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Hi,
First of all, big fan of your website! 🙂
I’m in Vietnam this august and planning to do a (long) trip with the bicycle. I’m still doubting between cycling from HCMC to Hanoi ( the Ho Chi Minh highway or perhaps a mix of the Ho Chi Minh highway combined with the Đường Trường Sơn Đông or partly along the coast) or doing a loop in the Northern mountains.
From what i read August is not exactly the month with the greatest weather. According to your personal experience, you think it’s at all possible to plan such a trip that time of year? Or is such an attempt only for lunatics…? 🙂 My feeling tells me that most likely the rain will be limited rather to late afternoon showers so it might be fine if i limit my cycling to morning/early afternoon times but safer to check with someone who knows the area better than me…
If so, do you think one of both options is better suited?
Finally, currently i’m planning to bring my bike from home with me which is a road race bike but will be fitted with 28mm deeper profile tires to have more grip and avoid having too many flat tires. I’m not very familiar with the quality of roads in Vietnam, however. I’ve been in Phong Nha area already and there the roads seemed fine enough to use a normal bike but that’s of course only one part. Do you think it’s feasible with this kind of bike or should i better search for a decent rental bike locally?
Sorry for the relatively broad question and thanks again for making such a great resource for travelling in Vietnam!
Kind Regards
Maikel