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What is it not about.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This entry was never supposed to appear. I had neither particularly good photos from the trip, nor an exceptionally impressive route, nor any particularly interesting stories. We just went to the Czech Republic, a bit out of boredom and a bit out of desperation - at least mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This entry could be about something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, in these not very comfortable times did not want to <\/em>I have a little blog. Every moment that allows you to sit in front of the computer is effectively allocated to sitting. Here's a year in which many people only get off work and go home in a click alt + Tab<\/em>. Well, running a blog has one major disadvantage. You create your own content, and one day it turns out that some strangers have requirements for you. Who is it for? One day you also realize that you are not actually on vacation, but on a mission to "create an entry". The hobby then becomes work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It could also be that, for the first time in history, there is a slight doubt\u2026 or even boredom or satiety. It is the age-old question "and these bikes are not boring you yet<\/em>? " for the first time, it could generate a different response. WITH Dolomites<\/a> We came back with the terrifying impression that the bike does not give as much fun as it used to, and riding around the chimney (literally - I greet Siekierki) started to seem slightly handicapped. In the last 12 months my girlfriend has traveled to G\u00f3ra Kalwaria twice. Not training for any competition, I don't know why I should go somewhere fast<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piotr Klin in mine favorite (cycling) podcast<\/a> He recently said that everyone has a finite number of time trials in their life that they can pass. It seems to me that everyone also has a finite number of loops under the block that they can pass, and I got dangerously close to this limit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

and in order not to complain, I cut the text here with the following advice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the Czech Republic. In fact, it could also be Poland on the border with the Czech Republic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you live in Warsaw and come to similar covid conclusions, things will stop enjoying and the bike will start to get boring, here is the solution: Czech Republic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the saying that the grass in our neighbor is always greener comes from the fact that we border the Czech Republic.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the Czechs and bikepacking, this post is not in the introduction. It turns out that bikepacking is always fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Logistics.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The entire logistics of the trip looks something like this:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transport.<\/strong> You go to pkp.pl, buy a ticket for Friday after work to Cha\u0142upki and return on Sunday evening. In fact, you would buy a ticket to the Czech Ostrava, but it is such a complicated operation with a bicycle that it is easier to get off a bit earlier. Especially that access by bike is super comfortable. You don't have to come back from Cha\u0142upki either, because you can catch your train somewhere on the way, for example in Katowice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luggage.<\/strong> Packing for 2-night bikepacking is very simple. Were it not for the fact that it is autumn and cold, it would be even more simple. I take what I am wearing (i.e. bicycle clothes for the summer) + charger, sweatshirt, Ultralight<\/em>, legs and some tools - that's it. Long gloves would probably be better instead of trousers. Everything fits in a small bag on the steering wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Route.<\/strong> From Ostrava you have a hundred million routes, no matter where you go, it will be fine. On this blog, there were probably 5 texts containing this city on the route. It is an ideal place for both a 2-day trip and a longer one: to Prague, the Tatra Mountains, the Jesen\u00edky Mountains, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are going on a route that I cannot recommend as obligatory. We're just trying to visit new roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Route.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

341km \/ ~ 5000m<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day I: https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/4079135950<\/a>
Day II: https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/4083122334<\/a>
Day III: https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/4088898678<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The passable route is in 100% on a 35mm tire<\/strong> if you are very good or 99,99% for the average but ambitious person. There is a lot of good asphalt, a lot of gravel (rather coarse-grained), a lot of forest paths. Annoying things like there are no sand and roots<\/strong>. If you are driving an expensive, trim gravel, it is worth accepting the fact that there will be some scratches on the rims, or maybe even cavities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the classification of difficulties: in our version it is hard<\/strong>. Mainly because most of the heights are packed on the second day. At 150 km, you can easily expect about 4,000 m of elevation, some of which on the terrain, which means that the descents do not give enough rest. It's also steep<\/strong>and there are few shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recommend the route finish some 70km earlier<\/strong>, for example in Tychy or Katowice ... and maybe even head to Rybnik. As usual, we would be many hours too early at the train station in Katowice due to the inability to manage our time optimally, so we head all the way to Zawiercie, squeezing through the Silesian agglomeration. If you are driving a folder, maybe it's cool. On such a trip - moderate. Maybe if all the paths looked like those in Sosnowiec, it would be cool, but such Tychy is a drama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The route itself can also be drawn a bit more interestingly, for example, through Ostrava itself, along the river<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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