Seeking suggestions for my first time cycle tour (beginner, solo, ~7 days, starting early June)
I’m 30s/M in good shape but have only ever done a handful of 30-50km day trip rides with friends on hand to navigate and do any maintenance if needed. I‘ve recently done a 50km ~600m elevation day and pretty sure I can do more distance and elevation than that.
I’m last-minute planning a cycle trip for myself and would appreciate some experienced input.
Anywhere is fair game within a 5 hour flight from London. I’m interested in northern Spain, Slovenia, Scotland but open to other suggestions. Inclination is to either do luggage forwarding or base camp with long loop day trips.
Would love input on:
- Location
- Self-guided point-to-point vs. a loop/basecamp approach
- Where the road infrastructure is friendliest to beginners
- Assuming road bike, but would listen to dissenting opinions
- Other equipment to buy
Goal is basically to be comfortable enough to buy a good used road bike by the time I get home and convert to a consistent weekend warrior. And also see a new country in a fantastic way.