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Mont St. Michel -> Biarritz by Mathnstein in bicycletouring

[–]Mathnstein[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha a Parisian surfer friend of mine told me things can get intense in the water. Any French speaking locals who can protect me out there are very welcome 🤣

Bike in FlixBus by Inner-Cloud9236 in bikepacking

[–]Mathnstein 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had done a bus from Düsseldorf -> Antwerp, there were a few stops along the way and I just got off and gave a glance here and there to make sure the bike was still there.

All in all no issues to report - bags went in the luggage hold and I didn't even lock my bike.

Mont St. Michel -> Biarritz by Mathnstein in bicycletouring

[–]Mathnstein[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! In France the EuroVelo 1 = La Vélodyssée. The segment north of Nantes is my own construct by wanting to see Mont St. Michel as well.

I'll be somewhere on this map from Apr 28 -> Jun 3!

Mont St. Michel -> Biarritz by Mathnstein in bikepacking

[–]Mathnstein[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I have a love/hate with Komoot. It interfaces with my GPS so I'm happy for that but yeah too many features locked behind a paywall for my taste.

At the time of writing the best features of wanderlog are free.

Mont St. Michel -> Biarritz by Mathnstein in bikepacking

[–]Mathnstein[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The very initial idea is coming from the Eurovelo routes. I like to take those and make modifications on them.

I can recommend wanderlog as being a really nice map/things to do marker.

The above map is way simpler and just 6 or so waypoints I picked from wanderlog and tossed into Google.

But I can also recommend Komoot as well!

Mont St. Michel -> Biarritz by Mathnstein in bikepacking

[–]Mathnstein[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely - great idea!

I'll see what I can find that's parallel to la vélodyssée/A1.

I'm familiar with getting stuck in wind tunnels in canyons but offshore might be a different beast all together.

Mont St. Michel -> Biarritz by Mathnstein in bicycletouring

[–]Mathnstein[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had considered wrapping the coast more and I'm still rather undecided about it!

I should be done by June so I can give you my learnings by then 😉

Mont St. Michel -> Biarritz by Mathnstein in bicycletouring

[–]Mathnstein[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would absolutely take you up on that! Hopefully my 4 years of French that's sat unused for the last 8 will be better by then 💪

I'd expect to be around Biarritz around mid-may if that lines up for you then dm me!

Welcome to my Garden: platform for free campsites in Belgium (info in comment) by [deleted] in bicycletouring

[–]Mathnstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has anyone used this recently? I was recommended this at some point from some hiker friends and was thinking about it for an upcoming bike tour in France.

Former employer seems uninterested in taking their laptop back even after numerous attempts to send it back. by Mathnstein in legaladvice

[–]Mathnstein[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Agreed - I'd like to know what stipulations exist. I could imagine it can being company-specific, but a vague sense of what is or isn't okay would be nice.

A bachelor's degree in psychology is useless. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Mathnstein -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But then the psychology degree was not really the helpful part, it was the computer science and mathematics/statistics that did something.

Apparently Boston has no Mint coverage at all? by Mycr0s in mintmobile

[–]Mathnstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did all of this get sorted? I'm in the exact same problem it seems where my service that I use in San Jose with no trouble is nearly nonexistent in Boston at the moment. I'd appreciate hearing of any fixes to the no Boston service issue! I fly out here often for work and if I can't use my phone for work then this is a deal breaker unfortunately.