We finished!!!! After a 2,641 mile (4,250 ks) trip taking us from Istanbul, Turkey to Sofia, Bulgaria over three months, Suzie and I finally dismounted our bikes and put the trip behind us. This trip has been a life changing experience I will not soon forget, nor will I fail to remember all the incredible people I met along the way [...]
Riding through quiet towns at the base of the Balkan Mountains.
Touring a typical campsite for our team.
Albania: land of endless hills and unrelenting heat. The barren landscape from the border of Kosovo and the piercing sun swept over us immediately and with a ferocity like we never anticipated. So far, this truly has been the most challenging country I have ever cycled, and the past 2 days have been the most physically demanding ones of my [...]
Shortly after eating dinner we unintentionally attracted quite the crowd of young Albanian locals. Despite a language barrier we successfully had a push up contest and received some local milk and produce from them. It was a great first experience of Albania!
Cycling isn’t what I thought it was going to be. I mean, in some ways I guess it was. I knew cycling through Albania in the middle of July was going to be hot. I knew we had some big climbs that would be physically and mentally challenging. And I knew it was going to be just that, physically and [...]
This is Ned. Ned works at a gas station that doesn’t sell gas. A car stops to fill up. He tells them in Serbian, “I’m sorry, we’re all out. No petrol.” The confused yet understanding driver rolls off. Ned waves his hand upwards and rolls his eyes. “Hm…” he ponders, appearing slightly annoyed but still with a carefree step in [...]
We finished!!!! After a 2,641 mile (4,250 ks) trip taking us from Istanbul, Turkey to Sofia, Bulgaria over three months, Suzie and I finally dismounted our bikes and put the trip behind us. This trip has been a life changing experience I will not soon forget, nor will I fail to remember all the incredible people I met along the way [...]
Taking the backroads in Bulgaria on our last day we expected relatively level roads that were in acceptable condition. We were wrong as we gradually climbed all day through construction projects and around hundreds of pot holes.
Perhaps we were a bit too ambitious to think we could complete our 3rd consecutive 100 mile ride…. Especially when the terrain is ALL uphill. Thinking we could make it to Plovdiv along the relentless mountain roads in the Balkan Mtns…we were beaten down by 6 hours of straight up climbing. In the end… Our previous days rides left us [...]
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