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    Equipment and accessories for cycling – what proved to be useful?

    by Ewcyna 17 August 2018
    written by Ewcyna
    Bicycle travel equipment

    Bicycle trip equipment

    Tales of the way stories, but to travel by bicycle, and particularly the long, you need to prepare well in practice. Travel and camping equipment, its quality, convenience and (no)failure often determines, how this journey will proceed.  I am not an expert in this field, an experienced user can not, and that experience with the use of equipment and accessories, I own I would like to share. About different things, that I find useful in travel I have written 3 years ago here.

    1. saddlebags

    Saddlebags is one of the most important pieces of equipment bicycle traveler, isn't it?

    Choosing panniers I do not hide trouble. Teen I started years ago with panniers material of one of the Polish companies. They served many years, but also I found out, I got to be something stronger and waterproof, more reliable. The most common bicycle panniers Traveler, namely products of the German company Ortlieb have all the features of good panniers, but. for me they are simply too small - have 40 litrów. Jakbym się do nich nie przymierzała było to jakoś wydawało mi się za mało, although I know, that this is also the idea, to less strain and more sacks sack, which is mounted on the trunk.. Secondly, they do not have any pockets in addition to such, which can be purchased and attached, However, you need to do on this occasion no hole in the pouch and somehow I do not quite persuaded..

    Jesienią 2013 year, panniers searching the internet I came across a description of the outdoor equipment US Pacific Outdoor Equipment (now Hyalite). Saddlebags this company were to buy in one of the online stores in the UK (SJS Cycles) and not made up my mind - set cost from what I remember about 600 PLN . panniers are 60 l, large pockets, small pockets in the lid and front where you can hide something minor key. Fixing system on plastic hooks may not be perfect, but all in all better than samozatrzaski Ortlieb. By the way also I bought a self-inflating mat this company, of which I was very happy.

    bicycle panniers and Pacific Outdoor Equipment Ortlieb

    How come true? Throughout 1,5 he was calm, until one fine autumn day 2014 in South Korea broke my hook fastening in one of the panniers. Well, my luggage is heavy and yes. Unfortunately, I did not have the spare time to replace the hook (Now I have).  To this before from their own negligence smashed sliders in large pockets and went too 2-3 the latches flaps (They were vile quality) - suma summarum, I bought instead of repair.. new, the same the same company, which surprisingly they were somewhere in the Internet sales in South Korea. Do not know, Now if I was such a wasteful, that, but it came out. I have to say, it was actually a new version improved, hooks despite the huge weight of what wożę 3 years holding, sliders and also no clips are completely different and not broke as the previous. And of course, I can not pack a lot of.

    Unfortunately, if someone was interested in it bags they are no longer manufactured (unless, that otherwise wyguglacie).  As I wrote, the company is now called Hyalite.

    At the front of my bike panniers Ortlieb, model with a flap (look photo, sorry i can't find the name), 25 l. knock on wood, them nothing is. No.. almost nothing. One fine day in Thailand fitted together into one rustic wiewórki (rather large white wiewióry), wygryzły about that hole 4-5 cm in diameter while I was sitting in a cafe rummaging in the net and watched as cool squirrels jump on my bike. I would prefer if this Wiewiórą then stuck on the grill as I saw the possibility of their teeth on my expensive hardware. However, the hole patched product TENACIOUS company McNett - a transparent adhesive tape to repair patching all sorts of things - the way thing, but worth. To seal the recently held or 2,5 year, I just have to find time to seal the hole again. No, tape "silver" or in my case black, which temporarily sealed the hole is not the same – does not stick.

    patching a bicycle pannier

    Damaged saddlebag (hole bitten by a squirrel!) and patching attempts. A transparent repair tape was held 2 years

    Necessary equipment bicycle and cyclist friend is a bag on the handlebars. Ortlieb, proved very, though recently departed 1 side pocket.

