Olympic bicycle ride 2008

My geotagged photo gallery is now on http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=25750.

[*]Greece
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=25758

[*]Turkey
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=27454

[*]Georgia (Sarpi to Tblisi)
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=17169

[*]Georgia and Azerbaijan (Tblisi to Baku)
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=25640

[*]Turkmenistan
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=26826

[*]Kyrgyzstan and China (Osh to Kashgar)
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=25841

Elevation profile Osh-Kashgar

Snowy awakening this morning. Just a reminder: I left Finland yesterday with close to zero snow on the ground at least in Vantaa and arrived to Greece in full winter. Some flurries in the morning, but with increasing altitude on the Marathon Highway snowfall got really dense. I am learning to take advantage of my VDO MC 1.0 Bike Computer that tells me the altitude (barometric measurement), height metres as well gradients.

Todays maximum altitude 257 asl along the 40 km route from Loutsa to Athens. A really interesting view was of course the orange and lemon orchards covered in white. Driving is fairly dangerous not because of slippery roads (they weren't; temperatures mostly above freezing point) but because of unaccustomed motorists and lacking maintenance. Finally I made my way to a youth hostel near Omonio square in central Athens.
By the way: apart from my own one, I haven't seen a single bicycle in Greece yet!

Under the following I keep testing the benefit of GPS-tracking and geotagged photos:
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=12811
I appreciate your feedback on it!

Frame Alu 6061 Triple butted 560mm
Wheels 26'' Exal MX 19, 36 spokes
Gears (48, 36, 26) und V-brakes Shimano Deore LX
Saddle Brooks
Pedals Shimano SPD
Tubus Low-Rider and pannier Tubus Lock
Tyres Schwalbe Marathon XR

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