Originally Posted by
BigAura
Age & fitness count huge. You could probably leave today, doing 120km/day for first three tour days and be fine, with only maybe
a little soreness. By the fourth tour day you can open up
If you have time & desire to train I'd recommend working up to doing back-to-back days of 80km/day. When you feel great after doing back-to-backs your ready to go.
No matter what you'll achieve a zen-like-oneness with your bicycle after two weeks on the road.
That all sounds about right to me.
On the notion of training on an exercise bike... I'd say that putting in even 50 miles at a time would be absolutely awful. It makes my head hurt even thinking about it. Even if you could get past the boredom, it wouldn't really be a very good way to get ready for a tour IMO. I guess it would test your commitment to the tour though