Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
(Copied from the Mundane News thread)
I'll be going off on an interview in a couple of weeks to somewhere the other side of yonder beyond nowhere, so much so that they're nicely saying I can have an afternoon interview to get there in time.
The problem with this, of course, is that it means I can't get back in the same day: I'd end up arriving at some unchristian hour of the next morning.
Now, I'd be taking the Xtracycle anyway, because it's handy to have transport between station and interview location, and the Xtracycle has lots of luggage capacity. So I'm wondering: instead of rushing back, I could ride into the very beautiful hills, wild camp overnight, and ride to another railway station the next morning after a mini tour.
I could catch a train to Zell im Wiesental, then ride about 15k to Todtmoos. I think there's a route along much of the old railway for that section. If I aim to stop overnight as far north of Todtmoos, as possible, then ride over the peak to Feldberg the next day, that'd be about 35k in total with 850m climbing, or I could go to the main line in Neustadt, which would be about 50k, but the last 15 would mainly be downhill and would save changing trains in Neustadt. The climb sounds murderous, but the short ride could compensate for that, right?
Exciting new cycling and some interesting train riding sounds good to me. Also the youth hostel in Feldberg is looking for staff, so I could check that too...
I'd really like to catch the train to Villingen-Schwenningen, and ride from there because it would be a mostly downhill imperial century, but with the near 900m climb in my legs I think that would be pushing it a bit.
It's a long shot I know but does anyone know the southern Black Forest and cycling opportunities therein?
I'll be going off on an interview in a couple of weeks to somewhere the other side of yonder beyond nowhere, so much so that they're nicely saying I can have an afternoon interview to get there in time.
The problem with this, of course, is that it means I can't get back in the same day: I'd end up arriving at some unchristian hour of the next morning.
Now, I'd be taking the Xtracycle anyway, because it's handy to have transport between station and interview location, and the Xtracycle has lots of luggage capacity. So I'm wondering: instead of rushing back, I could ride into the very beautiful hills, wild camp overnight, and ride to another railway station the next morning after a mini tour.
I could catch a train to Zell im Wiesental, then ride about 15k to Todtmoos. I think there's a route along much of the old railway for that section. If I aim to stop overnight as far north of Todtmoos, as possible, then ride over the peak to Feldberg the next day, that'd be about 35k in total with 850m climbing, or I could go to the main line in Neustadt, which would be about 50k, but the last 15 would mainly be downhill and would save changing trains in Neustadt. The climb sounds murderous, but the short ride could compensate for that, right?
Exciting new cycling and some interesting train riding sounds good to me. Also the youth hostel in Feldberg is looking for staff, so I could check that too...
I'd really like to catch the train to Villingen-Schwenningen, and ride from there because it would be a mostly downhill imperial century, but with the near 900m climb in my legs I think that would be pushing it a bit.
It's a long shot I know but does anyone know the southern Black Forest and cycling opportunities therein?
