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Maybe my best and most beautiful slovakian biketour was finished in the last day before arriving at Budapest in 1998 because of a fault in manufacture in the tyre.

Crossing the Carpathians by bike 1999

Gyorgyigabor
2004-02-05 19:58:20

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of the village Bátonyterenye was under water, and some roads in the Matra mountain-range was closed to the traffic. I couldn’t choose any of the roads that I used in the last few years. Bacause the no 3. main road are not allowed for bikers there was only one route to go there: Budakalász – Vác – Hatvan – Jászberény – Heves – Eger – Répáshuta. It was interesting: to arrive at the Bükk plateau I had to go to the Great Plain. I began my 200 km long cycling in a cloudy weather. After 20 kms I could forget every pressure on me and could cycle without any fear, as I were on a usual one-day-tour. To Aszód I was bicycling on a well known road, but few kilometers before the town I had to cycle some extra-kilometers because of the high waterlevel of a stream. That was the first sign! Although my destination was Eger – because of the flood - I had to turn towards south-east, towards Jászberény. In the Great Plain I could cycle with a good speed, it seemed to reach Eger in time, or before the planned time. I had the hope to meet my friends before climbing the long ascent of the Bükk. It was frightening when I saw the water of Tarna river flowing just under the bridge in Jászjákóhalma. In Jászapáti the water was pumped from the trench. In Heves I asked people if they saw a few bikers anywhere and they saw. I also asked the busdriver if I have problem with the flood, but he had good news for me: I wouldn’t have any problems towards Eger. The half of the road was under water at the end of the town. I arrived at Eger in sunshine. After I found the cathedral I was rolling in the promenade. Although I couldn’t find the guys next to the confectioner’s, at last I found them close to the warehouse. We were bicycling together in the last 30 kms.

2nd day: Répáshuta - Plesivec (SLK) We were cycling and then rolling down to Miskolc in a cloudy and wet weather. From that large town we continued our tour between low hills towards ...