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Check this page if you need some information once you’re cycling on the route 😉
⚙️ Bike repair specialists | 🚰 🚾 Drinking water points and toilets | 🍅🥤🍺 Good places for supplies and refreshments | 🚧 Works in progress | 💬 Share your experience of the Vélomaritime
⚙️ Finding a bike repair specialist
There are several mobile bike repair service offers along the route:
- Brittany
- Between Saint-Malo and Lancieux, at Matignong: Mécanovélo can be found at the weekly markets - +33 (0)6 50 22 25 25
- Between Dinard, Saint-Malo and Cancale: Vélogen - mobile bike maintenance and repair workshop - +33 (0)6 95 14 95 95 / Website
- Éric & Rustine can be found at the weekly markets in Saint-Quay-Portrieux (Monday mornings) and Binic-Étables-sur-Mer (Thursday mornings) - +33(06) 12 41 60 05 / Website / Facebook
- Thibault cycles to anywhere in Lannion and within a 15 km radius with his Biskèle mobile bike repair workshop - +33(0)6 65 82 86 83 / Website
- Normandy
- Isigny-sur-Mer area: Arnaud de Jiyù, Atelier du Cycle, is at the Isigny market on Wednesday mornings, and every other Friday in Saint-Lô. He can also provide emergency repairs with his mobile workshop along the La Vélomaritime cycle route, particularly around Saint-Lô, Carentan, Bayeux, and the surrounding areas. - 06 15 38 51 95
- Isigny-sur-Mer area: Arnaud de Jiyù, Atelier du Cycle, is at the Isigny market on Wednesday mornings, and every other Friday in Saint-Lô. He can also provide emergency repairs with his mobile workshop along the La Vélomaritime cycle route, particularly around Saint-Lô, Carentan, Bayeux, and the surrounding areas. - 06 15 38 51 95
- Hauts-de-France
Here are some recommended bike repair specialists along the route (there are others too):
💡 Don't forget:
- You can sometimes find bike repair specialists at the market.
- In addition to bike repair specialists, bike rental businesses will also help you out generally, if they’re available. You can view bike rental businesses on the map above by activating the corresponding layer (top left).
- You will doubtless spot at least one of France’s participatory community bike workshops on your journey, in Saint-Brieuc, Cherbourg, Le Havre, Dieppe, Calais and elsewhere. They’ll probably be able to help you out.
🚰 🚾Is it easy to fill my water bottle or find a toilet along the way?
- You can view where the drinking water points and toilets are on this map by checking the corresponding boxes ▼ (data from OpenStreetMap).
Tip: use the website's geolocation tool (icon on the lower right-hand site) to help you.
- Hoali's #Gourdefriendly 💧(bottle refill) map displays public drinking water points and #Gourdefriendly establishments - bars, restaurants, shops, hotels... These eshtablishments will refill your water bottle for free! (You can download an app too).
💡 Don't forget: every cemetery in France has one or more taps!
📝 The route's best adresses
🍅 The markets
Discover local delicacies and stock up on good food by using this map to locate the main markets along the route (sorted by day):
As well as the markets, the website Carto Vrac provides a map for locating stores that offer bulk food sales.
🥤 Enjoy refreshments and tasty food with a four-star view
Here are a few great addresses to take a break along the way and enjoy some fabulous views! (Why not add to the list by suggesting a place you recommend?)
🍺 Breweries
Did you know that France is the country with the most breweries in Europe, boasting at least 2,300 of them?! After a long day of cycling, there’s nothing better than a cool, refreshing beer (to be drunk in moderation of course)! There are around fifty or so breweries and craft breweries located just off the Vélomaritime cycle route between Roscoff and Dunkirk. Some offer guided tours. So, which will it be? Blanche de Wissant? La Croix des Grèves Blonde? Or Philomenn Rousse? ▼
🚧 How to check for or flag up an issue on the Vélomaritime
If you come across an issue on the cycle route, such as a fallen tree, unclear signposting, or surfaces in a poor state, you can flag this up straight away thanks to our issue reporting tool. You can also check for any issues that have been flagged up by other users or by maintenance teams.
📷 💬 Feel like sharing your Vélomaritime stories?
Share your content by using #lavelomaritime or by reaching out to us with @lavelomaritime – we’ll be more than happy to publish your adventures!
Le guide pratique à mettre en favoris !
⛺ Campings : où dormir et comment trouver une place en temps réel ?
⚙️ Où trouver un réparateur vélo ?
- En Bretagne
- Secteur de Saint-Malo à Lancieux, Matignon : Mécanovélo présent sur les marchés hebdomadaires - 06 50 22 25 25
- Secteur de Dinard, Saint-Malo, Cancale : Vélogen - Atelier mobile de réparation de cycles répare et entretien votre vélo - 06 95 14 95 95 / Site web
- À Lannion et dans un rayon de 15 km, Thibaut se déplace à vélo avec son atelier mobile Biskèle - 06 65 82 86 83 / Site web
- En Normandie
- Secteur d'Isigny-sur-Mer : Arnaud de Jiyù, Atelier du Cycle, est présent sur le marché d'Isigny le mercredi matin, ainsi qu'un vendredi sur deux à Saint-Lô. Il peut également intervenir en urgence avec son camion-atelier sur le parcours de La Vélomaritime, notamment autour de Saint-Lô, Carentan, Bayeux et leurs environs. - 06 15 38 51 95
- En Hauts-de-France
- sur les marchés vous pouvez trouver parfois des réparateurs vélos.
- les loueurs de vélos, en complément des réparateurs peuvent également vous dépanner en fonction de leurs disponibilités. Vous pouvez afficher les loueurs de vélos sur la carte ci-dessus en activant le calque associé.
- il existe de nombreux ateliers vélo participatifs et solidaires en France, vous en croiserez sur votre parcours qui pourront probablement vous dépanner : à Morlaix, Saint-Brieuc, Cherbourg, Le Havre, Dieppe, Calais et bien d'autres.
🚰 🚾 Où trouver des points d'eau et toilettes ?
- Ouvrez l'onglet "Pratique" sur la carte.
- Cochez "Points d'eau" et "Toilettes" pour afficher les sanitaires.
- Pour vos pauses plus longues (pique-nique ou autre), cochez "Aires de services" : vous y trouverez les tables, abris, bornes de recharge et stations de réparation.
💡 Astuce points d'eau : pensez aux cimetières, ils disposent presque tous d'un point d'eau gratuit.
📝 Marchés, brasseries et bonnes adresses
🍅 Les marchés
🥤 Pour vos pauses rafraîchissantes et gourmandes avec des vues 4*
🍺 Les brasseries
🌞 Les prévisions météo
Source : windy.com
