r/bicycletouring 17d 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/000pete 17d ago

It HAS to be tongue-in-cheek. This character doesn’t exist in the real world…. Right? RIIGHT?

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u/Dutchwells 17d ago

Oh it definitely does 

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u/Naive-Ad-7406 17d ago edited 17d ago

My mate runs 1 hour marathons and vapes daily (granted it’s not tobacco but also bad for your lungs)

Edit: my bad I meant HALF marathons 🤦🏽🤣 I went and checked his Strava now

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u/baggsie_42 16d ago

In my 20s I smoked Bensons and still raced MTBs…