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General Category => Rides and Touring => Ride Reports => Topic started by: Karla on 18 February, 2018, 08:09:12 pm

Title: Travels with Tito: Bulgaria to Austria via the former Yugoslav states
Post by: Karla on 18 February, 2018, 08:09:12 pm: I've finished my Balkan journal from 2016, so here it is.

Travels with Tito: Bulgaria to Austria via the former Yugoslav states - a journal on crazyguynabike.com (https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/tito)

You should go read it, it's rather good ;D For extra forum intrigue, this is the tour where I accidentally rode backwards along the TCR route and bumped into most of the racers, including Frank (https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/pic/?o=1mr&pic_id=3213733&size=medium) and Hippy (https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/pic/?o=1mr&pic_id=3213696&size=medium).

To whet your appetite, here are some photos.

(https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/246651831/m%3D900/v2?user_id=15786437&webp=true&sig=2c7d2227e7a7e216589da6f12f7cb213c69369de8b27baf39a2be1f79931e65d)

(https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/246651833/m%3D900/v2?webp=true&sig=ac3203f3b5b37742ce469eba963e04f02a9689f66ce754394a3f162de7f0e6ac)

(https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/246651885/m%3D900/v2?user_id=15786437&webp=true&sig=011eb28deb60acfefec4e0b36c9e340a01f3abe6d82f971582c575cede9eb663)

(https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/246651887/m%3D900/v2?user_id=15786437&webp=true&sig=2aa3f952841f2171772dadaf7ecefbaa0c16dc48bdd543ae42bf09e9ea755e5b)

(https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/246651893/m%3D900/v2?user_id=15786437&webp=true&sig=e8cb4417b467538bc2c151e797e868c66afb87abb54a7d40ca9f10ba3a4d6b63)

(https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/246651907/m%3D900/v2?user_id=15786437&webp=true&sig=a028ac88d6496808a20f542cb9af1406679bf5836ca755ede9243191b6a64044)

(https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/246651901/m%3D900/v2?user_id=15786437&webp=true&sig=2cdab881ab3e2deccba9be5bfff3e61162076d49d336cdcbbbaf72b8d3a64e89)
Title: Re: Travels with Tito: Bulgaria to Austria via the former Yugoslav states
Post by: rafletcher on 18 February, 2018, 09:31:40 pm: Hmmm, images not showing for me here - Safari onna iPad. Will have to look upstairs.
Title: Re: Travels with Tito: Bulgaria to Austria via the former Yugoslav states
Post by: Karla on 18 February, 2018, 09:42:49 pm: Click through and they might show up in the journal itself?
Title: Re: Travels with Tito: Bulgaria to Austria via the former Yugoslav states
Post by: rafletcher on 18 February, 2018, 10:04:00 pm: Yeah, that’s ok, it’s just here. Not tried on the laptop yet :)
Title: Re: Travels with Tito: Bulgaria to Austria via the former Yugoslav states
Post by: Sergeant Pluck on 18 February, 2018, 10:17:10 pm: From the FAQ on crazyguyonabike:

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Remote image link blocking is something I implemented in the server config to stop bandwidth leaching
Title: Re: Travels with Tito: Bulgaria to Austria via the former Yugoslav states
Post by: Karla on 19 February, 2018, 08:49:37 am: Aah gotcha. I'd better host them somewhere else then.
Title: Re: Travels with Tito: Bulgaria to Austria via the former Yugoslav states
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 20 February, 2018, 02:44:08 pm: That was a fun read. You write as you tour: unable to suppress the time trialler within you!

FTR student mix is a common name for a mixture of nuts and raisins, though I've not seen it in English before, and Dvorce refers to something like a manor house.
Title: Re: Travels with Tito: Bulgaria to Austria via the former Yugoslav states
Post by: Karla on 20 February, 2018, 03:38:15 pm: I'm not sure I mentioned it in the journal, but my reason for running tribars was that I was doing a 12 hour soon after I got back, so wanted to keep riding in position. Did I put it in? If not, that might be worth a quick edit.
Title: Re: Travels with Tito: Bulgaria to Austria via the former Yugoslav states
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 20 February, 2018, 03:52:29 pm: I don't think you mentioned tribars at all.
Title: Re: Travels with Tito: Bulgaria to Austria via the former Yugoslav states
Post by: Karla on 20 February, 2018, 03:57:54 pm: Aaahh, I just noticed them in the photos after you made the comment.
Title: Re: Travels with Tito: Bulgaria to Austria via the former Yugoslav states
Post by: toontra on 20 February, 2018, 04:20:45 pm: Great RR, Greg. We toured the Balkans a couple of years ago and agree that Montenegro is a fantastic place to ride - so much variety of scenery and plenty of great climbs/descents.
Title: Re: Travels with Tito: Bulgaria to Austria via the former Yugoslav states
Post by: Ham on 20 February, 2018, 05:03:18 pm: Really enjoyed reading if not the thought of the dogs - is there a trace of the route anywhere?
Title: Re: Travels with Tito: Bulgaria to Austria via the former Yugoslav states
Post by: Karla on 20 February, 2018, 07:28:42 pm: Glad you liked it :) I've now fettled my Strava so you can click through the links on each page to see the route.