Hello dears,
i’ve been reading this channel for so long in prep for a longer trip and enjoyed immensely. Got a bit fixated on gear, but recently consumed some beautiful banger posts about people’s just-do-it first times and can now contribute one of those unprepared stories.
A friend and me share close birthdays and decided to get away over the weekend to Wachau (Austria) and underestimated how far we had to cycle uphill from the train station to our little accommodation.
My friend was riding a bike that saw movement for the first time after being outside all winter, dirty to an extend… u couldn’t be sure if dirt or parts of the steel where breaking off when flipping some dust. One break unfunctional due to dirty tube and the other probably not far from breaking – (can not recommend this anxiety inducing set-up). During the trip her freewheel thing broke and given the up and down hillyness – fun and mildly dangerous challenge! I had a fairly nice bike and we switched after the break happened. I had improvised a second bike bag before by knotting a backpack to my rack – worked very well! And also surprised to carry those bags on the rattly rack of hers. Everything is possible!
We did not camp this time so that helped a lot. All in all 10/10 would do it again! No risk no fun 🙂
by ronjakolumna
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Way to go! Just get out there and ride.