A New Rear Tire For My Travels In Eastern Europe

Posted on by Darren Alff
15
Sep

During my 10-day bike ride from Istanbul, Turkey to Varna, Bulgaria I started to get a little worried about my bicycle tires. I wasn’t worried about them because there’s anything wrong with them. I just started to worry that if something were to happen to them in this part of the world, it might be very difficult for me to find a replacement tire. So, when I got to Varna, Bulgaria about a week ago, the first thing on my to-do list was to purchase a new tire for my bicycle. Amazingly, there was a bicycle shop just one block away from the apartment I rented through AirbBNB.com, and for 30 Bulgarian Lev ($20 USD) I was able to purchase a new Continental tire for my bicycle. But rather than carry this new tire as a spare (it’s much larger than my existing tires and therefore more difficult to carry), I decided to put the new tire on my bike now and keep the old tire with me as a backup. Romania, Moldova and the Ukraine… here I come!

Darren Alff

My goal as the "Bicycle Touring Pro" is to give you the confidence and inspiration you need to travel by bicycle anywhere in the world. I'm here to help you plan, prepare for, and execute your first bike tour and remove all the guesswork, wasted time and frustration that plagues so many first-time bicycle travelers.

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