Tigerbiten
Guru
I done both the direct Rhine-Danube crossing and the Rhine-Main-canal-Danube crossing.The second is lot shorter and flatter than the first from the Hook.
Dream tour route?
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jay clock
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- Location
- Hampshire UK
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jay clock
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- Location
- Hampshire UK
also just seen your other rides and will be reading Gib to JOG as have done a bit of that
Tigerbiten
Guru
I roughly followed EV6, Konstanz - Tuttlingen, bar I went the long way around the lake from Konstanz before rejoining the route for the ~20 mile pull over the watershed.
I think the first gorge on the Danube after Tuttlingen is the best.
That way on my European rivers tour.
Home -> Rhine -> Rhone -> Canal de Midi -> Loire -> Rhine -> Danube -> Vltava -> Elbe -> Home.
A nice flat 5,000 mile figure 8 route around western europe.
Dave Davenport
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- Location
- Hampshire
I know lots of people like river routes but personally I find them pretty dull, we've done sections of quite a few and are always fed up with them after a few days.
I really think it depends on how samey they are - its often the lesser of two evils - The northern european plain can be worse - if you do as @Tigerbiten does and change your river regularly it can work
I am thinking of UK Istanbul for next year but the Atlantic to the Black Sea sounds like a great trip and is firing my imagination, I have been taking the easy options (France/Spain) too often.
I also want to cross America, East to West and visit my elderly relatives in WA one more time before it's too late. I have criss crossed the USA on a motorbike and in rental cars, it's citizens (generally) are the most open and hospitable people I have met anywhere, I don't think they'll have changed recently............................if that trip was your ambition then I'd still go for it. I am 55 next and hope to do it next year, health permitting and relatives staying alive.
I also want to cross America, East to West and visit my elderly relatives in WA one more time before it's too late. I have criss crossed the USA on a motorbike and in rental cars, it's citizens (generally) are the most open and hospitable people I have met anywhere, I don't think they'll have changed recently............................if that trip was your ambition then I'd still go for it. I am 55 next and hope to do it next year, health permitting and relatives staying alive.
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
Looks wonderful. How long will that take?
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jay clock
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- Location
- Hampshire UK
I also saw one here https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?o=1M2&page_id=459461&v=3l - knowing the French they would not put up with rubbish breadView attachment 335939
@albal Did you try the machine? - I was expecting it to be stale - but it was actually quite good
Richard Fairhurst
Guru
- Location
- Charlbury, the Cotswolds
I've always been tempted by the Pacific Coast. Fewer flat miles of cornfields than the TransAm, and the politics are more tolerable...
I never used the machine no.View attachment 335939
@albal Did you try the machine? - I was expecting it to be stale - but it was actually quite good
I am told the southern tier is not as scenic as the T/A, plus it passes through more major towns, the T/A went through Pueblo, CO with a population of 108,000. That was the most populated town we passed through. I,ll let you know how it goes for me. Should be a blog as usual.
