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Those faded panniers say so much...
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Originally Posted by muse kidd
(Post 23550018)
Those faded panniers say so much...
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Originally Posted by polymorphself
(Post 23548370)
I am sure I have asked you this somewhere before but cannot find it. What camera(s) do you use?
Used Fuji XT3 for years, and since 2021 I use the Fuji X E4 with one lens only 18mm = 27mm. Light and compact tool. |
Originally Posted by indyfabz
(Post 23548511)
Big Hole Pass today.
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On the GDMBR last week. Lots of racers passed us. Lots of other tourers (or were they bikepackers?) going north and south. I think everyone I talked to had heard of ACA. Two ladies from New Zealand, lots of Europeans, a man from Turkey. A Canadian racer commented to me that he thought the top 10 race leaders were all European. I wonder why they are all here if North America is such an awful place to tour? I know, a different thread.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...899b5d90b.jpeg OH, and somebody please tell me - am I touring or am I bikepacking? Since I'm 72 and aging out I'm touring? If I were only 32, I'd be bikepacking? Or no, it is the racks and bags? I am so confused! I saw one other rider (he was young!) with the Crank Tank. He said it was the best purchase he made for the trip and that everyone asked him about it. Nobody even noticed mine! It is not fair. I am pleased with it though. I apologize for the cliche photo, which ACA would find totally unacceptable these days. |
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Originally Posted by L134
(Post 23551119)
A Canadian racer commented to me that he thought the top 10 race leaders were all European. I wonder why they are all here if North America is such an awful place to tour? I know, a different thread.
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Apulia
Originally Posted by Siu Blue Wind
(Post 18736747)
Would love to see some cool pictures of what you saw as you toured. Bikes in the pics a plus!
Apulia. |
This old barn is located on a dirt road that parallels MT 41 outside of Twin Bridges. It was restored and now serves as an event venue.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f5db23935.jpeg |
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Mt Fuji, Japan:
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...9461652017.jpg Innoshima, Japan: https://www.japan.travel/en/itinerar...imanami-kaido/ https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...36247789b0.jpg Maijishan Grottoes, Tianshui, China (Silk Road) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maijishan_Grottoes https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4b90d09394.jpg Abandoned road over Wushaoling Pass, Gansu, China (Silk Road). Modern road is 23 miles of tunnel underneath. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexi_Corridor https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...66c101411e.jpg Jiayu Pass - Western Terminus of Great Wall, China (Silk Road) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiayu_Pass https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...17b86ba26f.jpg Dunhuang, China (Silk Road) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent_Lake_(Dunhuang) https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8ec65c8436.jpg Same location as above, looking left https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...342c69e073.jpg Schloss Neuschwanstein, Bavaria, Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein_Castle https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b7a9bde819.jpg The Inn Valley above Innsbruck, looking down from Brenner Pass, Austria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innsbruck https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...60cb648479.jpg |
The Walls of Constantinople, Turkey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walls_of_Constantinople https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...fb01b896f4.jpg Serpent Column Erected by Greeks in 479 BC to commemorate the defeat of the Persians at the Battle of Plataea, moved From Delphi to Constantinople by Constantine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent_Column https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3f0c6d9869.jpg Ruins of Nicaea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Council_of_Nicaea https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...a83d0c08b3.jpg The great salt lake of Tuz Gölü (lit. 'salt lake'), Turkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tuz https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...59b8419360.jpg Ilhara Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihlara_valley https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...47d451a15f.jpg The Valley of the Upper Euphrates, Turkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzincan https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...82b284f652.jpg Ani, Armenian Highlands, Turkey (Formerly Armenia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ani https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ac07c589fd.jpg The Caucasus, Turkey/Armenia border https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_highlands https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...92fa8c1814.jpg Bonus Photo Plataea, Boeotia, Greece (aforementioned Serpent Column battle site) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plataea https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...00ee347c62.jpg |
Yan, like the times that you nabbed the slivers of light vs dark shots. Gotta grab em when you can. Always fun to see images of your travels.
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TBT. 2014 after sifting for sapphires at Gem Mountain. I was there again last month.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...c7406141f.jpeg |
Sweet Oscar photobombed this shot of Georgetown Lake.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ee7e445ae.jpeg |
This is "The Stack". Pretty much all that remains of the once massive copper smelting operation in Anaconda, MT. Copper was mined under the streets of Butte and rolled downhill by rail to Anaconda. The Stack believed to be the largest free standing masonry structure in the world. The Washington Monument could fit comfortably inside.
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https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...6c96091ef2.jpg
July 30 2025, southern Albania, climbing toward Leskovik https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8ee46c11e2.jpg July 30 2025, southern Albania This very moment |
nice, I am just leaving to Albania, Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro.
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Originally Posted by str
(Post 23574196)
nice, I am just leaving to Albania, Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro.
Do you have a Strava account others can follow? |
Originally Posted by Yan
(Post 23575442)
Nice. Don't skip the Ciro trail or the Koto Serpentine. Watch out for gypsies around Shkoder.
Do you have a Strava account others can follow? sorry, have no strava anymore. after staying 3 days in Bari last night we took the ferry to Dubrovnik. ferry arrived 7AM this morning and we cycled straight to Kotor. tomorrow the serpentines .. and then on to Dumitor. here the planned route, 99% little tarmac roads. skipping some very beautiful off roads. a favor to my wife. ;) Montenegro to Albania |
Originally Posted by str
(Post 23578266)
hello Yan,
sorry, have no strava anymore. after staying 3 days in Bari last night we took the ferry to Dubrovnik. ferry arrived 7AM this morning and we cycled straight to Kotor. tomorrow the serpentines .. and then on to Dumitor. here the planned route, 99% little tarmac roads. skipping some very beautiful off roads. a favor to my wife. ;) Montenegro to Albania Also recommend you skip the Njegusi serpentine and take the tunnel instead. It's downhill and you will be through in just a few seconds. Hardly any cars on that road anyway. https://maps.app.goo.gl/CcFfgrJxZVtMngT26 I thought the Njegusi climb, even with the tunnel, was harder than the Kotor climb. As you can see the Kotor climb wasn't very hard at all. Njegusi is the small climb at the three hour mark: https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ac3682f77f.jpg |
Originally Posted by Yan
(Post 23578326)
Nice. After the serpentine I recommend lunch at this restaurant: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wNgE2KT2ubeWmBgX7
Also recommend you skip the Njegusi serpentine and take the tunnel instead. It's downhill and you will be through in just a few seconds. Hardly any cars on that road anyway. https://maps.app.goo.gl/CcFfgrJxZVtMngT26 I thought the Njegusi climb, even with the tunnel, was harder than the Kotor climb. As you can see the Kotor climb wasn't very hard at all. Njegusi is the small climb at the three hour mark: https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ac3682f77f.jpg |
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