does the ferry run between Porto Torres and Barcelona? Cheers!

[@RollingExistence]

Glad you're enjoying the videos! We didn't look into buses, but being the two major ports I'm sure there are some options. The only ferry company that goes from PT to Barcelona is Grimaldi Lines, and they do the crossing once a week. That was in February, so they might do it more frequently in high season.

[@Bg563]

@@RollingExistence Cheers, looking forward to the Scotland and Ireland videos!

[@kerryhowell8636]

promosm 🤩

[@profhortsunlover1536]

i've noticed USians struggle to say Rural rooral i don't see what's hard about it, although i do have all my own teeth, no vaneers, no crowns, no fancy bridge work

[@hungrysol7454]

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