    Ortlieb handlebar bag

    1. SLEEPING BAG

    I am a happy owner down sleeping bag Yeti. Model (probably, I do not have at hand account) GT II 900, at the time of purchase was approximately. 900 gram, I paid about Zan. 760 PLN . This is why, what I like, is that, the inside has plenty of space, I do not feel bound by a snake and I can bribe a leg or sleep on your stomach, What also really I like. Now, after several years of intensive use, and two washes (I recommend only laundries, who know their stuff, I used a friend of company Yeti, in Praga) probably because he came out a little less feathers, but in life I would not have decided to travel with a synthetic sleeping bag. Besides sleeping bags, with lighter really they give thermal comfort and are light and nice. Of course, a trip to Southeast Asia and other hot and humid areas not recommend, but I was carrying, and even did not use it as it stretched out for a night of pillowcases. Puch can not be compressed too long, sleeping bag should be distributed, when at home and in the journey as often released from pillowcases.

    Sleeping bag Yeti / Dawn sleeping bag Yeti, 900 gram

    warm sleeping bag on a bicycle

    sleeping bag Yeti

    And here attention to women - remember, the women felt heat / cold is different from men allegedly felt by even 7 degrees. I see the writing on the sleeping bag "temperature range" is do not trust him and always in the sleeping bag warmer zainwestowałabym. I'm in my sleeping bag I feel good to say temperature 5 stairway to plusie, Having to wearing thermal underwear. Female friends,  who bought sleeping bags weighing up to half a kilogram (optimum temperature) rowerowania during the New Zealand between February and early April (There were nights after a few degrees – The country autumn) of what they said they were freezing terribly.

    The company YETI is not the only one worthy of command down sleeping bags manufacturer, You can choose another contractor, Poland is a leader in the production of down products.

    Exactly, driving to South Asia and Eastern Europe almost 5 years ago, whereas rustic heat and high humidity I bought a sleeping bag / pad silk Silk Sleeper Ex3 company Lifeventure.

    Lifeventure Silk Sleeping Liner

    This baby weight and size of a fist 100 gram, very pleasant to the touch, which it was extremely useful in tropical climates. Ma kształt dużej mumii i nasączone jest jakimś preparatem odstraszającym owady. Można używać jako prześcieradła bo jak wiadomo – z czystością pościeli w wielu miejscach jest co najmniej dyskusyjna bądź jako niby-spiwora podczas gorących nocy.

    Regarding the fact, that I chose in the high mountains, and in really cold my sleeping bag already not enough for me recently, I'm an owner of another product Lifeventure - sleeping bag- wkładki stretchowej LIFEVENTURE THORMOLITE STRETCH LINER.

    This multifunctional product - the material from which it is made thicker, than silk, what weight is given by the manufacturer 370 gram. It has the shape of a large mummy hood. The product can function as an independent sleeping bag in a hot climate or as a supplement to a regular sleeping bag, when it gets cold. In the latter case, supposedly increases the heat by about. 10 degrees. I used it several times and at one and the second option, but mainly because it was the second no heat. On Turkey in summer found.

    Much of it, is that. Now I decide I do not need any of these products,

    Spiwory/ wkłądki do śpiworów Lifeventure Stretch Liner i Lifeventure Silk Sleeper

    but in such a long journey the seasons change, changing weather, difficult to find a universal solution.

    1. MATA DO SPAIN

    After years of using mats decided on self-inflating mat, although the fact, not everyone likes it because it may damage the valve or perzebiciu.

    I think, that the mat should be neither too thin nor too thick, 3-3,5 cm thickness is optimum for 3 Seasons. I am leaving on a trip I bought a mat of Pacific Outdoor Equipment weighing about. 650 gram. Mat is ideal for checking 2 years, it was the women pray, nieco grubsza w tułowiu i cieńsza w nogach. Niestety sama przez własną głupotę ją wykończyłam w grudniu 2015 year after 2 years of use, when I scrubbed her campsite and then I set happily in the sun to dry. ABSOLUTELY Bury. I read after time, the mat can not be exposed to the sun's rays, because the structure inside the rozklejają. In this case, that's exactly what happened, a few days later appeared purchelek, which leaves only expanded, to achieve greatness 30 cm and could not sleep on it. Fortunately, I was already in Athens and had provided, Beds with Marzena, but also unplanned expenditure on the head.

    three-season self-inflating mat

    self-inflating mat. Remark – set to photo only, nigdy nie zostawiamy mat na słońcu! Rozklejają się.

