Travels with Tito: Bulgaria to Austria via the former Yugoslav states

[Karla]

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

You should go read it, it's rather good    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 and Hippy.

To whet your appetite, here are some photos.

[rafletcher]

Hmmm, images not showing for me here - Safari onna iPad. Will have to look upstairs.

[Karla]

Click through and they might show up in the journal itself?

[rafletcher]

Yeah, that’s ok, it’s just here. Not tried on the laptop yet 

[Sergeant Pluck]

From the FAQ on crazyguyonabike:

Remote image link blocking is something I implemented in the server config to stop bandwidth leaching

[Karla]

Aah gotcha.  I'd better host them somewhere else then.

[Cudzoziemiec]

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.

[Karla]

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.

[Cudzoziemiec]

I don't think you mentioned tribars at all.

[Karla]

Aaahh, I just noticed them in the photos after you made the comment.

[toontra]

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.

[Ham]

Really enjoyed reading if not the thought of the dogs - is there a trace of the route anywhere?

[Karla]

Glad you liked it    I've now fettled my Strava so you can click through the links on each page to see the route.