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Counterclockwise loop from Tarvisio, Italy.

• Total 968 Km (602 mi) and 8450 m (27,723 ft) of positive climb
• Of which 54 Km in Italy, 206 Km in Slovenia, and 708 Km in Austria
• 11 active stages plus one rest day in Fuschl am See and one in Zell am See
• 1 bonus stage day in Tarvisio, riding up to Rifugio Zacchi
• Total moving time: 68h36m
• Longest stage 115 Km with 1117 m of positive climb

George Christensen has been cyclotouring for decades, spending a good part of the year wandering around the world on his bicycle. He has biked the length of three continents (North America, South America, Australia) and one sub-continent (India). Included here are reports his travels since 1991.

He’s followed the Tour de France seventeen times beginning in 2004, riding much of each year's route, fully loaded, before or after the peloton and sent out regular reports during the race, also posted here.

He's also an independent film enthusiast, attending or working at several major film festivals annually, including Telluride and Cannes. His coverage of Cannes is also included here in May of 2004-2015.

We started this tour after a very mild fall. We are two bicyclists Heide & Iris Flying in to the city of Catania Riding up to Aetna and further to Messina. We have even riding in Calabria. The Aspromonte mountain. Hope you enjoy the pictures. Good luck to our followers.

Clockwise loop from Linz through Prague, Brno, and Vienna.

• Just over 1,000 Km
• Hilly
• 12 stages
• EV7, EV4, EV9, EV13, EV6 (Donauradweg), and sections of various other cycleways

A lightweight, hotel to hotel tour of Switzerland, returning to Geneva via the Stelvio, Garda and the Italian Lake District

Anne made a wonderful ride. See her award certificate. Ein fulminanter Zieleinlauf.

An organized tour by an Austrian RAAM (race across America-) winner. Review of the bike Tour
The author of this review: Iris from Austria - now ret once, I had the chance to meet the RAAM hero. We stayed in contact... He has organized regular bicycle tours to the Western states of the USA. Enjoy the report and pictures Good luck to my followers !

In 1991 we did this beautiful roundtrip. I have been a sort of greenhorn. Nevertheless, I learned how to organize a trip like this. Enjoy the pictures and the tour. Good luck to all of my followers

All my Rides

viele Jahre erfreuete ich mich an der Teilnahme an Radrennen (Touristikfahrten)

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Siehe Bilder!

Counterclockwise loop in nine stages through the Flanders region of Belgium. Fine cities, excellent beer, and cobbled "walls" including:

• Oude Kwaremont
• Paterberg
• Koppenberg
• Taaienberg
• Grammont (Muur van Geraardsbergen)

A tour of Switzerland, Italy, and Austria on a triplet tandem (with support from an e-bike). As far as I know we're the first (and only) triplet to have done the climb on a triplet, with children under 11 (the children were 7 and 10 on the day of the climb).

Biketour and Mountainbiking in Costa Rica. Enjoy the wildlife and beautiful natural scenery in the national parks Rincon de la Vieja, Palo Verde, Manuel Antonio, Arenal and Monteverde. Pura Vida and pure Mountainbike Adventure.

In September 2020, I spontaneously crossed northern Poland in consistently late summer weather - two weeks in pure nature with a Bikerafting section on the wild river Lupawa. As a finale I went two days offroad directly along the mostly deserted beach of Baltic Sea...

Because Russia remained closed for tourist travels in 2020, I decided to go on a Bikerafting tour in northern Sweden to enjoy there an intense wilderness adventure. Together with a good friend we took a route that would lead us off all roads deep into the "Fjälls" - paddling from lake to lake and between cycling on hiking trails. How well we can go with our heavily loaded bikes on the hiking trails, we didn't know before, it was an experiment... we learned: it was more difficult than expected, but still a special experience to cross this amazing country in such an independent and varied way.

Ten years after I crossed the western Caucasus by bike, it was time to travel through the Muslim-influenced eastern part of the mountain range. The advantage of the belated completion: the autonomous republics of Chechnya and Dagestan presented themselves as relaxed travel countries, where the risk of terrorist attacks is no longer higher than in most major cities in the world...

Chukotka is the most northeastern tip of Russia, just across from Alaska. Completely cut off from the road system of the rest of the country and under the strict regime of the Russian border guards, this part of the planet is as difficult to travel as hardly anyone else. Four years, I fought for a special permit to travel on my own to the felt end of the world - a privilege that only a few Western individual travellers had been granted. In the summer of 2018 I got the long awaited "Yes" and the way was finally cleared for an extraordinary expedition across the unpopulated inland - from the Kolyma swamps to the Bering Sea.

