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Scenic biking on Baiului Mountain

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Andrei Olariu

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

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Andrei Olariu

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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Samura Groundhog

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Andrei Olariu

Not a lot of people are familiar with the Samura brand. I wasn’t either, until Mihai asked me what tires am I using for offroad biking (worried before going to Sinaia[1][2]). I answered “The ones that came with my bike”. He said “Tell me their bra… Continue…

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How I descended 1500m on a bike and survived

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Andrei Olariu

(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…

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How I climbed 1400 meters on a bike and survived

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Andrei Olariu

I was feeling a little nervous before starting this. I’ve never done a climb that could even come close to the altitude difference from Sinaia (800m) to Cabana Miorita (2000m). Which sounds like a challenge. So I packed 2 2L bottles of water, ener… Continue…

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