It was a bit of a slow start today, but a very fun one. We needed to pump some air into our tires and did not really feel like doing so with our miniature emergency pump which is nothing more than a declaration of intent. Since we had been told about a bike shop in...
With Warin turning out to be (a bit) of a bigger town than we had thought the previous evening and the endemics being so extremely friendly, the day started off with the pleasant feeling of security: Not only could we replenish on food and drink to live by in case...
The caravan moves further East for exploring the second day of the trip. Today’s route crossed the former border between to what used to be the GDR until 1990, leading into the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. More explicitly: Nordwestmecklenburg (NWM). And...
On the day after the 103km race of the Cyclassics, bikes were changed from the racing to the trekking kind. Mentally the mode was reset to a calmer and more relaxed one as well as the 7-day bike packing tour from the little town of Oststeinbek right East of Hamburg to...
Have commenced reading this book „Biker’s Barbecue“ by the Micke brothers, Stefan and Tobias, two Austrians who decided to ride across the USA, from Boston to San Francisco, on as a low a budget as possible. I have to admit that this is really...
