A Bike Ride through Romania

A Bike Ride through Romania

By Connie Ceuppens

We received this lovely message from Richard, fresh from a Romanian bikepacking adventure.

Hi Rowan,

I’m sending some of those "me, myself and I" photos over, if the case is you want to use them.

We rode south-western Romania - Banat, a small part of mountain range Godeanu and Mic Retezat, for 7 days.

Stingray performed very well!

Richard

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