    I had to look around for a new mat. The most common products Thermarest fall for me because ... uhh, ok - color. I do not know why things, which are used every day and is very susceptible to soiling they are manufactured by this company in orange or yellow. They are indeed the company's mats in green, but are heavier models, certainly not on the bike.

    I decided, therefore, the product of Mammut, which fulfill the criteria for the thickness, gravity, -length and color was no J. Weight 760 gram, length 183 cm, thickness 3,5 cm (ie shorter. 165 cm are too much on contact with my height 166 cm), Navy blue. For this mat is equipped with non-slip printing.

    It remains a matter of course, with Isomats are easy to puncture. I try to be very careful, where I put mate, but do not always succeed protect it. Although in the case of the first mat it has survived more than two years is not outdone, my current it happened several times (s the Oman desert and generally spikes) and I patched her repair kit, which is included in the kit. Still, some air escapes but not enough, to wake up with the feeling of lying on the soil. We travel a longer 2 years.

    ok, that was a complete set of sleeping, I use the inflatable panels purchased in the Decathlon 20 PLN / $ 5. first survived 3 years before they began to flee from the air, over a year ago I bought the same in China and knock serves me today.

    So, sleeping is the most important, but let's take for cooking.

    1. TORCH

    I have a burner's model Primus Multifuel. So this model, that after changing the nozzle, you can use a variety of fuels - gas, petrol, other liquid. I admit, that do not use its features, because I am a fan of incorrect gas, which is the cleanest and most convenient to use, besides I cook in the vestibule without leaving the tent. Mam też chyba uraz do benzyny, nie znosze tego zapachu. Gas could get in practically every country, which was (!), although I note, that in many (for example,. Asia South-East) are not set on cartridges available, but can as elongated spray. They are at the same supert - 1 USD though is sometimes 5 USD (Georgia). The thing is superprzydatną adapter cartridge, I have such a model, purchased in Thailand, but also in Poland, then I saw in the shop. I really want to invest and then have the opportunity to buy another bottle, often much cheaper than wind-up.

    adapter cartridge longitudinal

    But back to the burner - only twice I was changing nozzles and used it on a bottle of gasoline and liquid fuel, which on this occasion I am carrying. Unfortunately, the quality of fuel China was bad and kopciło per kilometer.

    Primus Multifuel burner, cookware set Penguin, cutlery Rockland, adapter do butli gazowych, grzałka no name 🙂

    This is why, na co warto zwrócić uwagę przy kupnie palnika, nawet jeśli to nie jest superdrogi model wielopaliwowy, is that, żeby był on wolnostojący (na nóżkach) not screwed on the bottle. I really did not once not twice the cylinder filmed burner rolled scalding the operator. Burner on their feet is stable.

    1. POTS

    I drive with each set 2 przykrywko made pots of pans-company Penguin. In South Asia East drove only one smaller garczek. because there is not completely cooked - food is available 1-3 USD. For two years, however, I am carrying two pots, although it's a lot harder przyjemoność, no but the more I can have something seriously and convenient upitrasić, makaron etc. a mniejszy jest raczej do gotowania wody. Garnki trzymają się dobrze, although smaller inadvertently packed the baggage, and got the go somewhere so it is slightly bent. Now I was getting into pots flying plane, or deep-wrapping the other things in the luggage, or for luggage.

    1. CUTLERY

    A small thing and what useful. In addition to the beloved long-handled spoon found somewhere in South Korea I use cutlery set (spoon, fork, knife) of Rockland - like appearance is plastic, but this is a special material which can be mixed hot water. I also have with each folding spork - tiny, I hold in my pocket backpack, It is handy and very useful, when, for example. He wants to eat yogurt and fumble in the saddlebags..