On so-called "Zimniks", the Russian winter roads over frozen rivers, lakes and swamps that only exists a few weeks, I went into the Russian Arctic for a third time in late winter 2017. After my first tours, which took me to the Polar Urals and Nenet tundra north of the Arctic circle, this time I went through one of the coldest areas of our planet: through Yakutia in eastern Siberia - with a finale on the ice of the frozen Arctic Ocean.

I had planned to tour from Grenoble this year, taking in Mont Ventoux along the way. Covid ruled that out. I was still keen, however, to get a trip in, all the more so given the limits that have applied. I opted in the end for Wales.

This was a very enjoyable trip, with some breathtaking scenery, and some genuinely interesting towns. The trip took in long climbs, high passes and coastal roads. The variable weather and the costs in the UK are off-putting but in a year with constrained choices, this proved a memorable trip.

Tim Williams describes his experience bikepacking the West Bank territory of the Middle East, along with some useful tips, like where to go, what to avoid and how to stay safe.

On the sea shore I found a middle sized fresh fish which I cut to pieces and eat raw as a sushi. The fish was a remarkable catch, like the one in Hemingway?s ?Old man and the sea?. The fish was a part of my scavenging routine. It started with a half of the sandwich which I found in the garbage box at the airport of Tromsø continued with a piece of cheese found near the toilet in one roadside rest-area. If I'd taken scavenging seriously, it could fulfill all my caloric needs.

Resoconto finale completo ed esclusivo della Ciclomaretona 2019. Napoli-Termoli in bicicletta. 850 km dal Tirreno all’Adriatico toccando lo Ionio. Coast to coast, da ovest ad est, dal mar Tirreno al mar Adriatico, toccando anche lo Ionio. Appassionati di natura, di vacanze on the road e bicicletta.

Final and complete report of the Ciclomaretona 2019. Naples-Termoli by bicycle. 850 km from the Tyrrhenian to the Adriatic, touching the Ionian Sea. Coast to coast, from west to east, from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Adriatic Sea, also touching the Ionian Sea. Nature lovers, on the road holidays and cycling.

Il diario di viaggio che ci entusiasma per la passione e l’impeto che ci trasmette per sostenere un progetto. Grazie ai lettori.

Essere di nuovo sul suolo europeo non fu un sollievo neppure una liberazione. Eravamo partiti per visitare questa parte di Russia e nonostante l’idea dei giorni precedenti che ci conduceva a pensare che il programma fosse stato al di sotto delle aspettative, stavamo maturando la sofferenza di aver terminato un programma piacevole, senza seccature fastidiose e con sufficienti particolari da ricordare.

In this last page we describe the itinerary through Frombork, and the arrival in Gdansk, a surprisingly beautiful city.

Participants: Heide, a very brave bicyclist; Iris, the tired bicyclist

Vienna's critical mass took place October 18th 2019. Assembly 17:00, Start 18:00. My ride, about 20 kilometers. As usual a high number of participants. Meanwhile the local police is good prepared and directs the riders safe throughout Vienna's roads. It reminds me on the city tours I have been riding in the US. Per example "Le tour de San Francisco". Iris, the tired bicyclist has got a hit from destiny: Parkinson disease. Riding under pain, but forgotten when with other riders and mood is good. You will not see to many Iris blogs in future. Good luck to our followers. Enjoy the pictures.

Continua il racconto di un viaggio fino all'arrivo alla capitale Kaliningrad, una vera sorpresa per i protagonisti e lo sarà per voi. Cosa vedere, dove dormire, casa e dove mangiare. Seguirà una galleria delle più belle immagini di Kaliningrad.

Continue the story of a journey to the capital Kaliningrad, a real surprise for the protagonists and it will be for you. What to see, where to sleep, home and where to eat. A gallery of the most beautiful images of Kaliningrad will follow.

Un viaggio che inizia a Klaipeda dove era terminato il precedente nei Paesi Baltici nel 2012. Attravera lo stato di Kaliningrad e raggiunge Danzica in Polonia. Questa è la prima parte con i consigli per l'organizzazione.

This journey begins in Klaipeda where the precedent in the Baltic States ended in 2012. It will cross the state of Kaliningrad and reach Gdansk in Poland. This is the first part with advice for the organization.

My first bike tour. I chose to do it in lightweight, credit card touring mode. I think this is the way I will holiday in future. No equipment needed.

In June 2019, I took both my sons (4 and 7) on a triplet from Zurich to Salzburg. My wife came along on a rented e-bike. The trip covered 372 miles, much of it along the Bodensee-Konigsee bike route.

