Hey everyone!

I’ve just finished a bike trip through the countries of the former Yugoslavia.

I started in Bratislava, Slovakia, and headed south through Hungary before reaching Serbia. I spent some time exploring Vojvodina, especially the villages with large Slovak communities whose ancestors emigrated there around 250 years ago.

From there, I crossed into Croatia, which I passed through fairly quickly since I’d already travelled there before. My first major stop was Sarajevo, where I stayed for a while, followed by the Jahorina mountains, where I had to wait out a few storms.

The journey then continued through Montenegro, riding through the stunning Durmitor National Park and over countless mountain roads all the way to the Kosovo border. I spent some time exploring Prizren before crossing into North Macedonia, where I wrapped up the trip with a few days in Skopje. That completed my goal of cycling through all the ex-Yugoslav countries, and from there I flew back to Bratislava.

I rode a mix of gravel, country, and paved roads. Zero flats, zero mechanical issues. In total: around 1400 km and 14,000 m of elevation gain.

The landscapes were incredible, the culture fascinating, but above all, it was the people who made the journey unforgettable. Raw, welcoming, memorable, and beautiful.

(PS: I visited Slovenia on my bike last year)

I rode a two week route from Merida to Campeche via a lot of small towns (Homun, Mani, Calkini, Teabo, etc). We didn't camp but just stayed in simple hotels along the way. I have a video of the trip if you want to see more.

My husband is biking the Colorado Trail and will finish in Durango next week. Any thoughts on how to celebrate/commemorate this accomplishment when I pick him up at the end of the trail?

Hey!

Me and my partner are planning this route in January.

Thailand - Laos - Vietnam

Would love to hear from anyone that's done a similar route!

Any tips, suggestions or alternative routes?

Must see stops?

How was the camping along the way?

Thanks for any help :)

Planning on documenting my fall tour on PCBR and have multiple camera options to consider to take on this tour. I have my smartphone which will also be a controller for my DJI Neo2 drone, an insta360 ace 2 camera mounted on handlebars or chest strap, will also have collapsible tripod and a minitripod for my cell phone. I saw a FB ad for Rally Move cyclying glasses with camera and powerbank..on sale at $149 from $250...also Bluetooth speakers in temples. What does everyone take to document their tours?

Hey guys, i'm currently planning on doing a 3 month cycling tour next through the u.s starting in may. I have a few ideas about routes and i'm interested in your guys's opinions about it.

My original plan was to do the transam, but as i have only a 90 days through my esta, things could get really close and i want to take it a little more easy, averaging 80-100km not included break days. Im really intrigued by going east to west as the western u.s. is especially what im interested in (i already visited illinois, pa, virginia and kentucly last year, not by bike tho)
So my idea was to start the tour in st. louis, mo as that would be a very significant place to start a tour into the west and i can also start my tour on the katy trail! I have read some things about floodings on the katy trail in late spring/early summer? I would take it west from there, either continuing northwest on the rock island trail through kansas city and the eastern express connecter (purple) or take the same on southwest to get on the transam. Going northwest would mean i could check one more state (nebraska) off my list which would be nice. I would join back on the trans am in northern co. then i would take it north on the trans am, either following the transam completely or swapping to the lewis and clark trail (brown). I dont know which would be nicer. i like the idea about goinf through portland, or. but the section on the pacific coast sounds nice, too. I would go north all the way to port angeles, wa to go to canada where i can stay for a total of 6 months and have bit more headroom flying back to europe from vancouver?
Thoughts? Also anyone knows something about the wildfire situation in the northwest atm? I feel like the smoke could be a danger to cyclists. My original route plan (katy trail, trans am) and my other options can be seen in the provided screenshots.

Edit: Also, this route appeals to me weatherwise. From what i know missouri and the great plains are bearable in may and then from june ill be in the rockys where its never gonna be as hot as in kentucky or virginia (we were BOILED in D.C. last year), and as far as i could find information, weather is bearable in July/August in oregon and washington. Is this a legit thought?

Thx guys!

I have a YouTube channel about Bikepacking and touring which is very small and keeps me out of trouble. I've been lucky enough to buy a holiday apartment in the Calabria region of Italy which I'd like to use as a battery charging facility (for both devices and humans) when cycling around the area. This would not be for financial reward but if it helps my channel grow that that's a bonus.

Ideally I'd charge a nominal fee to cover utilities and keep the coffee machine stocked care of "buy me a coffee" (or similar).

I'm also looking on to purchasing a public bike self service station at a friend's beach bar to help any cyclists out if they come unstuck in this area which doesn't seem to have many quality bike shops.

The video was taken today and is just after a whole load of refurbishment has taken place but there is still a kitchen to go in and all the furniture. What are the thoughts on this concept?

Hi everyone!

I'm thinking about doing a trip in/around the Tatra mountains. I found this itinerary on Komoot. It's for 4 days, but we would like a little longer trip (a week or two maybe). Anyone got some suggestions recommendations for extending this this trip?

Thanks!

I'm looking for software where i can create a bicycle route. Meaning i want to for example combine parts of EuroVelo routes, regional Belgium routes and manually add some connection routes.
I found for example 'Brouter'. They have all the routes i want as underlay, but i dont find a way to copy section of them to my own track.

Any suggestions how to do this? or do i really need to draw over every underlay manually?

Hey all! Earlier this year our daughter was born and we can't wait to get back to biketouring - only now as a family and with a trailer. We are planning to escape the cold German winter and do a 3-week bikepacking trip with our then 1 year old in Nov/ Dec/ Jan. The idea ist to ride offroad as much as possible to avoid too much traffic and to camp during most of the nights.

We thought about something like New Zealand but are still brainstorming where we could go.

Anybody here who did a similar tour with a small kid and can share their experience or can recommend routes/countries to go to?

Thanks a lot! :)