iLB's ride to India ...progress report...

[GrumpyGregry]

Your just being ridiculous now Dave

What are the modern Cali''s like to ride? I had a Spada for a while donkey's ago, and a Le Mans, but could never quite buy the whole Guzzi as laidback cruiser vibe.

 

[ianrauk]

Word in from the wanderer in the form of text..

Was fighting the sun and the hills. In rainy Vienna today for a rest :-) 2000kms now.
Will head to Gyor to watch Paris Roubiax with Hungarian mechanic from work, then spending next weekend in Budapest with Ruth (his girlfriend).
So a bit of a slower week now.

 

[ianrauk]

First one down... Going to eek out a few more kms before switching in Romania

 

[summerdays]

Do you know how many miles he has covered so far?

 

[iLB]

Somewhere north of 2000kms so far.

https://andrewcater.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/three-weeks-down-the-road/

 

[jags]

Your just being ridiculous now Dave

class

 

[ianrauk]

Day 27 Hungary

Some beautiful light spilling through the trees this morning as I took a dirt track through the forest

 

[fossyant]

First one down... Going to eek out a few more kms before switching in Romania

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Good lad, my mate is riding round the world and isn't looking at checking chains. Only fixes it if it breaks. He has been gone about 5 years. He's run out of time in the USA (can't stay long even as a Brit) and is off into Mexico as we type.

 

[Blue Hills]

First one down... Going to eek out a few more kms before switching in Romania

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Aren't you strictly supposed to change the chain at 0.75 to protect sprockets and chainset? Not that I'm pretending I always do. Impressed by care in taking the chain checker though.

Great thread.

 

[ianrauk]

Day 28

Nothing but Hungarian plains as far as the eye can see

 

[Hill Wimp]

Where does he hope to enter India and do we know his route once he has arrived there ?

 

[ianrauk]

Where does he hope to enter India and do we know his route once he has arrived there ?

It's all very much on the fly - it's the type of guy he is. Even though he has an outline and semi idea of the route.. he's just cycling.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Aren't you strictly supposed to change the chain at 0.75 to protect sprockets and chainset? Not that I'm pretending I always do. Impressed by care in taking the chain checker though.

Great thread.

the guy is pure class so I would expect nothing less

 

[ianrauk]

Day 30
The most idyllic spot I've awoken to so far this morning, the Danube practically lapping at the fly sheet

 

[ianrauk]

Day 33

The 1st edition of the Budapest - Arad "Fully loaded" spring classic was a true leg breaker at 280km. Good to shake things up after a weekend off.