It's done.
The trip took me 15 days with two "rest" days to go sightseeing in Berlin and Copenhagen. Started with about 90-120km a day in the beginning but decided to speed things up the past two days (three days worth of cycling in two days) riding about 180k every day so that I can enjoy Stockholm tomorrow.
Hadn't had any major issues: no mechanicals and surprisingly no flats. The GP5000 have been increadible and I can't recommend them enough.
Was a bit nervous from packing light and needing something on the way but I had everything I needed and even some stuff I didn't.
Let's take a moment to commemorate the ones we lost along the way. The first casualty was one of the stainless bottle in the back. As I was getting on the bike, I kept kicking it and it fell a few times before the lid broke. DIYed a zip tie solution to keep the bottles in the cages to save at least the second one. The other fallen soldiers are my sandals. Had them tied to the saddle bag with a strap, which worked fine until I got to Sweden with only one shoe. If anyone finds it, the other one is in a shelter not far from Helsingborg.
Gear list:
Cannondale Topstone, SRAM AXS Rival 44-11t, 32t chainring, tubeless setup with 35mm Continental GP5000S tr, Decathlon aerobars
Topeak 15l saddle bag with swaybar
2x Woho X-touring 7l fork bags on Decathlon forkcages
Fjallraven x Specialized Hoja L 5l frame bag (really satisfied with this one)
Decathlon Riverside 1l toptube bag
I'll happily answer any questions about the route, the gear, or anything regarding the trip 😉
by luki99998