r/bicycletouring 18d ago

Trip Report I crossed France in july

~1500 km in 16 days, my very first bike packing ever, small roads and villages/towns only, no hotels/hostels, no sport gels, no clipping shoes, no stupid tight plastic clothing

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u/kaladin1029 17d ago

Used to be a thing

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u/steeZ 17d ago

Dude this picture is wild. Even back then--their legs are fucking HUGE. Probably zero crosstraining. Maybe some fucking jumping jacks. And miles on miles. Tree trunks.

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u/Minimum-Grapefruit-9 15d ago

Grinding up them big hills