57 to Neustadt

🇬🇧 English version below. 

Tour data: Distance 102.76 kilometers (cum. 4,693 kilometers), Ø 20.5 km/h, travel time 5 hours exactly

Weather: Beautiful and warm in the morning. It was a very thirsty day. 

I was allowed to spend yesterday evening and night with Rosi and Michael. Since they picked me up by bike in Bingen, we were able to spend many hours together and talk about the past and current affairs. I really enjoyed the time. Dear Rosi and Michael: Thank you very much for the generous invitation and for your ongoing friendship! 😊

Since my brake pads have now been used for well over 4,000 kilometers, I've wanted to have them checked by a specialist for a long time. Since Michael knows a specialist shop very close by, we went there at 10 a.m. Unfortunately it was closed today. So the only hope left was to find a bicycle specialist on the way. 

In Bad Dürkheim I actually found one! Since the air had escaped from the rear axle suspension shortly before, he pumped it up too, because my pump didn't work??!! He simply checked the brake pads from the outside with a flashlight. Both at the front and at the back, he confirmed that they were only about half used. I happily gave him a 10€ note and drove on with a light heart. 

In the meantime, I had been in the vineyards for some time, so I was on the German Wine Route in the Palatinate. Here there are again historic towns with buildings worth seeing. But these could not stop me from eating a piece of cake in a café and quenching my thirst. 

Since I had already covered a lot of kilometers despite the late departure, I started looking around for a hotel. Unfortunately, the 3 rooms in a monastery were suddenly gone when I decided to book. Alternatively, a hotel stayed in Neustadt, which I soon reached. 

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Tour data: Distance 102.76 kilometers (cum. 4,693 kilometers), Ø 20.5 km/h, travel time 5 hours exactly

Weather: Nice and warm in the morning. It was a very thirsty day.

I was allowed to spend yesterday evening and night with Rosi and Michael. Since they picked me up by bike in Bingen, we were able to spend many hours together and talk about the past and current affairs. I really enjoyed the time. Dear Rosi and Michael: Thank you very much for the generous invitation and for your ongoing friendship! 😊

Since my brake pads have now been used for well over 4,000 kilometers, I've wanted to have them checked by a specialist for a long time. Since Michael knows a specialist shop very close by, we went there at 10 a.m. Unfortunately it was closed today. So the only hope left was to find a bicycle specialist on the way.

I actually found one in Bad Dürkheim! Since the air had escaped from the rear axle suspension shortly before, he pumped it up too, because my pump didn't work??!! He simply checked the brake pads from the outside with a flashlight. Both at the front and at the back, he confirmed that they were only about half used. I happily gave him a 10€ note and drove on with a light heart.

In the meantime I had been in the vineyards for some time, so I was on the German Wine Route in the Palatinate. Here there are again historic towns with buildings worth seeing. But these could not stop me from eating a piece of cake in a café and quenching my thirst.

Since I had already covered a lot of kilometers despite the late departure, I started looking around for a hotel. Unfortunately, the 3 rooms in a monastery were suddenly gone when I decided to book. Alternatively, a hotel stayed in Neustadt, which I soon reached.