Cycling in Dolomites

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Hello everyone,

My name is Andreas Standaert, I'm 16 years old and I'm living in Belgium. This summer (in August) me and a friend of me are going to bike in the Dolomites (Northen Italy).

We are planning to go packed, so that means that we will have all our bagage on our bikes. I have never done this before, and that's why I like to ask you guys for some advice.

Has anyone been there before by bike? We're planning to sleep on campings, but everyday we want to visit another camping.

Has anyone good experience with a fullloaded bike? I have a good belgian bike, with a roster at the end. Are their some good products to put on your bike to put your bagage in? Any tips for bagage?

We will climb some very known "cols", like Passo Pordoi, Passo Gardena, etc. My condition won't be a problem, because a week before my vacantion in the Dolomites, I'm going to bike to Lourdes from here. It's 6 days and everyday 200 km. I will be trained I guess.

So that were my questions, I apologize that my english isn't that good, but I Think you can understand it.

Greetz

Andreas Standaert
(you can mail me, andreas.standaert@gmail.com)