We did the Werra Valley core tour. Based at Bad Salzungen we made classic tour to Merkers (Schaubergwerk), Vacha, the former border city with a wonderful old town and the historical Werra bridge. Bicycle trails in all directions. Good marked. We have been at Bad Liebenstein, Meiningen, Lutherort Möra, Tiefenort. Eisenach (Wartburg). Every day, we enjoyed the swim in the Gradierwerk Sole bath.

Our hotel: Solewerk Hotel. Very modern. The former name: "Freundschaft"- somehow typical for the times, when "real socialism" existed. Everyone who is interested to repeat this tour, should remember, the Rhoen Mountain range sucks some power off. Rolling mountains with heights up to 450 meters.

One thing which seems important to mention: The road to Eisenach is a very busy road. Beside the steep climb it is not wise to ride this road. We have exceptionally not found a bike trail...

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A small piece of an amazing cake called Albania

Riding the paradise

This was a mixed bag in all senses. Lakes, mountains, sunshine and rain. A beautiful trip, crossing from Italy to Switzerland and back again. Recommended.

This was a great trip. I often think that I might improve an itinerary if I were to travel to an area again but not on this occasion. The scenery was stunning, the roads very quiet and the places I stayed in all had good places to sleep and eat in. It might be that there is a narrow travel window, with the winter too harsh in the mountains and the summer too hot. If however you can travel at this time of year, it is a great cycling destination which other cyclists have yet to discover.

A fixed based tour of Mallorca, followed by a fixed based tour of Girona, with a couple of days in Barcelona in between.

Europarad ist eine völkerverbindende Radfahrgemeinschaft der sich die Partnerstädte Rossdorf/Thürigen, Rossdorf/Hessen, Billy-Montigny/Frankreich, Regello/Italien, Vösendorf/Österreich angeschlossen haben.

Wurde vom Gründer Bernd Schäfer/Darmstadt ins Leben gerufen. Europarad versteht sich als eine Pro-Europa Organisation die Menschen verschiedener Europäischer Länder zusammenbringt. Gemeinsam Sport zu treiben verbindet.

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Concludiamo con questa pagina il racconto del ciclo-viaggio di Renato Frignani dal Canada al New Mexico denominata Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. Il percorso degli ultimi 1200 chilometri.

We conclude with this page the story of Renato Frignani's cycle-trip from Canada to New Mexico called the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. The route of the last 1200 kilometers.

La bicicletta permette di addentrarsi con lentezza nel territorio: il Wyoming, nuovo Stato nel quale sto per entrare, muta il paesaggio precedente lasciando intravedere ampie foreste, ampi spazi con a zone aperte intervallate da aree boschive, prati fioriti e pascoli.Devono essere superati anche Alcuni passi importanti come il Togwotee e Union Pass che si trovano entrambi poco sotto i 3000 metri di quota. Terza parte Dal Wyoming al Colorado 2.000 km

The bicycle allows you to go slowly into the territory: Wyoming, the new state I am about to enter, changes the previous landscape, revealing large forests, wide open spaces with open areas interspersed with wooded areas, flowery meadows and pastures. They must also be overcome Some important steps like the Togwotee and Union Pass, both of which are just under 3,000 meters above sea level. Third part From Wyoming to Colorado 2,000 km

Con l?avvicinarsi agli Stati Uniti il paesaggio dolcemente si appiattisce, prevalgono colline e allevamenti di bestiame, ranch e piccoli villaggi. Roosville è la porta di accesso agli Stati Uniti: il Montana ti dà il benvenuto ed è anche lo stato dove si percorrono più chilometri. L?ingresso negli Stati Uniti presenta un paesaggio dolce ed accogliente, campagne e ranch mi accompagnano fino alla cittadina di Eureka. Da qui in poi inizia la vera sfida con il selvaggio, le foreste e i continui saliscendi.

As the United States approaches, the landscape gently flattens out, hills and livestock, ranch and small villages prevail. Roosville is the gateway to the United States: Montana welcomes you and is also the state where you travel the most kilometers. The entry into the United States presents a gentle and welcoming landscape, countryside and ranches accompany me to the town of Eureka. From here on the real challenge begins with the wild, the forests and the continuous ups and downs

Inizia la pubblicazione di un Grande Ciclo-viaggio, mai raccontato come lo trovate scritto qui. Una splendida collaborazione con l?autore Renato Fignani vi porterà conoscere un sentiero famoso che solo i piùti di voi potranno percorrere, ma che tutti possono stupirsi leggendolo.

The publication of a Great Cycle-trip begins, never told how you find it written here. A wonderful collaboration with the author Renato Fignani will lead you to discover a famous path that only the strongest of you can follow, but that everyone can be amazed by reading