    1. bathroom accessories

    A set of things to wash every accumulates according to your needs, I want to point out two things:

    TOWEL - quick-drying towel is a travel necessity. I remember, I went the other day as the cotton and sechł all ages. Fast-drying towels on the market atrzęsienie, but many of them do not like to touch. I have many years (some 10) towel Jack Wolfskin terry cloth-like, the largest size that is large bath towel. I do not use it in everyday life, but I think, the size of the towel gives me comfort - I like to wrap a towel after a bath. It was extremely useful even in public baths in Japan and no beach.

    tudzież cloth towel-drying

    Every day sleeping in the wild use .. cloth size may 50 cm 30 cm kupionej za kilka złotych(maybe 1 USD) in China. It already has a hole, because it once it somewhere on a hot burner laid the, but I have to admit that the fabric structure is very similar to 50 Jack Wolfskin times more expensive.

    So, I still cieniukutki towel Fjord Nansen, I got that from one of my czytaczy (I know, Judith Wodzislaw Slaski - greet:) this baby, I mainly used to wipe the face (Also during the day as I was dripping sweat, that is, the last day haha).

    BEAUTICIAN - although for a long time I used the no name beauticians and plastic bags, However, recently organized my toiletries in the beautiful si, blue, comfortable (It is not that important?) and very frunkcjonalnej beauticians company Lifesystems model WASH holdall size L, because it has several compartments and sliders, and besides, a mirror and a comfortable grip, który pomaga ją powiesić w toalecie czy gdzie tam w podroży przypadnie. It is made of quick-drying material, is for me one tiny minus .. even the largest size, that is what I L,  jest dla mnie .. (yes, bingo!) well a little too small.

    kosmetyczka Lifesystems Wash Holdall

    No, I do not have any means decorative cosmetics, but somehow accumulated because the shampoo and conditioner, sponge, brush, to refresh the liquid face in the evening, soap, krem anty UVA / UVB, DEET mosquito, toothpaste and toothbrush, some washing powder. pierdółki and some other buttons on contact.

    1. OTHER - KIT

    First aid kit and what is in it is also a question needs. Some things, however, I consider it necessary - accessories are a first aid:

    – alcohol disinfection. I use the product Tribactic, he has also composed bactericides

    – Octanisept - the spray began to use later. It is extremely useful for larger wounds and abrasions, perfectly wound dries out the way I sanitizing. Repeatedly proven in travel.

    – gaza, swabs for applying gas to a wound

    – antiseptic swabs (smaller abrasions or wounds)

    – slice cut tudzież set of patches - such personally prefer, which are fabric than the plastic surface that (you know, what I mean?)

    – bandages - necessarily flexible and usual. Przydawały more often than one might think.

     – earplugs - an absolute "must have" on the go, especially as I am nadwrażliwca sound.

    A set of such first aid accessories can be purchased in a pharmacy or rely on ready-made first aid kits already - and I have been using one and the second version. Last korzytałam a set of Lifesystems - FIRST AID KIT WATERPROOF. You will find there what you need and even more.. frankly I think it's even too much and is set ciężkawy, but the company has a dozen first-aid kits, You can choose a smaller and more modest in nice tight package - recommend the mind.

    The second thing in the medicine cabinet - drugs. I do not have a lot of them

    – something for an upset stomach, rozwolnienie - Loperamide

    – painkillers - no I'm immune to many because of, the life of the patient's spine because I took a lot of. I would recommend Nurofen Plus as codeine stronger, It works for me also menstrual pain.

