I used to love #bicycle touring, but after years of doing routes most riding wouldn't even consider, having various kinds of "type 2 fun" times, and then COVID hit, I just can't get myself to do it. That even applies to supported tours like #BikeSTP! Being a "sitting duck" in a sea of drivers of all personalities scares the everliving shit out of me. :blobfoxscared:
During the pandemic and motivated by the psychological pressures of quarantine, I learned how to ride a #motorcycle, and went through various scooters and larger bikes to get to where I am now. I spent so much time riding street (really rural highways to or through natural landmarks) that I got bored of that, too, so I bought a dual-sport so I could, well, honestly ride gravel roads to places farther off that allow OHV and/or larger use. That dual-sport was a CRF450RL and was sprung custom for a much heavier guy than me, which made it super tall for me. :blobfoxsweating: As you can guess, I traded it in for a #Tenere 700, which I will be riding this weekend on a rural gravel highway that I've ridden before on a much heavier street bike. :blobfoxhappy:
#GoodMorning#BalticSea! I’ve got nowhere particularly interesting to go, so I’ve decided to speed along the seaside through #Dziwnow and #Miedzywodzie to #Kolczewo… Forecast has been unfavourable, but I’ve avoided rain!🥰 Once again felled from the #bicycle at low speed…🤦🏻♂️😁
An entire day we’ve spent on the #beach! What a pleasure, despite overall poor weekly forecast… Favourable water to air temperature ratio made the #BalticSea not so bad…😂 Dear Franiu crashed just at at the end…😅😩
@ssamulczyk dzien dobry mam takie nietypowe pytanie. Czy dobre się domyślam że jest Pan w okolicy wyspy Wolin. Jestem tu na gravelu ale ma problem z naładowaniem baterii w AXs. Ma pan może ładowarkę pożyczyć na szybkie doładowanie ? Może jakaś wspólna przejażdżka ? Kontakt do mnie to zbysiowudin2008@gmail.com
@zbysiowudin2008 Hej! Niestety, ładowarka została w Poznaniu, więc nie pomogę… Do Wolina mam ze 30km, jestem tu z rodziną i przejażdżka raczej średnio wyjdzie, bo wstaje na rower o 5 i mam ograniczony czas… Powodzenia z ładowarką!
This day has been made of the #beach, #sun, #bicycle, some food and good company of our friends from Faroe Islands. I’m now burned because of course I forgot to put sunscreen on my chest and belly…😂
#GoodMorning#Baltic#Sea! A little bit of #morning#gravel is always good. Let’s hope the weather will be better than the last rainy visit…🥰🤷🏻♂️ To bad the route is not directly by the sea, hotels everywhere…😒
In meinem Fall konnte ich die restlichen, fast flachen, 18 km noch mit 2x schalten, damit die Kette auf"s nächst kleinere Ritzel geht, und dann wieder einmal hoch schalten, damit es nicht rasselt, heim fahren.
Mit viel Berg, oder abseits der Zivilisation in den #Alpen, wäre der Wechsel allerdings unumgänglich gewesen - ganz zu schweigen von einem Bruch des Schaltauges.
Deshalb - auch wenn es bei mir selbst nun 35 Jahre gedauert hat - gehört das passende Schaltauge immer in den Rucksack, genauso wie #Pumpe, #Schlauch und #Minitool.