Originally Posted by
Long Tom
"Start"? Yikes. IMHO you'll want to bank a couple thousand miles minimum (in 20-100 mile chunks) on a bike before setting out on a big tour like that. You'll have numerous fit issues to sort out and likely some body issues too.
My bad for the misunderstanding. I will be doing the tour after I practice with smaller ones. The 2.000 km trip is pretty much a straight shot from Romania to England (after I tour every country on the way, one per trip). I'm just hoping that I get the hang of riding a road bike quickly because I would very much enjoy visiting the vast majority of European countries in the span of 6 months.