>>1843725I ride every week in the costal area between Leghorn - PISA
>MTBMTB trails are mostly natural and barely kept, various degree of shittiness (take a look at trailforks) MTB parks are to be found only far south almost near Rome. or way north in abetone mountain
>roadI like to avoid the most busy ones (aurelia, ss67 arnaccio for example) due to heavy truck traffic. If you stick to hills you should be ok.
>Gravel there is a dedicated route of 200 km called "eroica" near siena. Beware its open also to motorbike or car traffic. Many other gravel paths are present in Tuscany but not as nicely presented and kept.
>servicethe mechanics have weird opening times usually in morning and then late aftn. youll find one in every major city + decathlon in bigger ones. Youll find anything for rent, ebikes, mtb, road bike etc.
>>1844658 >temperatureDONT RIDE BETWEEN 12 and 16 in hot summer days and your good. (You should be eating in a restaurant at that time anyway).
if you need water any small graveyard (cimitero) will have a functioning fresh water fountain.
I found myself sometime stopping also at small service stations, they often sell water and some packed food in case of need.
>I was with my girlfriend and she doesn't bike.Send her to some museums or to go shopping for some leather and meanwhile you go cycle. Gotta keep the missus happy.
