Well, by the time we head off it'll have been about a year in the planning. Nowt too extreme for some of you lot, but for me this is an epic trip - 14 days riding around central Europe taking in as much of the sights, sounds and tarmac as I can muster. I've been to France and Spain before but this will be my first 2-wheeled foray into the land of Biersteiners, Lederhosen, Frauleins and Bratwurst. Countries we will visit are Germany, Austria, Italy and Slovenia. Highlights planned are Black Forest, many Italian alpine passes (all the usual suspects), Dolomites, Lake Bled, Grossglockner, just being in new places on the bike with peeps I like to spend my time with.
Eight peeps on six bikes, myself and one other chap have our fairer halves along for the spin (that's the end of the Frauleins for me! ). Our bikes are transported to Memmingen mid-August with Overlanders, an Irish crowd who specialise in bike transport to central europe, Spain, Greece and further afield. We then follow over on a Ryanair flight, pick up the bikes near the airport and away we go. No big spin across UK and Europe, and the bikes are right where we want them when we arrive. With a group this size finding accommodation on the fly isn't really an option, so hotels have been pre-booked and routes determined after plenty of research and Google-tronics.
Not really looking for advice or tips - mostly this thread is for bragging purposes! Most on here will think 'been there, done that' but fuck it, just writing it all down gets me buzzing with excitement! This trip is what I think about most nights as I fall asleep. Shit like this makes ye feel like a kid at Christmas, and that's a hard one to beat.
Anyways, enough of the shite talk...so what's the plan? Think I'll do this one post for each day of the trip...
Eight peeps on six bikes, myself and one other chap have our fairer halves along for the spin (that's the end of the Frauleins for me! ). Our bikes are transported to Memmingen mid-August with Overlanders, an Irish crowd who specialise in bike transport to central europe, Spain, Greece and further afield. We then follow over on a Ryanair flight, pick up the bikes near the airport and away we go. No big spin across UK and Europe, and the bikes are right where we want them when we arrive. With a group this size finding accommodation on the fly isn't really an option, so hotels have been pre-booked and routes determined after plenty of research and Google-tronics.
Not really looking for advice or tips - mostly this thread is for bragging purposes! Most on here will think 'been there, done that' but fuck it, just writing it all down gets me buzzing with excitement! This trip is what I think about most nights as I fall asleep. Shit like this makes ye feel like a kid at Christmas, and that's a hard one to beat.
Anyways, enough of the shite talk...so what's the plan? Think I'll do this one post for each day of the trip...