hjmoravec

Does this Forum have bicycle riders interested in European biking? The best scenery, villages/overnight accomodations, safe routes, and too much food/beer are ever present there. My favorite rides are in Austria (Danube), Czech Republic, and Germany. If anyone's interested I can trade info/stories and recommendations based on 15, or so, such private trips. As time goes by, our (wifey and me) daily mileage objectives have ebbed to 50 to 70 km/day (4 to 5 hours), leaving plenty of time for in-route or end of the day sight-seeing.

All of my trips have started with loading bikes on the plane in Seattle, or (lately) renting bikes in Europe at either gateway cities or train-accessible start points. The "best" time to ride is late August through September when the tourist pressure is down, all tourist-worthy areas are still open and the weather is generally benign.

Post if you're into this kind of active vacation--we're into our early 70's, now and can still enjoy "cranking it out".

Hank Moravec

Ally

That information would be invaluable, Hank, the bike tours that you have done sound incredible. Having driven lorries and cars through Europe for many years, I have often wondered about taking it a little slower pace and seeing more of the scenery

Your experiences will be wonderful to read, I hope you will let us into your travels very soon