Cycling Croatian Istria // Trieste to Rijeka // World Bicycle Touring Episode 9
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- Опубліковано 13 гру 2021
- We rode around the Istrian Peninsula from the Italian city of Trieste, through Slovenia, and into Croatia. We mainly followed the Euro Velo 8 route but occasionally hopped on regional Croatian bicycle routes for some pleasant coastal riding. We also cycled the Parenzana Trail, a rail-to-trail that ventures inland through Istria's beautiful hill country.
If you're interested in more route details including GPX tracks, check out our post about bicycle touring through Croatian Istria:
www.rollingexistence.com/rout...
We're Andrew and Jenny. We sold all our stuff, built our bicycles, and headed out on an around the world bicycle tour in May of 2021. We started our European tour in Paris, and we're currently in the Balkans.
Instagram: / rollingexistence
First Episode: • The Olympic Discovery ...
Bicycle gear list below. We're running a mix of traditional panniers and bikepacking bags.
- 2020 Surly Ogres
- 36h Rohloff Speedhubs
- 36h Son 28 Dynamo hubs
- Ryde Andra 40 rims
- Marathon Mondial 29x2.0 DD tires
- Avid BB7 brakes, 200mm front, 160mm rear
- Sinewave Cycles Beacon headlight/USB charger
- Brooks B17 (Andrew) Terry Butterfly Century (Jenny) saddles
- Rogue Panda custom frame bags
- Ortlieb Back Rollers Plus rear panniers
- Bedrock Bags Hermosa front panniers
- Tubus racks
- Planet Bike AL fenders
Camera Gear:
- Fuji X-T4
- Fujinon 16-80 mm f/4
- Fujinon 23 mm f/2 prime
- GoPro Hero 8 Black
- Rode VideoMic Pro
Music Credits:
Tibeauthetraveler x Lawrence Walther - Longing
- Provided by Lofi Records
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- Download/Stream: fanlink.to/Scenery
l'Outlander - City On A Hill
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- Watch: • l'Outlander - City On ...
- Download/Stream: fanlink.to/OneWayTicket
Hoogway - Missing Earth
- Provided by Lofi Records
- Watch: • Hoogway - Missing Earth
- Download/Stream: fanlink.to/2amstudysession
I'd like to visit Croatia
Thanks for the video. This brings back memories. I actually took a similar route in my mini trans eurasian tour 3 years ago. Only hickup, I broke my bike frame on the Parenzana near Motovun. Had it solded by some random guy there. Still works!
Glad you enjoyed it! Sorry to hear about the frame, but that's awesome that someone was able to fix it and it's still holding! We are on steel frames and always wonder if they can actually be fixed as people say. Andrew broke a steel frame Bianchi Volpe in Cuba a while back, close to the end of a tour, and ended up taking a bus the last 80 miles back to Havana instead of risking it with a local repair. Probably should have just gone for it, the frame ended up in the trash anyway 😔.
Croatia looks really good, might get there one day. Another fine vid. Stay safe and healthy !
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You're both doing a great job keeping up with the regular publishing of these videos, well done!
Admire your courage to do what your passion calls for ... keep up the good work and show us more of your fantastic videos around the world 🌎
Thank you for the track and the useful info
Wow, looks like a cool trip! Thanks for sharing.
best channel on youtube. thank you.
Un'altra bella tappa, un bel montaggio e belle immagini 🤙
Grazie, siamo contenti che ti sia piaciuto!
مرحبا اصديقاء فيديوجميل جدا رائع جدا ممتاز جدا
استمروووو😗☺🙂🤗😗
it's always a pleasure to enjoy your videos. your cycling adventures are very inspiring, every year we drive to Croatia Istrie by car. I am from Belgium Antwerp and want to retire next year 🙂 and I want to take a bike ride from Belgium to Croatia. By following your vlog I already have a good idea of what it will look like. Thanks in advance for the beautiful videos from a big fan.
Thank you, we're so glad you enjoy the videos! All the best to you on your ride to Croatia!!
Perfect active holidays 😎👍
Very nice route! I might do it too one day :-)
Croatia is indeed beautiful and its on my list of places to cycle around. Amazing video as always.
If you can make a simple video about your bike and gear you are carrying and how much the trip cost you, it will be great. No Pressure :D !!!
We're glad you enjoyed the video! We are definitely planning on making a gear video, we've put some miles on the bikes/equipment so we've got a pretty good idea of how it is all holding up and what works well. We're budgeting $30/per person per day for the trip and so far we've stuck to that since May. We're pretty frugal, we cook most of the time and try not to splurge on hotels too often, but it could be done a little cheaper for sure.
@@RollingExistence can't wait for that video!!! Keep making such straightforward beautiful videos. This unique, simple and fine tuned videos are the best.
Was there in 1999 cycling from Venice to Dubrovnik and return via the Istrian .of course Bosnia and Croatia were in a much different situation .food was scarce and war damage everywhere .all recorded in my book Pasta Punctures & Perseverance. Howard Ashton
Wow, that would be a really interesting time to be in that area!
New subscriber here.. Looks like a great place to tour. 🙂
Thanks for watching, we're currently biking through Albania on our way to Greece so there's a lot more to come!
Hello Andrew and Jenny, congratulations on your videos and your wonderful cycling adventures! Next time you'll plan to cycle in this part of Europe let me know: we could ride a bit together or you can spend a night in my home. Ciao!
Thank you so much! We loved that area and would like to return someday! Hope that our paths will cross, all the best 😊
love Dubrovnik. any swallows this time of year in old city
No swallows at this time of year unfortunately. Just lots of pigeons and seagulls!
Ah, mystery solved .. at @5:16 I was thinking: is that a single speed, I only see one sprocket? Impossible!
But now I see it looks like a Rohloff Speedhub, pretty cool!
Haha yeah we get a lot of people asking if they're single speed or e-bikes! But no, you're correct that they're Rohloffs!
🙂👌🏻
How are the mondials holding up? I wish they would make a slightly wider tubeless version.
We have 10,000km/6,000miles on them so far and they're doing great. At least 1,500mi of that has been gravel, much of it quite chunky/sharp. Probably have at least another 3,000 miles of life left before we have to replace them. Only one flat so far between the two of us, about 5,800 miles in. We do use slime tubes though, we've had a few punctures that sealed up. The one flat was from a wider puncture that wouldn't seal above 30psi, it was rideable but eventually I (Andrew) got sick of putting air in the tire every day and just changed it. I also wish there was a wider version, I've washed out on steep downhills 4 times now. If we had 29x2.3s instead of 29x2.0s the handling would be much better in the loose stuff. Jenny goes slower than me on the downhills and hasn't had any problems though, I'm a little reckless with my descents.
Where was the walking bridge you cycled over please? And are your tours on strava?
It was on the way into Premantura:
maps.app.goo.gl/kEykVrxxCfosgA6k6
We don't have strava but we have a route map on our website, linked in the description.
What’s that sun visor Jenny has on her helmet? 🤔
It's called Da Brim. They make visors as well as the full brim that Andrew has. We really like them!
need more videos from your channel please... why so less
We'll be releasing a new video soon! It takes a lot of time to edit footage on the road, so sometimes we have longer gaps between videos. But we're definitely working on it!
that is not bikes that u need in croatia...