crazy place to explore! sounds like heaps of cars but there must be some nuts cool riding off the beaten path. i gotta get down there some day to check it out! nice one mate!
How do find Turkish chip and seal roads, if you’ve ridden on those? Roads in Kent and Surrey feel good after those, don’t they? 😅 Smooth tarmac in Turkey on D400 (not everywhere) and on other roads is so quick but the moment it rains it gets v slippery and everything on a bike and clothing will be covered with a paste of fine dust and water. Maintaining 30kph on those roads doesn’t require any effort, riding closer to 40kph avg is achievable. The other side of that is trucks go sideways when they need to climb a relatively steep hill, scary.
Hi there mate! You are getting a fair bit around these days aren’t you 🙂 Here in the winter wonderland of Norway I am starting my prep for next season. I’m going to an ultra gravel event in Portugal in May and I’m looking for what bike case/bag I’m going to buy. Which one did you use first this trip and how did you sort the packing with integrated handlebars? See you back on Zwift again!🙂🚴🏽
I have a SciCon hard case. I was going to get the soft one because it would mean not removing the bars, but decided the hard one with more protection would be better. I had to remove the bars from the stem and rotate them and the wires twist slightly. Seems to work for me
@ Thanks for your response 🙂 I’m also considering the soft Scicon, but I’m a bit anxious about the protection of the handlebars! I have an integrated bar and stem combo so I have to loosen the whole thing and I’m not sure that it will be enough hydraulic cable to place the handlebars in a hard case! Have to experiment a bit I guess 🙂
i usually do a recce using ridewithgps or strava heatmap. That helps but not every time. On quieter roads in Turkey there is a high chance of meeting a pack of angry and sometimes aggressive dogs. Passing those can be easy and not, a gamble. Riding in a group doesn’t make a difference. Sometimes they can give you a good dose of adrenaline and help you to find best cycling power numbers yet to be achieved.
Absolutely agree with that! There are so many beautiful and jaw dropping places on that cost line. I'd only consider having a gravel bike or bike which can accommodate wide tyres. Last year I took 28c on 23mm IW wheels and that was quite uncomfortable on chip-n-seal roads. This year, I took 32c on 24mm IW, it was better, but still I wanted more comfort on rural roads. If they can resurface those rural roads, I don't why Turkey cannot be attractive to cyclists as other Mediterranean countries are.
Yh I’d turn back too. Not the one getting g dirty on a holiday trip in your best kit. Think shorter riders generally get the worst of it as closer to the wheels I’m always covered in crap even if at the front.
I like the way you say you haven't ridden your bike since putting it together. Yet you have a video with yourself and Paris going out for a ride a few days before the event. Come on stop being a drama queen and over egging the pudding. People just want good honest story telling. Stop with the amateur dramtics 🤷
You have it the wrong way round- this ride was the day after the Gran Fondo, making videos can be hard and I wanted this one to include some of the travel etc. Soooo I’m not being dramatic, just telling stories
Nope- those were the Lun Hyper 2’s which have a 21mm internal. The ones that were damaged are the Lun Hyper 3’s with a 23mm internal and I couldn’t take them to Mallorca because they were being fixed. The old ones have my TWL monogram on them, the new ones have Hyper decals 👌🏻
As a Turk and have cycles in Türkiye, I would recommend it, great climbs and you’ll be by yourself most of the time, avoid crowded roads because they don’t care at all about you’re safety…genrallly speaking offcourse
I would not say like that based on my experience of riding near Fethiye, Antalya, Belek and Alanya. I felt much safer riding on D400, rather than in cities. There’re some common not good behaviours that some Turkish drivers do quite a lot, but you learn quick enough to predict and avoid those situations. I never was shouted with insults at from drivers in Turkey, but I cannot say so about UK drivers. Also, it’s mindblowing that you can leave your bike outside of a cafe or a restaurant or a gas station without attention and it won’t be stolen.
@ that’s absolutely true, they won’t shout or swear at you or deliberately endanger you , and turkey is generally safe with leaving youre bike unattended I don’t know about uk but as a Dutchman with Turkish roots I’m spoiled with bikepaths…Turkey is great if you like cycling in relative solitude…don’t know about the south but I’ve cycled a lot in Sakarya it’s great for roadbike as wel as mtb
Weird that you spoke about my car breaking, but didn’t mention that you couldnt even find the car park and had a meltdown…
crazy place to explore! sounds like heaps of cars but there must be some nuts cool riding off the beaten path. i gotta get down there some day to check it out! nice one mate!
Absolutely love it ❤ what a great place to explore
Yippee! Get to watch Paris kick your ass again.
This does happen a lot
Love Paris..I love her well to do accent.
Hope all is okay after the crash! Nice to see some Roman heritage from my fellow countrymen
Paris annoyed in the first 3 minutes, I'm surprised it took that long haha
She is brilliant
Respect🚴👍
🇵🇱🚴♂️🤙
Thank you 🙏🏻
Paris. More like Fallujah!
Man down, man down. Backup needed😅
Paris, are you ok?
No...
Ok... 😅
Reminds me of that scene from ‘The Equaliser’ when Robert is on the train to turkey and 💀all the henchmen
Cycled from Bulgaria to Istanbul, kept getting chased by the dogs in Turkey!