    – Gargarin to rinse the throat - the good throat infection, and this can happen even in the summer

    – polopiryna / aspirin - when catching cold prophylactically overnight

    – antibiotic 3 eg day. azithromycin. The issue of the use of antibiotics without consulting a doctor.. debatable, I do not want to enter into polemics and convince anyone, but honestly for years I came to the conclusion, as I catch the infection is not what I was doing, and unless it does not pass wyleżała. How does not pass 3 This day I have a zapodać antibiotic, but also at the same time a few days of rest. That's how I am, It works only with antibiotic, in my case even penicillin derivatives are excluded. When I came to China to travel very I caught a cold, in principle, I could not speak and had started work literally 2 days. Then a vein with an antibiotic, maybe not as much as you need wyleżałam, but as much as I could do, but over. It was the last time (December 2016 year) when I took an antibiotic, Therefore, I do not abusing. but I am carrying 1 package.

    –      Steri Strip – takie cudo do „zaszywania” ran. Apparently useful for larger cleavages instead of sutures, but I not have been using.

    – Malarone. Lek antymalaryczny. In terms of preventing malaria or mitigating its effects. A doctor enrolled 3 package, spent almost 500 PLN and I not used it even once.

    Personally, I recommend to carry a 1 package to take for peace of mind when they are suspected of malaria in the area. It is a terrible disease, but it has no medicine. And the danger is, local people say, will read either. This journey taught me, where I spent about. 1,5 year in the areas of malaria that is potentially the tropics. Malarone is very hard for the body drug.

    By the way, even - before leaving vein with a series VACCINATION, virtually everything that the doctor wrote travel medicine. The amount was more than 1000 PLN , but also I have some peace of mind, the less bad of me ima. And for vaccinations should take at least 6 weeks before departure. On the day of vaccination means not plan on anything but lying at home - I have a few hours after the vaccination sessions, I felt like I was coming down, weakness, hot, cold alternately, shooting in the head. The next morning it was ok.

    Well, It is roughly the most important things with praktykaliów, I have come to mind.

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Dear! In the coming weeks I will again have the opportunity to share stories from my journey along the Silk Road from China to Turkey. Several shows are planned in Silesia, in Gdynia and Warsaw.  Some are paid, others are free admission.
I cordially invite everyone, not only bicycle twisted.

