Racing with Truebike

With our new bike – challenge accepted.

Finally we could try the new MTB bike in real race, MTB marathon. The wheather was all week sunny and very agreeable and on Saturday when you least needed it, it started slightly raining and rained all day. But these are the best conditions for testing, hm?

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And the placings? 22 position in the category of 40-49 years. Not so bad 🙂

From Sumava to Bratislava

Ready for launch.

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1st uphill behind us.

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Polednik – former Iron Curtain’s watchtower on the Czech-German border.

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Looking for the right direction and strawberries.

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Pit stop at last!

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One of our sleeping spots.

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Leaving Sumava.

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Breakfast break.

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Cesky Krumlov.

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Hiding in shadow.

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Follow me, guys.

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Austria.

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Last stage of the day on Vranov dam.

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Next morning.

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And still up and down.

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Znojmo.

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Blessed be the magic plant.

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Austria again but closer to home.

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We did it!

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Mediterranean coast on big wheels

Two of our big wheeled beasts were exploring three European ports – Barcelona, Marseille and Genova. Each of them is specific and beautiful but Barcelona definitely has the most developed bike infrastructure.

Barcelona

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Yummy! Slow food restaurant near the beach.

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Marseille

A bit like San Francisco – we recommend to know precisely the direction if you don’t want to climb the hills up and down (like us).

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Genova

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Old town with streets like this.

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Sea Otter Europe in Girona

This expo concept originally comes from California. We took part in 3rd European edition in Girona, Catalunya. We spent there three days and enjoyed its ambiance very much…

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and the town is lovely…

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Kolektif Berlin 2019

We were happy to return to the multicultural Berlin, city of bikes and clubs. The event Berliner Fahrradschau was cancelled so we tried a new concept called Kolektif Berlin, much smaller but still very visited. As usual most of the people were surprised by the size of our wheels, but once they tried it, they were surprised by Truebike’s maneuverability and stability. The small testing area didn’t allow to see how easy is to maintain the speed on the flat road. Nevertheless they enjoyed it!

And here is some proof:

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Cycling and hiking in Gemer

Slovakia is a beautiful country indeed. There are also areas not overcrowded with tourists, e.g. like Tatras. Hence we decided to get known a forgotten area of Gemer with its splendid nature and lots of technical monuments in the countryside breathing with timeworn glory of past centuries.

Tunnel Dielik: we barely found one of its entrances near the main road from Muran to Tisovec. This side is flooded.

This tunnel is a part of so-called Gemer connections – unfinished railway that should connect the cut-off parts of Gemer after the First Vienna Arbitration. As a result of the Second World War II. these territories were assigned back to Slovakia, hence the purpose of these connections vanished.

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Camping in Muran Plain and ready for the first bike trip.

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Other technical monuments are in Zeleznik, former mining village where the iron was extracted.

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Skittle alley for miners.

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And cinema for miners.

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From Zeleznik great downhill to the village Sirk where we found the old Romanian Church.

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And Sirk’ s beautiful blast furnace.

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To get back to our car we had to climb 10 km up with the dog in a trailer but the view was our reward. Low Tatras with the peak Kralova hola in the background.

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2 days hiking in Muran Plain. Fabova hola – its highest peak.

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View from Poludnica – the photo with the car was taken down on the meadow at right.

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Chalet under the Muran Castle, isn’t she gorgeous?

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And the Muran Castle with astonishing views into the valley.

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Kopras tunnel and viaduct, both belonging to the unfinished rail system: the best option for cooling down in hot summer.

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Night off by the lake in Dedinky.

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Our neighbours from camp wanted to test 36 er.

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The longest (almost 2,5 km) tunnel of Gemer connections is the one of Slavosovce. And it’s really dark and cold inside.

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Biking in Slovak Karst is pretty exhausting in summer.

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But once you climb on the top you can find an old cistern of Sereny.

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Last but not least, Silica Ice Abyss.

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Along river Moravia to Bratislava on 2 wheels

Ready for boarding the train:

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Trains in Czech Republic are really fast, so are we:

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Nice countryside along river Moravia where the cycling on flat roads with big wheels makes you feel unbeatable:

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Crossing the border between Czechia and Slovakia – hilly region of White Carpathians provides some challenges:

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And we need some refreshment as well:

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Back to hometown:

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Lastly some video “Somewhere in Moravia”:

 

Memories from Cyclingworld

This season has begun in Düsseldorf.

We were invited to the exhibition in western Germany to introduce our big wheels to the local cycling audience. People were different, ask less but still took the opportunity to test the Truebike. And our bike was the third most popular:Cyclingworld_Greenfinder_RideReport

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WINTER FIGHTER

It’s foggy, rainy or snowy outside? Do you want to be visible? No problem with our winter weather fighter in neon yellow…

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