This things are called: Kozolec Before industrial type of storing, farmers used to store and dried hay on this structures. Very typcal Slovenian arhitecture...
Hi guys (as you are usually call us viewers too😂), I have been watching your videos randomly so I've seen already Istanbul and kind of intrigued by the rest of the journey. You did a great job also by showing it's not always fun and a real challenge. As you say most people and me included admire you long distance cyclists. Whenever I meet one here in Spain I ask them if they need anything. You're the best. Well apart from pronouncing local languages. I think Herzegovina and Ljubljana are your top favorites. You're excused hahaha.
Another great video full of adventure. Liz my husband also doesn't want me to do any of the mechanical stuff on my bike, which is odd as I ride solo and really need to be able to fix everything on my own bike...lol But it is so lovely to have a partner that is supportive and wants to take care of me...when I let him. Alex you are a good man❤
I keep waiting for Sunday afternoons...new video with Liz and Alex...yeah!! P.S. I'm right now planning the next big trip for myself, thats why I enjoy your videos even more. They're boostering pleasant anticipation.
@@PursuingMountains I'm planning a trip to Spain in March and maybe to Norway for a second time later on in the year and maybe...I don't know...😀I will be cycling in Europe as long as I feel like it (and of course as long as money lasts). I hope you have nice plans to look forward to as well!
Love it! Great videos. I am bikepaking for 35 years, too. Looking forward to the next episode. Did you go to the Skocjanske Jame Caves near Divaca? Def. a must see in southern Slovenia. Greets from Graz.
Aww thank you! We did not go to those caves. They were further south than we went. But I just marked them on my Google maps for a future trip! Thanks for the rec ☺️
They remind me of tobacco drying racks in my grandad’s barn, but weren’t so tightly spaced. I’d guess they’re drying racks for something to drape over. At first I thought grape or muscadine trellis, but not with a roof. Now I want to know, too! 🤔
Just a question you did a tradition panniers rear rack setup .. why you didnt use a full bikepacking setup .. was thier advantages of using traditional rear panniers setup over bikepacking setup
I would say that there’s a variety of reasons. We already have panniers and we’re use to them we also didn’t want to have to buy brand new bikepacking gear. A well organized pannier makes it easy to access our stuff. We also had a lot of stuff including camera gear and a drone that we needed to be able to access easily and quickly. There are still a number of things about our setup that I would be curious to try out, especially regarding our GoPro mount and placement. I’ll have to try some things out before our next big trip.
@@PursuingMountains good answer yes camera gear is very difficult to carry for sure on a bikepacking setup specially 4 seasons and editing gear ie laptop and drone etc .. i switched to dji action camera over gopro few years back and dji drone just added insta60 x3 which i got for new adventures .. still trying to firgue out mounting places ..but with the 360 it gives me many shots from same position on my pure bikepacking setup … .. look forward to your videos cheers
We each had Salsa Fargos. We bought them in 2020 to use on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. I would say that they’re overkill for the Eurovelo. Their tires are 29x2.6 which are too much for paved roads, but they’re great on gravel. We ended up back on the Eurovelo 6 in Serbia and there we had some pretty rough, off-road terrain, but you could probably get by with 2.25 inch tires. Other than that, they’ve been really good bikes. They have a good, solid frame, but they are a bit heavy.
@@PursuingMountains thanks! I’m actually looking at the salsa Fargo. I live in north idaho and think I would get some use around here. Looks like I need to see if I can put different tires on for Europe though.
Slovenia is beautiful! I'm all but given up on Komoot - between weird algorithm things like you shared, it also doesn't 'check' crowd-sourced ideas. Nearby me this means visiting cyclists are directed down a busy dangerous road (which 3 cyclists have died on) - yet parallel is a traffic free National Cycle Route. I've emailed Komoot and they refuse to act.
We did get stronger overall - the first two weeks were the hardest in terms of adjusting - but our legs would still get sore all the time. When you rid back to back days with pack weight they are just in a constant state of soreness 😅
