Hello! I would like to share the route I made for myself and my story how I finished it recently. The route I will describe starts in Belgrade, goes along the Danube River, through Djerdap National Park to the border with Serbia, and returns to Belgrade through Kucaj-Beljanica National Park. The route is compilation from parts of different EuroVel routes.
Route Summary:
- Total length: about 700 km;
- Total elevation: about 5000 m;
- Highest climbing category: 2;
- Highest point: 960 m above the sea;
- Estimated days required: 6-7;
- Overall level: medium;
- Recommended lowest gear: 1:1
- Recommended tires: 35+ mm or MTB;
- Link to the routeplanner;
- Link to Kamoot;
- Total price, including hotels and food in restaurants: 385 Eur (Fall 2023);
I made a blog post with detailed information about every part and also additional photos inside.
5 Comments
calamitycastle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Wow! A pretty epic journey by my estimation
You speak so little about your bike, do you have any other posts about it?
sem@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
No I don't, but looks like I should :)
Longs story short, I'm using the cheapest Decathlon Triban 100 (~300 Eur) with replaced transmission. Instead of stock 7 speed one I installed Shimano Sora 34/50 & 11-34 (bought it on Aliexpress for 200 Eur). Also instead of stock tires I installed Continental Contact Plus 35 mm.
calamitycastle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Amazing, it sounds like it was sufficient to get you up those climbs. From the way you write it sounds like the descents were more difficult
sem@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
True, 1:1 (sora has 34:34) lowest gear is absolutely enough for all the climbings on this route. I guess even 34:32 may be enough, depends of physical condition of rider.
FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Damn, that is beautiful. Hope to see more of your posts here!