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I am sick again, can’t believe it. Maybe i never really got all healthy, but now i’m pretty sure i have a laryngitis. Yesterday morning i was about to call it a trip and just try to take trains home to chill out. But then decided to stay here, take a room for a few nights and see how it goes.
Gorges de la Jonte
Days before i rode through the fantastic gorges in the cevennes but at some point couldn’t enjoy it anymore and was just struggling to get anywhere because i felt weak. Rode a bow around cevennes out to Nimes and i am staying here right now. The plan was originally to ride mont ventoux then towards the alps, but right now i feel like i need to chill out with cycling too much mountains. Long climbs while breathing through my mouth, i don’t think that will be great for my larynx. I think i will stay two more nights here and try to really relax, then see what to do.
@AchtungDrempels I hope you get well soon. And thanks for adding to my post, unfortunately I can’t see your response on my instance.
Thank you. That is a nice post you added to that topic, i will edit mine to make it better too when i have the head free to do it.
@AchtungDrempels I am glad you saw it, my instance went down after I posted it. So now I have to use mastodon (my alt account instance doesn’t federate with world)
Oh man what an evening i had yesterday. I started riding the “grand traverse massiv central” mtb route and again did not check tire pressure in a long time. Got a pinch flat, fixed it, then found out there was another hole, fixed that and then broke the sclaverland valve. I am not actually a fan of those, they are a bit too delicate for my taste.
Then i put in a new tube but could not manage to pump it up. Pump was going really heavy, making strange noises. Was getting dark and i just thought fuck it and set up my tent. This morning i took the new tube out, checked for holes and it had two holes. Guess i should have not carried it openly in my toolbag all this time. Fixed the holes and while pumping i fucking finally broke my pump completely. But i got it pumped up two thirds of the way, so i got off the rocky gtmc and am right now taking asphalt road to the next bicycle shop, which was 53 km away, if i did not want to go back in the direction where i came from. Still 35km to go, but it will open only at 16:00 anyway. Guess i’ll do a washing and chilling day then at the camping municipal close to the bike shop. Got lucky really that i managed to pump it up somewhat, otherwise would have been like 20km of pushing my bike over hilly and bumpy terrain back to where i came from.
Asphalt road is also real nice though
I am trying to make a list with relevant links for the sidebar. This is what i have now. Is it too much already? What should go? You got any links to add? Is the sorting crap?
Route planning
Hospitality exchange
- https://1nitetent.com
- https://warmshowers.org
- https://sleepy.bike (not sure about the future)
- https://welcometomygarden.org
Navigation / route planning apps
- https://cycle.travel
- https://mapy.cz
- https://osmand.net (also on f-droid)
- https://organicmaps.app (also on f-droid)
Diaries / Blogs
Other useful sites
- https://www.eurovelo.com (Eurovelo route information)
- https://udinaturen.dk (Shelters, free camp sites in Denmark)
- https://bivakzone.be (free campsites in Belgium)
- Areas in poland where wild camping is allowed
General Bicycle Touring / Bikepacking information and inspiration
Maybe start thread where everyone who wants can share region specific tips and pin it there too. As it is done in !homebrewing@sopuli.xyz
Very good idea. I was thinking also to open some faq topics like “how do you lock your bike” etc, then link to thise from the sidebar. Not even necessarily pin those.
Yeah I think that the pinning is not needed. I will post something and we will see what happens.
