Nun bin ich gesund und dankbar wieder zurück daheim mit vielen schönen Erinnerungen, Eindrücken und neuen Erkenntnissen über andere Länder und deren Menschen.
Gestartet in der #Schweiz in Altdorf und die Tour beendet in Liège (Lüttich) in #Belgien, habe ich mit dem #Gravelbike ohne Motor 1‘974 km mit 6‘110 Höhenmetern zurückgelegt.
Ich kann #bikepacking jedem empfehlen, der langsames und naturnahes #Reisen sucht.
Switzerland is beautiful, but there is nothing wrong with Austria either. Moreover, it is a far less burden to my finances. And roaming works again at no extra cost. I followed the rivers Ill, Alfenz, and Rosanna. What a nice sounding name, and in my head it is singing "Meet you all the way, Rosanna". I am now camping where the Sanna meets the Inn.
Day OFF for #cultural purposes during my #retirement #bikepacking tour on #Brompton :visit to the #Violin #Museum in #Cremona ,which exhibits several #Stradivarius among others,followed by a #concert before,during and after which the #instrument was secured by an armed guard
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#bikepacking #BikeTooter #cycling #CycleTravel #cyclotourisme #cyclotouring #fahrrad #vélo #radreise #radfahren #cyclisme #criticalmass #radtour #BikeItalia #Italia #Italy #music
Pogoda nie rozpieszcza , ale to w tym roku chyba ostatnia okazja by objechać Bieszczady . Ważne że nie pada , a zachmurzone niebo to jednak lekka ulga w czasie stromych podjazdów których tu nie brakuje . Jeszcze mi zostało 100km do Rzeszowa , ale pociąg do domu mam jutro o 16 , nie muszę się spieszyć 
. Jakieś 300 km z groszami się uzbiera , jest moc 
#rower #bieszczady #bikepacking
Bikepacking bursary for women, nim-binary and marginalised genders:
“Riding into the wild, sleeping under the stars, and discovering what’s possible on two wheels can be transformative,” said Charlotte Inman, director of Sisters in the Wild UK. “This bursary opens that door for riders who may not otherwise have the gear or support.”
https://bikepacking.com/news/2025-sisters-in-the-wild-bikepacking-bursary/
I got a chance to do a s24o with the Zpack Pivot Solo tent. It's really roomy inside. It wasn't hard to set up, but I had to fuss around to get a perfect pitch that made the bathtub floors work right. I assume I'll get faster the more I use it. As I expected, it had condensation on the walls (I was camped next to a lake on a moist night), but with the screen on the foot side, my sleeping bag's foot didn't get wet like in other shelters like this.
I have been waiting for today to arrive for a while now. Mostly because I crossed the border from Sweden to Norway, and I have never been this close to my destination!
But today started in Sweden, and the last ancient ruin I visited there was the Stenskeppet, also known as the Blomsholm Stone Ship, from the Iron Age.
A few kilometers later, I crossed to Norway on the Old Svinesund Bridge, and that felt euphoric in so many ways.
Tomorrow I reach Oslo!
Boah, Komoot ey 
UPDATE: hab die Route von gleich mehreren freundlichen Fedinauten bekommen. Danke!
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Hier ist eine schicke #bikepacking Tour, entwickelt mit öffentlichen Geldern - und die GPX-Datei ist nur über Komoot zugänglich, gegen Geld, versteht sich:
https://www.komoot.com/de-DE/tour/1981593713
Hat zufällig jemand ein Komoot-Abo und mag mir die GPX-Datei zukommen lassen?
Ich kann sie anschließend auch gern öffentlich zugänglich machen…
#Bikepacking Event Tip for next Summer, No 1: La Peripherie
Tempted myself.
Three countries in one day: Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Austria. I had a really nice company for a couple of hours on my bicycle trip along the river Rhine. A gang of 4 bromptonauts from the the Origami Club shared my tour. They were on a tour from Chur, Switzerland, back towards Zurich. One of them was Axel (@xtaran). What a fabulous meeting! Thank you, guys, you made my day.
@bryanhansel just starting out on this #bikepacking adventure… what are you reasons for switching to a rack? Too much movement? More space needed? Thanks!
Day 5 of my #retirement #bikepacking tour on #Brompton folding #bike : Lodi -> Cremona (59 km, very nice cycle paths partly along the #Adda river joining at the end the #Po #river )
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Most of my ride today was under rain. Sometimes it was just a few drops, sometimes the opposite. It was also the hilliest bike ride ever on my Strava, but it was a great day!
I saw the Tanum Teleport from the road. And I stopped to check the Bronze Age Rock Carvings in Tanum that made my day!
Tonight I sleep in Strömstad, less than 30 km from Norway. Tomorrow I will arrive in a different country.
I'm looking for a rear rack for my bike to use for bikepacking. It'll need to use an axle mount. The goal is to carry the majority of my gear in two panniers. I've narrowed it down to either a Tailfin Pannier Rack or an Old Man Mountain Divide. The Tailfin is expensive and the Old Man Mountain one is heavy. So there's a tradeoff to be made.
Are there any racks that mount to axles that I'm missing? Any opinions on either of these racks or others?
Day 4 of my #retirement #bikepacking tour on #Brompton folding #bike : Milano -> Lodi - 42 km, half of it stop-and-go in the suburbs of #Milano . 3 #ghostbikes within 1 km in the small village of Dresano. I dedicate this stage to all the #cyclers who were killed on the road.
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The cow stared at me. I looked friendly and spontaneously offered her my friendship. But she turned her head and skeptically looked at the animal I came riding on. She frowned while I took this picture. Slowly, she approached me and finally even let me scratch her behind her ears. Apparently we were friends now. I had a brief chat with her while waiting for my rims to cool down after heavy breaking on my ride down from Oberalppass, Switzerland.
When I was leaving Gothenburg, I was a bit worried about the lack of bike lanes on my way to Uddevalla. And I was right because I mostly rode on roads with cars and trucks most of the time.
On my way north, I passed by Bohus Fortress, saw some fighter jets aside the road, and one of the craziest paths I have seen around a lake and a rock.
There were many more hills than I expected, but I managed to survive. Tomorrow, 90 km more on the way to my last stop in Sweden!
Going over the famous #BrunigPass? #ViaRhona can!
