Date: March 26th 2010
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Dear
BaltiCCyclists!
The
first rays of spring sun: And even before blossoming it's time for
the cyclists.
Will be interesting to see how many cyclists will
dare to the first spring's Critical Mass... (tsss... Friday at 6 p.m.
NB!
www.Velo-city.lt
Vilnius retakes it's work:
Starting
next Friday, the 2nd
of April – the city
tour by bicycle „All sides of Vilnius“
and NEW! This year the
first hour will be ABSOLUTLY FOR FREE!
START: Each work day, 11
a.m. at the office, Bernardinų 10
Additionally – the daily
opportunity of a day trip by canoe from Vilnius!
Ok, put
details on the “tours” I'll keep for the following newsletter...
Content of this newsletter:
1.
News from the web shop
*
The free map The Baltic States – by bicycle! 2010
* The guide
for cyclists, Estonia
* Cycle route description European Cycle
Trail R1 Euroroute Part 1
2.
Information on Cycling in Russia
3.
Non commercial bicycle tours in 2010
4.
From the Lithuanian cycling news
So...
happy readings
From Lithuania
Yours
Frank "Frankas"
Wurft
Aus Litauen
Euer
Frank "Frankas"
Wurft
frankas@balticcycle.eu
www.balticcycle.eu
If
you have problems reading this newsletter, read it online or
subscribe or unsubscribe to the newsletter by clicking on the
following link/web page:
http://www.dviratis.lt/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi
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News from the web shop
http://shop.balticcycle.eu
* The free map The Baltic States – by bicycle! 2010http://shop.balticcycle.eu/product_info.php?products_id=109&language=en
The time has come, again:
... for the free overview map „The Baltic States – by bicycle! 2010“.
The unbroken demand on cycling forced us to do so.
You may order it for free in the BaltiCCycle.eu SHOP here or download it as pdf
in print quality (!) (22 MB) here:
http://www.bicycle.lt/repository/2010/bicycle_map_2010.pdf
Answers to the main questions:
How to get through the Baltic states?
Which are the most attractive cycle regions?
How may I get there?
Which books and maps help me to pass it?
Where may I rent a bicycle?
Who offers cycle travel?
it
is automatically included in each order, but you may order it free of
any charges for your personal overview
What's NEW in 2010?
* city tours by bicycle in Vilnius, Klaipeda, Tallinn and Riga!
* Rating of the bicycle routes by cycleability: good – medium and raw ...
* Marking of some remarkable regions for Mountainbiking and Canoeing (Information on www.balticcycle.eu)
automatically
added to each order
but might be ordered for free seperately as
well (as overview)
*
The guide for cyclists, Estonia
Eventually
(thanks, Rein!) I got some of the excellent cycle route descriptions
for Estonia. Thus they are some years old, there is nothing better!
No foreign publisher house knows Estonia better then the Estonians
themselves.
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a5
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single pages in water proof plastic cover
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with maps,
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Route description
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Sights and all service information,
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numerous pictures
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black and whites
Description
of the National Estonian Cycle Routes
No. 1 - EuroVelo 10 "Baltic Sea route"
No. 3 - EuroVelo No. 11 (North cape - Athens): Valga (border to Latvia)-Tartu-Mustvee-Toila
No. 4. - Europa-Radweg R1 (Calais-St. Petersburg)International Cycle Route EuroVelo No. 11 (Eastern Europe Route Athens- North Cape): Tallinn-Tartu-Ikla (Latvian Border)
Route 1, 3 and 4
together: 10 EURO
Sorry, I only got some few copies!
http://shop.balticcycle.eu/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=59
only route 3 und 4: 7 EURO
http://shop.balticcycle.eu/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=187&language=en
as well in the information package with detailled maps:
http://shop.balticcycle.eu/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=67
*
Cycle route description European Cycle Trail R1 Euroroute Part 1
Now also available for a direct order via our web shop.
Attention! This product is available in German language only
Costs: 19,40 EUR incl. Postage (for Germany)
http://shop.balticcycle.eu/product_info.php?products_id=186&language=de
and here the self description
Part
1: Berlin-Polen-Kaliningrad-Litauen (1.090 km)
ready
to go: Tour guide, Maps and GPS Tracks
ISBN: 978-3-9810029-1-1
Spiralo
84 Pages
Maps / Schemes in scale 1:200.000 and town passages. And some extra tours.
Information on route and countries, sights, addresses of tourist information, some accommodation places and transport connections.
Additional:
a -ROM with
files in .gpx- and .kml:
GPS-Tracks
POI of some accommation places, tourist information, ATMs, train stations, museums et al..
