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Scenic biking on Baiului Mountain
Last year I tried to bike on top of Baiului Mountain. Wasn’t able to push my bike up the ski slope, so I aborted. This year I came again. Now I’m stronger – I can push my bike pretty much everywhere. I’m also wiser – instead of going up the slope,… Continue…
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Biking Prahova
The plan: go to Ploiesti, bike around the EmmedueCup track and come back. At 7am-ish I was in Bucharest Basarab train station, a station lost in time. 500 meters away you have the North train station, with ~sort of~ a more western feeling (KFC, Mc… Continue…
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How I descended 1500m on a bike and survived
(Part 1 here) Woke up at 7 am. The guys were sleeping. Decided I didn’t want to disturb them so I snoozed for one hour. At 8, I gently got off my bed (although I couldn’t prevent it from squeaking). I noticed I forgot my non-biking pants at home, … Continue…