this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2023
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Hello! I would like to share the route I made for myself and my story how I finished it recently. The route I will describe starts in Belgrade, goes along the Danube River, through Djerdap National Park to the border with Serbia, and returns to Belgrade through Kucaj-Beljanica National Park. The route is compilation from parts of different EuroVel routes.

Route Summary:

  • Total length: about 700 km;
  • Total elevation: about 5000 m;
  • Highest climbing category: 2;
  • Highest point: 960 m above the sea;
  • Estimated days required: 6-7;
  • Overall level: medium;
  • Recommended lowest gear: 1:1
  • Recommended tires: 35+ mm or MTB;
  • Link to the routeplanner;
  • Link to Kamoot;
  • Total price, including hotels and food in restaurants: 385 Eur (Fall 2023);

I made a blog post with detailed information about every part and also additional photos inside.

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[–] calamitycastle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow! A pretty epic journey by my estimation

You speak so little about your bike, do you have any other posts about it?

[–] sem@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No I don't, but looks like I should :)

Longs story short, I'm using the cheapest Decathlon Triban 100 (~300 Eur) with replaced transmission. Instead of stock 7 speed one I installed Shimano Sora 34/50 & 11-34 (bought it on Aliexpress for 200 Eur). Also instead of stock tires I installed Continental Contact Plus 35 mm.

[–] calamitycastle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Amazing, it sounds like it was sufficient to get you up those climbs. From the way you write it sounds like the descents were more difficult

[–] sem@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

True, 1:1 (sora has 34:34) lowest gear is absolutely enough for all the climbings on this route. I guess even 34:32 may be enough, depends of physical condition of rider.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Damn, that is beautiful. Hope to see more of your posts here!