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I too have found Evans to be very fair when it comes to price matching, mind you with some of their initial prices they need to be

Very good news :D but I'm living further afield so will still have to fly into Crok this Easter :( Therefore, can anyone recommend a cycle hire shop which rents a good enough bike for a four day tour? I'm not expecting anything great just something that I can "forget" I'm riding if you see...

Sounds like a great ride, have fun. For a flattish route, in broad terms follow the rivers Loire then Rhone, nice scenary, great food and wine! 00 should get you a good enough lower spec new tourer (unless prices have gone up again :( ) or a very nice second hand Dawes Galaxy. Harrogate is not too f...

March/April: 2 weeks in Sicily sans bike. May: Northern Croatia? (I usually cycle Italy in May, but see above.) June: Like Patrick, a return to Denmark for fab free camping. Return from Amsterdam? July/August: Baltic States? September: Corsica Helen, depending on where in Northern Croatia you want ...

Probably the Drava river, Maribor (Slovenia) to Osijek (Croatia) in May. If not, a week in South West Ireland.

For the Serbia/Croatia to the Black Sea section this is a very good ressource, with route, maps and accomodation (although teh quality varies between countries) http://www.danube-info.org For my own very modests partial Budapest to Belgrade trip http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=RrzKj&doc_id...

Hello I use the Carradura bag plus the SQR and it all works perfectly. But the Carradura is lightweight, holds a lot and I've never had any kit get wet despite the terrible Summers in France over the last couple of years. It also has loops for attaching a tent, cape or similar The SQL is brilliant,...

You could have a first attempt at the official site. It now has a forum with a Q&A. http://www.eurovelo6.org/practical-info There are a few other bits and pieces around: i have mislaid the link to a french guy who has mapped EV6 across France but have a google.. Beyond that Bavaria in November c...

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=3Tzut&doc_id=4804&v=HE is my route in July. Austria, Germany, Slovakia and Hungary have multiple sites and a lovely set of cycle-specific facilities. Vienna itself has Aktiv Camping in the city. After Hungary it gets a bit erratic. Ask if you want any s...

I have used both conti Double fighters and travel contacts on my MTB. The latter are much faster on the road and have enough grip for unpaved cycle paths, gravel, and hard packed sand. If you want something just for road use then something really slick is needed and I have no experience of these.

I'd just keep driving. The sole attraction of the northeast of France (unless you hug the border and dip into the Vosges etc) is the autoroutes that head to all the other nice bits. Why spend a valuable day pedalling through some flat fields when you could spend it in the Vercors or the Chartreuse?...

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As regards the route it is mainly on quiet roads with a few hills (ilok area and between Osijek and the Hungarian border). The best route guide I found was the bikeline danube 4 (Budapest to the Black sea) . You will need to reverse the direction and the instruction.

have fun.

The "best" starting point is the European Cyclists' Federation website, where there is a Eurovelo section. Some of the routes have dedicated websites some do not, route 5 does not. So the real best bet is to contact the national cycling federation members and also to use your search engine...

Tom's post shows why its probably better to cross the Danube in Hungary, pass through Mohacs and then take the Croatian bank of the Danube. There is Kopacki rit nature reserve, Osijek with its art nouveau architecture, Vukovar and the legacy of the Yugoslav wars plus excellent wine in both Baranja a...

Hi http://www.Danube-info.org is probably the best on-line source for the parts of the route in Croatia and Serbia Crazy guy on a bike has various journals for the route. This may give you some broader info about the countries http://www.danubebybike.eu . I'm registered for this and if things go to ...