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Date: July 2nd 2009

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http://www.dviratis.lt/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi

Dear future and former BaltiCCyclists!

Hooot... or: finally summer … plus the Lithuanian Song festival, 10 thousands of choruses and folklore … Okay, some little thinx from the Baltix...

Your Cycling
The German Lithuanian,

Frank “Frankas” Wurft, M.A., frankas@balticcycle.eu

Vilnius/Hannover www.BaltiCCycle.eu

The Njuvs

IN GENERAL & LITHUANIA

“BaltiCCycle” on “facebook”!

Before I forget it: there's a BaltiCCycle fan page on FACEBOOK - if you have something to exchange on cycling in Baltic States, have ever been on a BaltiCCycle tour... etc... click here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?filter=pp#/pages/BaltiCCycle/98614292730?ref=nf

Youth Week Velomanija Vilnius still is looking for some participants

we are still looking for ONE organisation which wants to join with max. 5 participants (including group leader) the YOUTH WEEK "VELOMANIJA VILNIUS 2009".
"Velomanija Vilnius" addresses to Young people below 30 years.
30 participants re-think the future city together with other young people, city planners and NGOs.
"Velomanija Vilnius" happens July, 23^rd -31^st 2009.
"Velomanija Vilnius" is co-funded by the Lithuanian Youth Council.
CONDITIONS:
* partner organisation has to be from European Union.
* Participants have to be BELOW THE AGE of 30 years (so: up to 29 years), group leaders can be older
* We cover 70% of the travel costs
* We cover accommodation (7 nights), 2 meals a day, and the organisation may get €350 por preparation.
* the self behalf for each participant is €55
(with our final calculation we will lower this sum ;-)
more information: http://groups.google.lt/group/velomanijavilnius/

Results of the project VECTOR – Air pollution measurements by bicycle. Now online!

^{http://www.vectorproject.eu}

Film examples of the measurements (with explanations in English and Germand

^{http://www.vectorproject.eu/29_1}
OSTWÄRTS! Tour-blog of a bicycle tour on the Euro-Cycle Route R1 Elblag – Kaliningrad – Klaipeda - Kaunas.

Blog IN GERMAN: http://deporuli.blogspot.com/

BaltiCCycle Quedlinburg-Vilnius to reach Vilnius

The international bicycle tour for 1000 years of Lithuania (First mentioning in the chronicles of Quedlinburger in 1009) will reach Vilnius, July the 6^th

more (in English)

http://www.bicycle.pl/content/view/196/230/

Exerpt from a GERMAN newspaper: http://www.expeditions.bicycle.pl/2009/quedlinburg_wilno%20/radeln_zur_tausendjahrfeier.pdf

WIKI.DVIRATIS.LT

Finally I added some information in the bicycle route Vilnius-Kaunas-Klaipeda, the so called Nieman Cycle Trail (in German)

http://wiki.dviratis.lt/tiki-index.php?page=LT2%3A%20Vilnius-Kaunas-Klaipeda

Cycle routes in Lithuania

1) in and around Vilnius:

Overview on the “Cycle routes” page on http://velo-city.lt/?page_id=55&lang=en

2) in Lithuania

for the first time there is an overview in local and regional cycle routes in Lithuania (by now only in Lithuanian, pls. Use the links...): http://wiki.dviratis.lt/tiki-index.php?page_id=63

3)in the following newsletter some comments on routes in the Lithuanian coastal region

Three bicycle rental points of www.velo-city.lt in Vilnius are working!

Besides of the office in the Old town there is a rental point at the shopping centre Europa, at the shopping centre IKI Minskas in Zirmunai and IKI in Jeruzale (close to Verkiai Regionla Park)

more: http://velo-city.lt/?page_id=204&lang=en

LATVIA:

Cycle tour Riga-Ventspils, 15^th to 23^rd of August,

on average 52 km per day, Participation fee 27 Ls (ca. 40 EURO more or less...

more: http://vic.velokurjers.lv/bicycle/#svetcelojums

Cycle action on bicycle track #2 in Riga!

To the verrry old cycle track Riga-Jurmala there's since some time also a route the recreational area Mezaparks in the Northern part of the city. On June, 27^th there was some action … see the pictures on this page:

http://veloriga.lv/?ct=jaunumi&fu=read&id=292&start=

Cycle routes page Latvia!

WOW! Latvians are good in working with maps: Take a look on the routes of former cycling competions and the local and regional round routes in LV

http://www.kurtuesi.lv/velo/

Sea resort of Jūrmala widens cycle route network

… under construction is the cycle path Dubulti-Vaivari for ca. 1,5 Mio. Lats, the community of Jurmala pays 0,8 Mio. Lats, the rest from European and national funds

http://www.delfi.lv/news/national/novadi/article.php?id=25220335

City tours by bicycle in Riga!

http://www.eatriga.lv/bikes/

Estonian Cyclists' forum ;-)

From Estonia I usually hear very few. It might be, that they are just doing well, have there national and regional cycle routes and now are focussing on the cities... Yep, I found the discussion pages, but first I – ehem – have to work on my Estonian Language ….

http://www.velo.clubbers.ee/

CONTAX:

Frank "Frankas" Wurft, M.A. (Deutsch, English, Lietuviskai, Francais, Esperanto)

NEW! City tour and rent-a-bike in Vilnius www.velo-city.lt

www.BaltiCCycle.eu

INFO Everything on cycling in the Baltic States: http://wiki.dviratis.lt/tiki-browse_categories.php
SHOP All Cycle maps & descriptions: www.bicycle.lt/shop
RENT In and between Vilnius-Klaipeda-Tallinn-Riga http://rent.bicycle.lt
TRAVEL choose an organised tour http://www.bicycle.lt/shop/index.php?cPath=38