Cracks me up how Paris speaks to you 😆
😂😂🥺
How do find Turkish chip and seal roads, if you’ve ridden on those? Roads in Kent and Surrey feel good after those, don’t they? 😅
Smooth tarmac in Turkey on D400 (not everywhere) and on other roads is so quick but the moment it rains it gets v slippery and everything on a bike and clothing will be covered with a paste of fine dust and water. Maintaining 30kph on those roads doesn’t require any effort, riding closer to 40kph avg is achievable. The other side of that is trucks go sideways when they need to climb a relatively steep hill, scary.
I had a bit of a crash on a slow corner where my front wheel just skidded out
Very sorry to hear about that happen to you ❤🩹
Hi there mate! You are getting a fair bit around these days aren’t you 🙂 Here in the winter wonderland of Norway I am starting my prep for next season. I’m going to an ultra gravel event in Portugal in May and I’m looking for what bike case/bag I’m going to buy. Which one did you use first this trip and how did you sort the packing with integrated handlebars? See you back on Zwift again!🙂🚴🏽
I have a SciCon hard case. I was going to get the soft one because it would mean not removing the bars, but decided the hard one with more protection would be better.
I had to remove the bars from the stem and rotate them and the wires twist slightly.
Seems to work for me
@ Thanks for your response 🙂 I’m also considering the soft Scicon, but I’m a bit anxious about the protection of the handlebars! I have an integrated bar and stem combo so I have to loosen the whole thing and I’m not sure that it will be enough hydraulic cable to place the handlebars in a hard case! Have to experiment a bit I guess 🙂
That’s exactly what I had to do
Hi you have to go north in Antalya to ride in calm roads. East -West is main road following the cost line.
Thank you- we really didn’t have much time or really know where we were going so it was a bit of a stab in the dark with this ride!!
i usually do a recce using ridewithgps or strava heatmap. That helps but not every time. On quieter roads in Turkey there is a high chance of meeting a pack of angry and sometimes aggressive dogs. Passing those can be easy and not, a gamble. Riding in a group doesn’t make a difference. Sometimes they can give you a good dose of adrenaline and help you to find best cycling power numbers yet to be achieved.
Lucky you have a wet blanket with you to cool you off if it gets too hot
👀👀
Getting KOMs in Turkey is a common thing (I have a few), but not on the segments where pros had a race 😂
I’d love to get some cycles in out in the countryside. Looks like a great place with some beautiful mountains
Absolutely agree with that! There are so many beautiful and jaw dropping places on that cost line. I'd only consider having a gravel bike or bike which can accommodate wide tyres.
Last year I took 28c on 23mm IW wheels and that was quite uncomfortable on chip-n-seal roads. This year, I took 32c on 24mm IW, it was better, but still I wanted more comfort on rural roads.
If they can resurface those rural roads, I don't why Turkey cannot be attractive to cyclists as other Mediterranean countries are.
WELCOME TO TÜRKİYE
Thank you 🙏🏻
Who’s the chap? Would be good to acknowledge them
instagram.com/carlosaizpun_bike/
Have added Carlos' instagram to the description ;)
Yh I’d turn back too. Not the one getting g dirty on a holiday trip in your best kit. Think shorter riders generally get the worst of it as closer to the wheels I’m always covered in crap even if at the front.
I like the way you say you haven't ridden your bike since putting it together. Yet you have a video with yourself and Paris going out for a ride a few days before the event. Come on stop being a drama queen and over egging the pudding. People just want good honest story telling. Stop with the amateur dramtics 🤷
You have it the wrong way round- this ride was the day after the Gran Fondo, making videos can be hard and I wanted this one to include some of the travel etc. Soooo I’m not being dramatic, just telling stories
@thewattlife what about your hyper wheels that got damaged after one ride. You took them to your Mallorca trip 🤷
Nope- those were the Lun Hyper 2’s which have a 21mm internal.
The ones that were damaged are the Lun Hyper 3’s with a 23mm internal and I couldn’t take them to Mallorca because they were being fixed.
The old ones have my TWL monogram on them, the new ones have Hyper decals 👌🏻
@@thewattlife ok buddy 👍
@@thewattlife nice to have the opportunity to own many wheelsets
As a Turk and have cycles in Türkiye, I would recommend it, great climbs and you’ll be by yourself most of the time, avoid crowded roads because they don’t care at all about you’re safety…genrallly speaking offcourse
I would not say like that based on my experience of riding near Fethiye, Antalya, Belek and Alanya. I felt much safer riding on D400, rather than in cities. There’re some common not good behaviours that some Turkish drivers do quite a lot, but you learn quick enough to predict and avoid those situations. I never was shouted with insults at from drivers in Turkey, but I cannot say so about UK drivers. Also, it’s mindblowing that you can leave your bike outside of a cafe or a restaurant or a gas station without attention and it won’t be stolen.
@ that’s absolutely true, they won’t shout or swear at you or deliberately endanger you , and turkey is generally safe with leaving youre bike unattended I don’t know about uk but as a Dutchman with Turkish roots I’m spoiled with bikepaths…Turkey is great if you like cycling in relative solitude…don’t know about the south but I’ve cycled a lot in Sakarya it’s great for roadbike as wel as mtb