Vienna Airport to Budapest.

[EltonFrog]

Arrived a the Vienna airport last night, set off from the airport hotel and followed the bike signs towards Vienna, then peeled off on another route across the canals and rivers to make our way to EV 6 and headed down towards Hainburg on almost exclusively traffic free paths. Approximately 35.00 miles.

Hotel

On the way

First sight of the Danube

Peaceful

Cake!

There’s no Mystery to a Viking River Cruise.

You’re not allowed to rollerblade here.

 

[EltonFrog]

Couple more pics

Couldn’t finish this!

 

[Cycleops]

You'll never make it on those small wheels and all that pastry and ice cream.

 

[EltonFrog]

I’ve edited the title because we are on our way to Budapest.

Short trip today to Bratislava, a nats nadger over 10 miles, check in to hotel and have a walk around the city. lovely weather, a bit of a wind, but not enough to vex.

Excellent cycling tracks, very quiet and lovely countryside.

EV6

This track ends on the border, and the train, just comes back.

Austrian/Slovakian border.

Armoured bunker and anti tank doodads built in 1937.

“No one would’ve believed in the early part of the 20th century…” ooooooh whaaaa…

Cake! The Slovaks don’t feck about when it comes to cake.

There’s a cycle path under the main road of that bridge over the Danube.

 

[EltonFrog]

Now in that Hungary, 52 miles today, 40 of them along the Danube, not a car or traffic light in sight, not even for ready money.

Just about to leave Bratislava.

Pancake flat, slightly down hill, with the wind behind.

Action shot.

Lunch time.

A magnum in Sap.

The only bit of unpaved track, approximately 2 miles out of 52.

I’m wondering if these posts are in the wrong fred @Moderators ?

 

[EltonFrog]

Györ to Komáron 26 miles, all but 2 miles on traffic free segregated dedicated cycle paths, through woods and villages along highways, broadly following the Danube on the Hungarian side, when we arrived at Komáron we rode over the river again back in to Slovakia.

 

[Gunk]

Very envious Carl, looks beautiful- how are you managing with the Brompton gearing, is it reasonable flat there?

 

[EltonFrog]

Very envious Carl, looks beautiful- how are you managing with the Brompton gearing, is it reasonable flat there?

It’s flatter than a witch’s tit, so far, 600 ft of climbing today over 25 miles, yesterday over 50 miles we seemed to be going downhill all the way with wind behind. I did have bit of gear change problem yesterday, wouldn’t go into 2, but I sorted it when I got to the hotel, I think it was cable stretch, and the toggle chain needed tweaking, it was perfect today.

 

[TheDoctor]

Very envious. We did the Passau - Vienna bit a good few years ago, and this looks just as good.

 

[Jameshow]

It’s flatter than a witch’s tit, so far, 600 ft of climbing today over 25 miles, yesterday over 50 miles we seemed to be going downhill all the way with wind behind. I did have bit of gear change problem yesterday, wouldn’t go into 2, but I sorted it when I got to the hotel, I think it was cable stretch, and the toggle chain needed tweaking, it was perfect today.

How flat is that?
I'm in North York Moors how would you describe that!?🤣🤣🤣

 

[EltonFrog]

From Komárno to Esztergom today, approximately 38.00 miles, the last 10 of which were irksome, gravely tracks, slabs of uneven concrete and quite busy roads, and nothing open to get something to eat. BUT, it’s still stunning scenery, and so peaceful.

Follow the signs.

Some kind of speed boat race

Nice and flat…so far.

Finally managed to find somewhere to eat.

So peaceful.

Along the route there are these cycle stations where they have tools and pumps to use.

We kept passing these Germans along the route. They can’t resist a sun-bed that lot.

Difficult surface on 16 inch wheels.

The route.

Roman ruin.

 

[EltonFrog]

The Slovaks do not feck about when it comes to cake.

 

[EltonFrog]

Left Esztergom today, for the 53.45 mile ride to Budapest. First five miles along traffic free parks and woodlands, to the Ferry at Szob, which inevitably was not running . So onto Visegrád along very busy roads with really aggressive drivers. At 16 miles we eventually found the ferry, it’s not well sign posted, but at least it was running.

This is a pontoon really tugged about by a little boat.

Did a little nut tightening on one of the cycle stations.

It’s a national holiday here today, everyone and their dog is out on bikes of all shapes and sizes, I have never seen so many bikes outside of a sportive.

 

[EltonFrog]

A bottle of water in my hotel room.

“Small Hungarian touch for your pleasure.
This mineral water is coming from Balaton Region Zalaszentgrot where the mineral is from 685 meters depth, filtered for 14,000 years.”

USE BY 25.10.2024

WHAT THE FECK?

 

[EltonFrog]

BTW. 214 miles this week, including the faffy bits where we took wrong turns etc.