🤭. Your Mad 😮. But so brave & courageous . But after stumbling upon you - this video - I gotta see what on earth drives you to do this Adventure. Why ? Because this is an exciting journey. Full of danger and challenges. Just stay safe.🙏

Thanks for sharing! Much respect too! I've done quite a few alpine mountain passes on bicycle - I live in Switzerland - but only on standard size wheels. Much respect for your will and attitude! With a little fine-tuning of your gear and more experience in wild camping ( use the bike to pitch a tarp tent ) things will get easier! Just never underestimate the weather, hypothermia is always a risk when cycling at altitude.

You're wise to keep an eye on the rim temps. Bromptons add another level because on a large wheel bike you can let the tires down a bit and reinflate later but the pressure you need to put into a Brompton tire to top back up is an effort itself with a hand pump. It's better to just nurse it along.

Wow such a great ride. Don't worry about the chalet owner back on the Marmot. He sounds like a complete a-hole. He should have been friendly to you and offered you breakfast as you obviously had not wanted to stay at his place where you did and you are obviously a touring cyclist from overseas. In fact he should have done everything to see that you were comfortable and had food, water. He will have seen hundreds, no thousands of cyclists pass by his chalet. Most people would have been welcoming. He sounded like a very nasty person especially interrogating you whether you used his rubbish bin. What a dickhead. Decathlon do a very nice metal phone holder. IIrc it costs about 16€. This I got in Malaga, Spain as well last year and it is still going strong on my Brompton. It will fit an iPhone Pro Max, the big screen, but I have iPhone 12 Pro which fits fine. I also have a Quadlock now which is also good but I prefer the Decathlon aluminium phone holder. You should also get a couple of spare tubes so if you get another puncture all you have to do at the side of the road is change the tube. You can repair the holed one later at your leisure. Decathlon do 16" tubes for the Brompton as well. Oh and with fitting a 39T front chain ring to make climbing mountains alot easier the highest gear will spin out at about 25mph / 40kmh which is more than fast enough on the flat. Down hill you don't need to pedal. You lose the chain guard though, but this is no big deal. You are right, the Brompton is easy to take into shops, supermarkets in Spain had no problem me taking it in, big ones let me take it without taking everything off and folding it. No one is going to nick it as it is so unusual. People are mostly just curious and want to know about it. Well this is what I find. Might be a good idea to carry spare brake blocks as well if you are not already. The road along the coast from Monaco into Italy is very beautiful. There is a dedicated cycle track that I think goes as far as Savona maybe further along the coast. No traffic except other bicycles. I found France really expensive when I was there about 3 weeks ago having been in Spain before. Spain is a lot cheaper. Where are you planning to go after reaching Ventimiglia? Back into Italy, if so take the coast road or if France the coast road is also good. If you are feeling strong and would like to see more spectacular sights then you could head up to Castellane NW of Grasse in the hills which is the start of the Gorge de Verdon which is very beautiful. There is a good campsite at Castellan as well. Will you climb the Mont Ventoux on your Brompton? You could camp down below and ride up without your luggage and then back down. This would be super cool. Just a thought. Aix-en-Provence is very nice to ride through and the Luberon. Fair winds and sunshine to you.