CANOVÉLO A Bike to Canoe Adventure in France

More and more adventurers are looking to combine paddling and cycling. To achieve this, there is the lightweight version with the packraft, and there is the Canovélo! In May 2021, two Frenchmen embarked on a 900 km bike-to-canoe adventure after two years of planning and doubts. Rainstorms, flooded rivers, and steep mountain passes became not obstacles to overcome but rather experiences to enjoy in pursuit of adventure and freedom.

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Canovélo: traveling by canoe and bike. The story probably started at the end of my “Grande Traversée” of France by canoe in 2017. The canoe goes on the roof of a car, and we drive—in eight hours—what took us almost two months to paddle. After 50 days of canoeing from Geneva to the Atlantic Ocean, I feel strange in the car that brings us home. Though happy to finish, I feel torn away from the river, forced to return to normal life. The day before, we had slept rough in an improvised bivouac, the sky offering the most fantastic sunset I had ever seen. I could have lived in the moment forever when everything stopped. Coming down from a long trip is never easy. Coming back to everyday life, going back…

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Kayak Session (Digital) - 1 Issue, Paddle World magazine 2022

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