Fingers crossed that borders will open later in the year with that in mind does anyone have gpx files of off-road trails that a reasonably competent GS good do on a 1200?
Easy off road Pyrenees GPX
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Try a look in the Spanish section, you are not going very far if you go out, so you have got some time.
https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showt...eful-Spanish-routes-Pyrenees-N260-on-off-road
https://transeurotrail.org
Simon100, Greg Masters both via PM and several others, no doubt.
If you get some, share them here, please.
https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showt...eful-Spanish-routes-Pyrenees-N260-on-off-road
https://transeurotrail.org
Simon100, Greg Masters both via PM and several others, no doubt.
If you get some, share them here, please.
Was meant to being doing similar trip, although 2up, for two weeks in April til all travel got cancelled. Interested in what you find.
Have a great trip.
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Ive been to the Pyrenees before and done the N260 etc but I want this to be an off road trip. Wikiloc has some, didn’t know if anyone had a full route from east to west.
A full route east to west, across the Pyrenees, off road.... the TET is your best bet..... How 'easy' it will all be? You'll find out, no doubt.
A lot of the TET is tough for a big bike, I was trying to combine some road and easy off road.
Thank you
So now you have some ideas for off-load stuff, the ease of which you'll find out. Now go to the stickies where there are the suggested east to west routes from ADAC, which are pretty good. Then take a decent paper map and / or Google maps and / or something like Open Street Map and work out how to maybe join them up to fill however long it is you have available to ride it all. If nothing else, the maps will give you a good idea as to how 'off-road' the 'off-road' is likely to be.
Thank you
Also, have a look at the Vibraction Roadbooks - https://www.vibraction.org/road-books/espagne/
For a small sum, they will send you the road book, a suitable map and also email the GPX route for direct upload to your GPS.
These are primarily for 4x4 so might suit the GS.
Have a look at the website and there are numerous vids on YouTube
Dazlove
For a small sum, they will send you the road book, a suitable map and also email the GPX route for direct upload to your GPS.
These are primarily for 4x4 so might suit the GS.
Have a look at the website and there are numerous vids on YouTube
Dazlove
Thank you, Dazlove. I’ll make that a sticky.
Yes that’s awesome
Those road books look great, thanks for posting, but the site and books look to be in French and I can’t see an English version - am I missing something?
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I'm just started working on the routes of my guide book for the Pyrenees, which I hope will be in print well in time for Christmas sticking fillers ...
I'm including some trails suitable for big bikes and the 'reasonably experienced rider on a 1200 GS is my model - as opposed to the 'under 700 cc dedicated off road bike riding with light luggage' which is the 'benchmark' for the TET trails.
My trails start more or less at the frontier between Aragón and Catalonia as west of there the trails are more technical (in Aragón) and in Navarre and the Basque Country most of the trails in the Pyrenees are closed
I was the 'Linesman' for the TET and devised or tested all of the trail that you see there now. If you wanted to use the TET trails I suggest you use the French TET until is intersects with the Spanish GER (Great East Route) trails near Montrejeau in France, then head south until it intersects with the GNR (Great North Route) at Sort, then follow it east. The GER trails are easy in this section but the GNR trails are more technical, but there are plenty of lovely roads nearby as alternatives.
Enjoy!
I’ve done a few bits of the TET with the GS in Spain.
Easy.
Will post the section in a bit.
Easy.
Will post the section in a bit.
Thanks, that would be great.
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