Route 2012
Brainstorming Map
Here there is a googlemap to share interesting projects/places/actions/camps/etc that you might think biketour could visit this year: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202614598037844903493.0004b87154a1e6e346552&msa=0
Route Maps on G$$gle
The route till now is based mostly on google maps and some information got on the web, some parts need to be checked in person (mostly the crossing from Gap to Torino)
- Barcelona -> Girona -> Cerbere
- Cerbere -> Narbone -> Montpellier
- Montpellier -> Avignon (not direct route - going north near Cévennes National Park)
- Avignon -> Marseille - Éourres (end part seems a bit hilly for no reason, maybe we can go around by Sisteron)
- Éourres -> Gap -> Torino (crossing the alpes need more investigation - probably on the cyclocamp alice and joão will try to cycle this part - it still looks like we could try to go in valleys instead of crossing so many hills)
italy part no ready, not enought contacts yet...
planning - rough maps/distances
- Barcelona -> Cerbere (250 km - 5 days)
* waiting for can masdeu confirmation
* after starting in barcelona we head to visit Ca l'afou - a eco-industrial post-capitalist colony
* couple of workshops day (in can masdeu or ca l'afou):
* rocket stove
* banners
* cycling/group safety
- Cerbere -> Narbonne (120 km - 2 days)
- Narbonne -> Montpelier (110 km - 2 days)
- Montpelier -> Nimes -> Marseille (190 km - 4 days)
- Marseille -> Nice (230 km - 5 days)
- Nice -> Torino (300km - 6 days)
ideas to cross the alps
- Near the sea, next to monaco - not so fun, full of tourists and traffic
- Barcelonnette - at less tan 1400m high seems like the less hard/more fun place to cross
- Briançon - the one that makes more sense after passing by L'Ecolieu Tilia & Compagni
- Mont-Cenis, Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis - a bit high place but it would mean entering italy through vall di susa - needs further invesstigation
would be great if we pass through the vall di susa to understand what the population is defending from destruction... this forum talks about some nice alps bike crossing routes: http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-256527.html
map of france/italy/swiss alps bike-climbs with details: http://www.cycling-challenge.com/map-of-french-and-swiss-alps-cycling-climbs/ http://www.cycling-challenge.com/barcelonnette-alpine-cycling-paradise/
- Torino -> Milan (150km -3 days)
- Milan -> Bologna (250km - 5 days)
- Bologna -> Venezia (180km - 4 days)
Rough date ranges
This is a first attempt at creating date ranges for the route. These dates will change a lot!!!
The first date is the earliest, the second is the the upper limit, with lots of flexibility in the middle.
- Barcelona 6th July -15th July (we are pointing to the 12th of july to leave barcelona)
- Cerbère 14th July -25th July
- Narbonne 19th July -2nd August
- Montpelier 23th July -7th August
- Marseille 31st July -12th August
- Nice 10th August -21st August
- Torino 21st August -31st Ausust
- Milan 27th August -4th September
- Bologna 7th September -12th September
- Venice 15th September -19th September
The section from Marseille to Torino could take longer
there are this maps that yolanda found out: http://www.cyclingeurope.nl/provence http://www.cyclingeurope.nl/riviera
many bicycle routes and tools to plan a bike route (need further investigation): http://www.provelo.org/spip.php?article2627
and there are GPX and GPD (gps standards) files there, this website is useful to visualize them: http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/
Start details (TBC)
6-9th July Biketour preparation weekend at Can Masdeu
- 6th July - Meet at Can Masdeu, cook together, critical mass, fiesta
- 7th July - Pimp my bike day
- 8th Social day at Can Masdeu, build rocket stove, degrowth workshop
- 9th BIKETOUR BEGINS
Route Proposal with groups/actions
The EV8 (EuroVelo Route 8) should be followed and we can make deviations from it to visit some projects and places: informaton on EuroVelo
Catalunya
Indignados 29th March Demo, public sector, housing, cuts, Degrowth group of indignados Fishing issues - Lydia Iago - Artists of Catalunya
Ecologistas - Annalies to send projects, anti EuroVegas 17 billion euros budget, ghost towns
Girona - contact Guillem MAT - Mucha Alta Tension (all around) near Girona there was a group but it was evicted
Ghost tourist towns - development stopped
France
Languedoc-roussillon
- Les reencontres Des amis de S!lence (http://amies.revuesilence.net/spip.php?article73) a bit more north from foix, in Loubières, from 9 to 24 july it's a self-managed camp, but besides that there is not much information, they were conected with the Camp Action Climate 2009 in Nantes - sounds great, it was the start of ZAD, but last year information don't look like an active/activist gathering but more a sharing information/workshops - probably 100% in french as it dosen't look like they plan ot make an international call-out
Cerbere Can Decreix
Action against the TGV being finished - fast to Barcelona instead of the small Cerbere line.
Perpignon
Port-la nouvelle (to Sete is a pretty path) No palm group who are anti-industrial group We could do an action here
Narbonne A city and Francois has contacts
Beziers People live on boats
Sete
Frontignan
(From Cerbere to Aige Marts it's easy on bikes along the coast and it gets really busy, also Francois has lots of contacts)
Montpellier Francois contact
sommieres contact from F(hilly area)
Cevennes national park is really hilly
Avignon (pretty) No car group and a contact
Marseille Water financialisation Youcef's bike workshop, they have plan to host us, we need to link them with other collectives to make a nice action there...
La Crau There is a longo Mai
It's really important to study how to do this area (Euro Velo 8) Aix en provence area to Nice - Very important to Check
Italy
- Torino
Most probably we can stay in colegno where the reclaim the fields was ([1]), need to double check it with nemo and oracio we should conect with the NO TAV and Vall di susa strugle, maybe cross the allpes on that area and see the zone they want to destroy...
- Bologna
XM24 ([2])- big squat with an organic market every thrusday and a nice bike DIY workshop: Amppioraggio ([3]) Also would be nice to link to local productors: [4]