OT: How would you get you and your bike to

SteppenHerring
SteppenHerring Posts: 720
edited October 2012 in Commuting chat
Bourg d'Oisans in June?

Options seem to be:
* Fly + rent bike box + pay for transfer
* Mess about with trains
* Drive (maybe sharing with others from the club)
* Figure out a way to fix panniers to a carbon frame and ride the whole way

Also there are some slight issues around losing weight and getting fit.

I know some forumites are Marmotters so may have experience in this area.

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  • mtb-idle
    mtb-idle Posts: 2,179
    Drive. Did it last year
    FCN = 4
  • prb007
    prb007 Posts: 703
    SteppenHerring wrote:
    Bourg d'Oisans in June?

    Options seem to be:
    * Fly + rent bike box + pay for transfer
    * Mess about with trains
    * Drive (maybe sharing with others from the club)
    * Figure out a way to fix panniers to a carbon frame and ride the whole way

    Also there are some slight issues around losing weight and getting fit.

    I know some forumites are Marmotters so may have experience in this area.

    Ride; you know you want to; 7 days from the ferry, 80 miles a day AND you'll be fit and tanned
    when you get there :D
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  • the other me
    the other me Posts: 114
    I've done it by train a couple of times. A fast smooth ride down and you can relax and enjoy a glass of wine as you go :)

    Isn't really that much hassle - the only real irritant is getting from gare du nord to gare de lyon (and whatever bits you'd have to do on the tube)
  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    subscribe.

    found any good accom yet? seems there are plenty of chalets at good prices that time of year.
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    I've (been) driven down a couple of times. Once with a stopover in Lyon, once not. The former was preferable :D

    This year we flew to Lyon and rented a Europcar van from the airport and schlepped across to Bourg. Pretty easy and a much shorter transit time.
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  • SteppenHerring
    SteppenHerring Posts: 720
    iPete wrote:
    subscribe.

    found any good accom yet? seems there are plenty of chalets at good prices that time of year.
    We've got enough going from the club to get the whole King of the Mountains place to ourselves. People who have been there before rate it highly.

    The consensus in the group looks to be leaning towards driving.

    Now I just need to lose 3 stone and train a lot.
  • the other me
    the other me Posts: 114
    iPete wrote:
    found any good accom yet? seems there are plenty of chalets at good prices that time of year.

    FWIW - depending how many of you there are and where you want to stay, I would advise booking early.
    I've found it very difficult to get nice accom on the alpe itself when booking independently as the chalets and hotels that are open seem to be block booked by clubs / tour operators / etc

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