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The Lavaux vineyard area stretches between Lausann The Lavaux vineyard area stretches between Lausanne and Vevey on a terraced, steep northern slope of Lake Geneva overlooking the peaks of the Alps.  A beautiful lake and even rows of lush green vines always create a beautiful sight, but I was wondering why is it a UNESCO site?
 "Oh, just millionaires started buying up the land and building houses there, that was the only way to protect the place," explained Anna, a solo cyclist friend who lives nearby and whom I finally met after years of Facebook virtual acquaintance.
I left Geneva looking at the sky with justified concern, because the last days here there was a storm after storm.  Fortunately, during the ride along the lake, it cleared up and we could soak up the beautiful views.  Just like on Lake Garda, the views here are luxurious.  I passed the spas of Thonon les Bains and Evian - the latter is known for its bottled water brand.  Here I could drink it at the source for free, apparently it does well. It was also time for the last bath.  It is difficult to provide any comment to the curr, in the evening I found myself on the Riviera, because that's what they call the shore between Montreaux, Vevey and Lausanne.  The density of people and buildings plus the most crowded week of the year and the long Swiss weekend did not bode well for accommodation, and that's exactly what happened.  There was one big disco on the coast and at the campsites, apart from the disco, were packed.  Like it or not, with no chance of wild camping - scared of being fined too - I went back 12 km to one of the earlier campsites. It was packed, but I didn't care as I put my tent up at midnight.
The decision to skip cycling through southern Switzerland and the higher mountains was not easy, oh no.  I returned to it several times, but the weather madness was the reason.  So if you are looking for a flatter Switzerland, I recommend the trail along the lakes and rivers, i.e. the northern part of the country. 
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Neglectig Instagram continued.. this photo is a fe Neglectig Instagram continued.. this photo is a few weeks old, but well.. do many wonderful places visited the last months mostly due to #housesitting that it's hard to remember. After Lago di Garda I enjoyed Piemonte and Val d'Aosta and having a few weeks before another assignment I decided to go to north of France. Started with a nice bicycle path along La Seine river. Idyllic landscape, multiple castles with the impressive medieval fortress of Château-Gaillard overlooking the meanders of the Seine, flanked by limestone cliffs.. cycling in France can get as easy and enjoyable as that .. Pushing my bicycle through the chinese Tian Shan feels like an old, unbelievable story here
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- What are you doing here, are you traveling alone - What are you doing here, are you traveling alone?  asked Marco in front of Lidl seeing me packing my groceries. It's still the cheapest market in Italy and sometimes I buy there, although the amount of packaging plastic they use makes me sick. And it was in this market in Peschiera del Garda that I heard the biggest mix of languages for weeks, which made me even more surprised that anyone paid attention to me at all.
 - Do you want to sleep wild?  There are places by the lake, but not here. You can stay at my place if you like, but it's 15 km away - he added. 
Not this time, I was going the other way. 
When at the end of my stay in Tuscany I received a housesitting offer by Lake Garda, I thought to myself - why not?  I was here only once by bike. I've also decided to cancel housesitting gigs in Spain for other reasons.
The lake area is kind of luxurious, a nice change.
This is the largest lake in Italy, an extremely picturesque place.  As befits its post-glacial origin, it is long, the circumference is 160 km and in the northern section it bites into high mountains. Turquoise water, green trimmed lawns and high mountains on the horizon.Very touristy, but it's enough to cycle 5 km from the coast you embrace rolling hills, vineyards, crops and it's very normal and still beautiful.
But nature is not doing so well. Water level in Lake Garda is at its lowest in decades. In the face of the worst flooding in the Po Valley in over years, it's like a paradox. The lakes aren't just views but large bodies of water used in agriculture and power plants. The German press warned their readers,thousands of whom come here on holiday: "Lake Garda is so low that diving is dangerous."
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I don't like numbers and don't count on them in th I don't like numbers and don't count on them in the summary of my trip around Sardinia.  I don't know how much I pedaled, what is the sum of elevation gains and stuff.  But wait, I know something! - I spent 16 days there and saw only part of the island. 
This place immediately won my heart, although I would rather avoid it during the season.  The beaches are insane, but it was too cold to swim. And too windy, although if you're lucky the wind blows in your favour. And maybe the prices, it's more expensive than on land.  Hills and mountains nearly everywhere.
Adventages? Nature, vast space, people, traces of indigenous people who once inhabited the island.  Mysterious Nuraghi Towers.  The enormity of traditions that are cultivated for the Sardinians, not for tourists. 
But let's finish describing my tour. I reached the town of Bosa, probably the most charming Sardinian town, where colorful houses are located on the mountainside and there is a castle on top of it. I haven't discovered whether it's a custom or whether painting houses is for tourists, but the fact is that in many Sardinian cities houses have facades in vivid colors and so is Bosa. I walked around the streets of Bosa a bit, ate ice cream and started rolling a few hundred meters up. Instead of the main road, I chose a smaller, more winding and with a greater dose of climbing, which usually provides more attractions and scenic impressions.  You wander through small villages where people say hello and ask where you are from.  Thanks to this, I came across two local celebrations on Sunday, which are related to religion, and on Monday the third one.  Phew!  The most interesting were tractors in floral styling, which later took part in the procession.
