Bicycle Touring Prague-Vienna Everything you need to know I Q&A I GPX-files

[@BikeTouringMike]

Here's my summary of our tour in the Czech Republic from last summer. To be able to access the gpx-files just follow the links, then click the ... in the bottom right corner of the info box. And choose Download GPX. Hope they'll be of use for someone!

[@1xdlol]

Awesome tour and video, thank you for this Q&A, it helped me a lot to convice me to make this route this year!

[@michaelmatthews4096]

Gad to see you again Mikael.

[@brentjennings3267]

Hi Mike. All your videos are great, including this one. Your videos are well organized and logical. You must be an engineer. Please keep them coming. Thanks.

[@12MonkeyArmy]

Maybe an engineer, or maybe just German.

[@raymondsoco]

Every time I see a Mikael video I learn something new. Thank for the Mapy cz link . :D

[@BikeTouringMike]

Maybe I forgot to mention it in the video, but in order to find cycle paths in mapy.cz you have to click the Change Map thing in the upper left corner and choose Outdoor. Then you will have to zoom down a couple of levels and the cycle pats will appear as pink lines.

[@jerryz.3087]

Thanks Mikael, great sum-up of the trip...hoping to do Regensburg to Vienna this summer. Keeping my fingers crossed for weather conditions similar to that you guys had last year. Thanks again...have a good one!

[@BikeTouringMike]

Our tour was in the first half of June. I think June is a pretty safe month weather wise. Usually pretty stable weather. When are you going?

[@jerryz.3087]

@@BikeTouringMike ...it will definitely be in June, not sure exactly though. My daughter has a trip planned for us once we get to Germany, so I'm just have to work outside of that. Really looking forward to it. ..it's like one of those life long dreams.

[@b767av8r]

Nicely done Mikael, Thank you.

[@BikeTouringMike]

Thanks for watching and commenting David!

[@brentirvine2336]

Thanks for the gpx files. I sorted out a route, but will download these, too.

[@BikeTouringMike]

Hope you have a great trip!

[@brentirvine2336]

@@BikeTouringMike Thanks! Portugal in a few weeks then planning vie to prg in summer.

[@brigitdoyle4794]

Hi there, Just wondering how you found your camp sites, do you think this trip is doable solo. And I am wanting to add in Cesky Krumlov to my trip, just wondering if you have any advice on which section to catch the train for this to happen?

[@BikeTouringMike]

Hi Birgit! There is a map over the whole greenway system over at www.pragueviennagreenways.org/gwmap.html. As you can see in that map there is actually a section (that we skipped on out trip) that goes by Cesky Krumlov. I would really have loved to go by that town, but unfortunately we didn't have enough time. Regarding doing a solo tour, you could very well do this tour sole. Depending on when you go, but during the summer months there are a lot of bike tourists doing this tour so you will certainly meet other people along the way to chat with. We found the camp sites on the go. We didn't book anything. Often we started looking on Google Maps at our lunch break to see which campground would be reachable during that particular day, and then we aimed for one of them. Sometimes we didn't even end up at campgrounds and stayed in Penzions (Bed and Breakfasts) instead.

[@Gabriel-pt6tq]

Can anyone assist me with using GPX files and the bikemap app? I am paying for the premium subscription. When I download a route it says that the route is too large and tells me to download the regional map. Then when I download the regional map it still doesn't work. What am I doing wrong????

[@davidwpinkston4226]

well done

[@BikeTouringMike]

Thanks David!

[@GladisNoriega-t1f]

Ciao ho visto il video da Praga a Vienna, sono intenzionata di fare questo estate a fine luglio, questo percorso in solitaria, questo sarebbe il mio secondo viaggio. Mi preoccupa i tratti con traffico intenso. Secondo te fare questo giro una donna in solitaria lo fa in totale sicurezza? Grazie

[@michaelmatthews4096]

How were your Schwalbe tires on this trip? Any flats?

[@BikeTouringMike]

No, I haven't had any flats on any of my Schwalbe tires so far.

[@michaelmatthews4096]

@@BikeTouringMike great to here Mikael not like the tires of yesterday where you got flats once in a while. so I can bike with no fear of flats.

[@michaelmatthews4096]

@@BikeTouringMike is it ok that we can be friends?

[@BikeTouringMike]

Schwalbe Marathons are great. But they have one drawback, and that is that they are a bit trick to fit on the rim when you install them.

[@BikeTouringMike]

Sure!

[@danielwyvern5]

Hi Mikael!

[@BikeTouringMike]

Hi Daniel!

[@joeh773]

MrSmradoch :-) yeah, you butchered that one, but that's ok, it's just a funny name someone decided to use, means Mr. Stinky. Great job otherwise, good info and great inspiration, thanks for sharing!

[@alanhaddy7499]

Thanks for the overview, nice distance and still full on. Which program did you use to plot the route then add to a Garmin. I having a Garmin touring but cannot use it very well.

[@BikeTouringMike]

I use a website called ridewithgps.com to plot my routes. From that site I then export my route as a .fit to my Garmin and as a .kml to Maps.me. I plan to do a video about all of this pretty soon. It's easier to describe visually.

[@alanhaddy7499]

@@BikeTouringMike Thanks for the information, Ive logged onto the site and mapped my recent route. Its a great site and so pleased you have recommended it, very easy to use.

[@danielelko9992]

Hey, I’m doing this trip in the fall. How to you find campsites? Did you plan them ahead of time if so is there a site for this? Also, this is my first tour using gps. I’m an American so I’m planning on getting an EU SIM card. Will that work in this area? Thanks!

[@BikeTouringMike]

We just searched for campsites on Google Maps. We usually started searching for campsites after lunch, when we had an idea of how far we would be able to go that particular day. The EU has banned roaming fees as of 2017. But there is still some problem with certain carriers I believe. I use Telia here in Sweden and they work fine all over Europe for no extra fees.

[@smarkasmc]

😉👍🌻

[@Tomanart]

Great informative video Mikael, I watched all the Prague to Vienna videos on Darren’s site and really enjoyed viewing them. I got the same Sony video as you Mikael and i have made a new cycling video kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoXMaaKtnb57Y6c i have taken your advice on mounting on helmet for smoother footage etc

[@BikeTouringMike]

Hi Tom! I've watched your video. Video quality looks really crisp! I'm jealous of how far into spring you are there in the UK. We got a major setback this weekend, with another 30 cm of snow. So we're at 1 meter of snow depth right now :-(

[@Tomanart]

@@BikeTouringMike Hi Mikael, thank you so much for taking the time view my cycling video, I'm learning all the time..sorry to hear about the heavy snow where you live and hope you and your family are safe and Well, best wishes, Tom