Overview
I have visited Northern Italy by auto and cycled across Italy east-to-west, through Tuscany/Umbria in 2019, starting and ending in Rome. (Blog: https://lnewman1107italy2019.blogspot.com/ ). I have yet to venture south of Rome. We plan to cycle on paved roads, 11 days riding, carrying our gear, staying in small hotels listed on booking.com, and sampling the local cuisine. Weather Southern Italy in summer is hot and dry, but October typically has some precipitation 1/3 of the days, with temperatures in the 50-80F range. I’ve packed full rain gear, just in case. Riders We are 2, 76-year old veteran cyclists. This will be my 4th tour with John H. John is taking his S and S coupled bike and will use panniers to carry his gear. (An S and S Coupling also known as a Bicycle Torque Coupling or BTC is a coupling which enables bicycle frames to be separated into smaller parts). I will ride my 1994 Bike Friday Pocket Rocket folding bike with 20” wheels. The 30” Samsonite b...