Warmshowers and cycing levels/Warmshowers y niveles ciclisticos



Warmshowers and cycling levels/Warmshowers y niveles ciclisticos


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Apart from my first trip, I have always cycled on my own, I prefer to stay with Warmshowers. Warmshowers is a hospitality exchange platform for cyclists, there are thousands of cyclists in the platform all around the world. Ideally, you should offer your place as a host as well, not using it only as a guest; sometimes this is not possible. So far, I have stayed with hundreds of cyclists, and they have stayed at mine, never had a bad experience, not even a neutral one. Every cyclist that I have met has added something positive to my life. This blog will mostly be about my experiences with them. Staying with Warmshowers is not always possible so option 2 is camping, option 3 knocking on somebody’s door to ask if I can camp in their garden, and lastly Airbnb/Booking.com. A lot of cyclists wild camp but I haven’t dared to do so. I think that for the foreseeable future, I’ll stick to the first four options.

Initially, I only chose women or families as hosts but there aren’t many hosts that fit into these criteria. A lot of hosts are male cyclists that live on their own. So decided to try that but I have my rules.. there has to be a picture and some feedback. As said above, so far I have never had a bad experience

When people who don’t go cycling touring on their own meet me, they think I am doing something really adventurous, the truth is.. if there were levels of cycling I’d probably be level 3

1- E-bike, organised tour

2- Push bike organised tour

3- Sonia

4- Cooking your meals whilst camping

5- Wild camping

Level 6 and above is for cyclists that tour in areas where there are no supermarkets or cities every 10k

6- Wild camping for days with no access to supermarkets (have to carry your water and food

7- Wild camping in a Bivy sac

8- Cycling in the winter or in a desert, wild camping





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Aparte de mi primer viaje, siempre he viajado sola y por mi cuenta. Prefiero quedarme con Warmshowers. Warmshowers es una plataforma de intercambio de hospitalidad para ciclistas, hay miles de ciclistas en la plataforma en todo el mundo. Lo ideal es uno ofrezca su casa también como anfitrión, y no usar la plataforma solamente como invitado; a veces esto no es posible. En estos diez años me he quedado con cientos de ciclistas, y en mi casa y jardin se han quedado tambien muchos. Nunca he tenido una mala experiencia, ni siquiera una experiencia neutral. Cada ciclista que he conocido ha aportado algo positivo a mi vida. Este blog tratará principalmente sobre mis experiencias con ellos. Quedarse con Warmshowers no siempre es posible así que la segunda opción es acampar en un camping, la opción numero tres tocar a la puerta de alguien para preguntarle si puedo acampar en su jardín y, por último, Airbnb/Booking.com. Muchos ciclistas acampan libremente donde les cae la noche, yo no he tenido el coraje de hacerlo. Creo que por ahora me quedare con las cuatro primeras opciones.
Al principio en Warmshowers solo me quedaba con mujeres o familias, pero la verdad sea dicha, no hay muchos anfitriones que cumplan con estos criterios, ya que gran parte son hombres que viven solos. Así que decidí intentarlo, pero tengo mis reglas... Tiene que haber una foto en el perfil y algunos comentarios positivos de huespedes anteriores. Como dije anteriormente, hasta ahora nunca he tenido una mala experiencia.

Cuando hablo con gente que no hace cicloturismo, generalmente ellos piensan que estoy haciendo algo temerario, la verdad.. si hubiera niveles de ciclismo probablemente yo caeria en el nivel 3
1- Bicicleta eléctrica, tour organizado
2- Bicicleta normal, tour organizado
3- Sonia (compra comida en el supermercado o come en algun restaurant)
4- Cocinar mientras acampas
5- Acampada libre
A partir del nivel 6 son ciclistas que realizan recorridos en zonas donde no hay supermercados o ciudades cada 10 km.
6- Acampada libre durante días sin acceso a supermercados (hay que llevar agua y comida)
7- Acampada libre en una bolsa Bivy
8- Ciclismo en invierno o en el desierto, acampada libre

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