di 25 nov, 2014 12:41
My Dutch is quite passive, apologies!
Short version:
Have - time, money, legs, enthusiasm for route design/pedaling/blogging.
Lack - company, bike&equipment, touring experience.
Long version:
My name is Dan. I'm a 32yo telecom engineer, patent examiner, game designer, and sports addict. Having spent most of my life in the saddle, and fortunate enough to have gone on 3-month long holidays once before (see http://blog.travelpod.com/members/burczymucha), I'd love to try some touring now. The only condition is that I have zero interest in doing it alone, and while I love my friends to bits, none of them would ever find the time. Thus need some company.
That being said, I'm very flexible on the exact time (spring-autumn 2015), the duration (1-3 months), the size of the group (2-infinity), the pace (50-150km daily), the style (camping+cooking or hotels+restaurants), and even the route.
I live in the Hague, but love climbing and the history of professional cycling, so the no-brainer default would be to go south from here via Delta Works, experience parts of Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix, then join Eurovelo 3 to Lourdes, climb le Tourmalet, and finish off with the classical Camino de Santiago. But if you insist on travelling from Lisbon to Athens, or have just designed your very own Giro d'Italia, I could be very easily talked into either!
Now I'm well aware sane people do not usually plan so far in advance, but like I said, company is key here. So I'm posting this all over the planet hoping some people like the idea, even if they can't/won't commit months in advance. But in principle: the bigger the group, the bigger the chances of this actually happening (or maybe even meeting in advance to see if we can stand each other's company), which would then give me plenty of time to buy the bike, inform the boss, agree on a route etc.
Please react via email: kazaniecki.daniel@gmail.com
Any feedback/advice/encouragement welcome!
Feel free to write in Spanish/German/Polish, or Dutch/French if you must.
Short version:
Have - time, money, legs, enthusiasm for route design/pedaling/blogging.
Lack - company, bike&equipment, touring experience.
Long version:
My name is Dan. I'm a 32yo telecom engineer, patent examiner, game designer, and sports addict. Having spent most of my life in the saddle, and fortunate enough to have gone on 3-month long holidays once before (see http://blog.travelpod.com/members/burczymucha), I'd love to try some touring now. The only condition is that I have zero interest in doing it alone, and while I love my friends to bits, none of them would ever find the time. Thus need some company.
That being said, I'm very flexible on the exact time (spring-autumn 2015), the duration (1-3 months), the size of the group (2-infinity), the pace (50-150km daily), the style (camping+cooking or hotels+restaurants), and even the route.
I live in the Hague, but love climbing and the history of professional cycling, so the no-brainer default would be to go south from here via Delta Works, experience parts of Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix, then join Eurovelo 3 to Lourdes, climb le Tourmalet, and finish off with the classical Camino de Santiago. But if you insist on travelling from Lisbon to Athens, or have just designed your very own Giro d'Italia, I could be very easily talked into either!
Now I'm well aware sane people do not usually plan so far in advance, but like I said, company is key here. So I'm posting this all over the planet hoping some people like the idea, even if they can't/won't commit months in advance. But in principle: the bigger the group, the bigger the chances of this actually happening (or maybe even meeting in advance to see if we can stand each other's company), which would then give me plenty of time to buy the bike, inform the boss, agree on a route etc.
Please react via email: kazaniecki.daniel@gmail.com
Any feedback/advice/encouragement welcome!
Feel free to write in Spanish/German/Polish, or Dutch/French if you must.