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The winds will blow as they want my mother used to The winds will blow as they want my mother used to say - and in Sardinia the winds usually blow counter-clockwise.  When I reached Olbia on the east coast of Sardinia, I should have started cycling west. However, I was too keen to see the feast of Saint Efisio in Cagliari in the south of the island, so I decided to go there by train and disturbed this windy order. I got off the station before the city to find a quiet corner behind a bush for the night.  From there I went to Cagliari.
I saw the amazing fiesta and crawled out of town slowly.  Islands are islands, you can always count on wind blowing there.  And it blew right in my face.  I did 20km that afternoon and didn't enjoy it at all.
 I had an ambitious plan to conquer the interior and the east of the island, which is famous for its beauty, and it was.  Huge spaces, greenery, grazing cattle... we like it that way.  Extremely steep climbs and my bike loaded after the winter did their job - two days of struggling with them reduced my urges to push east, which is considered the most beautiful part of the island.  Willingly or not, after seeing the UNESCO site which are the ruins of the Bronze Age village in Barumini, the people of Sardinia called the Nuraghias, I climbed even higher and then went back to the sea to Oristano and packed the train back to Olbia.  Just to go with the wind along the coast. I wanted to see some of this emerald sea.  So I did, cycling the Costa Smeralda. The sun was shining beautifully, I didn't feel like taking a bath or staying in the sun. It's still too cold.  But the views alone are enough for me.
Nature are Number One in Sardinia.  The architecture was unobtrusive, not to say ugly.  Surprise. After seeing the gems of Tuscany and Puglia, this was a bit of a disappointment.  But, there are beautiful murals everywhere!
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On my last, or penultimate, weekend in Tuscany thi On my last, or penultimate, weekend in Tuscany this spring, I was to wind my way through the roads of the Chianti hills. Yes, that's where the ones famous of wine-making (in the store ask for "kianti", not "cianti") and the place of the beginning of the l'Eroica bike race. I was there 10 years ago, and all in all, the hills around me are plentiful, but just to refresh my memory, stretch my calves and catch the first sun? I don't live too close, the cats had company over the weekend so I thought - well, how about a two-day trip? 
I didn't want to pack all the lodging equipment for one night, but two accommodation search engines had bad news, however - in an area of 150 km x 100 km for the night from Saturday to Sunday there was not a single vacant accommodation! Mount Amiata. On the second one the cheapest offers for more than 200 EUR.  The long Italian weekend has begun (April 25, Italy celebrates "Festa della Librazione" - Liberation Day). On top of that, the region is mega-touristy, and there is no camping apart from Siena. Let’s pack uwellell. 
Set off slowly like a tortoise ... past Asciano I entered, in the sense of pushed, on the famous white gravel roads, along which the route of the Eroica race leads and then even more slowlier!  I was occasionally passed by cyclists travelling light and on E-bikes, because that's the only way they cycle here. Envious. Eroica roads are for eagles or I need to revise my physical capabilities. I don't know what killed me more, the steepness of the roads or the number of motorcyclists on their roaring machines, but by the evening I decided that I've had and seen enough, I'm going back. And those dozen kilometers of return home in the dark - because nearly no vehicles anymore, listening to the sounds of the night, were perhaps as beautiful as the Tuscan and Sienese landscapes in spring.
And in a few days, a new cycling stage.
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"Christmas with yours, Easter with whoever you want", "Christm "Christmas with yours, Easter with whoever you want", "Christmas with the family, Easter with whoever you want" - according to this saying, Easter in Italy is often spent away from home, with family or friends.  The beginning of the picnic season, one might say, the welcome of spring.  Children are given chocolate eggs.  Accommodation places are booked long before Christmas.  Although you can't generalize - in many homes everything from A to Z is cooked.
The Easter traditions hold strong in the south of the country, in Sicily and even in Puglia, but although I was hoping to participate, unfortunately I was not able to be there at that time again.  The processions that take place on Good Friday, are very solemn and gather hundreds of participants.  I really like to peek at local customs, but in Tuscany there is not much to see 🙃, unless watching hundreds of visitors would count as such.  It's interesting that when I searched (in three languages) for "Easter in Tuscany", I mainly see offers of accommodation and trips.  When I searched for "Easter in Puglia", the search engine shows mainly religious rites and local traditions.

This year spring is late, the trees are blooming, but the leaves are still on hold. Three days ago we had frost at night, it's supposed to rain during Easter. In fact, it's just about to start.  Yes, I've seen what's going on with the weather in Poland, I'm not complaining! 

So I jumped on my bike before this rain for a pre-Easter bike ride to Trequanda. I haven't been there yet this year.  This is another insanely picturesque road with a view of Monte Amiata and Crete Senesi.
 I enclose a handful of photos to whet your appetite for Tuscany and wish you a good Easter time.  Rest and live it as you like.
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