2. Information on
Cycling in Russia
One result of the EuroVelo Workshop passed weekend in Klaipeda is some new information von cycling in Russia, by means mainly the regions of Leningrad (around St. Petersburg) and Kaliningrad.
Here is a new overview page:
http://wiki.dviratis.lt/tiki-index.php?page=Russia_Russland
and new on:
http://wiki.dviratis.lt/tiki-index.php?page=Kaliningrad_Königsberg
Cycling in Kaliningrad - Useful links
3. Non commercial bicycle tours in 2010
http://wiki.dviratis.lt/tiki-index.php?page=non+commercial+tours
Information
in English, because it is the main means of communication.
order
by dates
Night cycle ride Kuldīga in Kurland / Couronia (Latvia)
Kuldīgas
nakts velobrauciens 2010
DATE: 22nd of May 2010
More
(in Latvian) via:
http://www.velokurjers.lv//bicycle/
14 days tour via Northern Latvia and South East Estonia
DATE:
11th to 24th of July
pre
announcement:
http://www.vidzeme.com/eng.php?v=&ieks=13
Bicycle tour "Around mount ARARAT"
DATE:
2010.07.24 - 2010.09.08
As
you maybe know, on Ararat is where Noah's Arc stranded ...
Well, this year an international group is organising a bicycle tour
around the Ararat. (Georgia-Armenia-Iran-Turkey-Georgia). And
you, my dear adventurer, are
invited.
Information:
http://www.bicycle.lt/en/main/tours.bc2010-ararat
Cycle tour along the Baltic Sea coast in Couronia (Latvia)
DATE:
31th of July to 17th of August
Route
Rīga- Venstpils- Liepāja
average km per day: ca. 55
km
participation: 80 Lat for the whole (ca. 120 Euro), 5 Lat per
day,
transport Ventspils or Liepaja: + 7Lat
registration
via:
info@bicycle.lv
Info
http://www.velokurjers.lv//bicycle/
By bicycle through Northern Samogitia and Klaipeda Region
DATE:
07.24-08.01
Start:
Šiauliai,
via Joniškį, Žagarę, N. Akmenę, Mažeikius,
Skuodą,
Šventąją, Palangą, Klaipėdą, Priekulę,
Dreverną, Kintus,
Klaipėdos raj.
Finish: Klaipėdą.
Daily
~70-80 km,
Accommodation: Camping
Participation fee: 70-100 Lt
(20-30EUR)
Contact: linas - at - dviratis.lt
4.
From the Lithuanian cycling news
2010-05-16 bicycle marathon in Kaunas
2010-03-26
Critical mass in Lithuania
18
val.
Vilnius (Katedros
aikštė) - Klaipėda (prie
PPC “Big”, Taikos pr. 139)- Šiauliai (prie
Dviračių muziejaus, Vilniaus g. 139) - Panevėžys (Laisvės
aikštė, prie fontano) -Visaginas (aikštė
prie “Hansabanko”, Veteranų g. 5) - (šiuo
metu nevyksta Palanga - Kėdainiai (Rinkos
aikštė) -Alytus (Rotušės
aikštė) - Mažeikiai (Senamiesčio
parko stadionas)
18.30 val: Marijampolė (prie
parduotuvės “Liuks dviratis”, Kauno g. 59)
19:00
val.
Kaunas (Miesto
sodas, prie Muzikinio teatro) - Jonava (prie
parduotuvės “Iki” aikštelė, Chemikų g. 1)
2010-03-26 16.00 Opening ceremony of the picture exhibition “Another world travelling by bicycle” atidarymas
… in the bicycle museum Vilniaus g. 139, Šiauliai
Presentation
of Valentinas Kabašinskas' pictures and the picture Albumo
„Lithuania on the Silk road“ .
The artist will be
present.
(Details in Lithuanian) išsamesnis
pranešimas spaudai čia
2010-03-22 MTB.lt calendar news
future
events:
04.03, 04.10, 05.16, 06.05, 09.24 School pupil and
childrens' competitions
10.02
Vilnius county MTB competion
10.09 Lithuania's MTB championship
2010-03-24 Kaunas city participates in the project SMOOTH “Safety and mobility optimization for sustainable transport and health”
project
web page: http://www.smooth-project.eu/
on the project *Lithuanian: išsamiau
apie projektą čia (www.kaunastrans.lt)
2010-03-23 EuroVelo 10 – Achievements and perspectives of bicycle tourism -
here the final agenda and the presentations (pdf) of the regional bicycle conference in Klaipeda
2010-03-22 Air pollution kills 50000 in Britain each year
2010-03-22 Sea coast trails
2010-03-21 bicycles producers forecast: spring for the economy!
2010-03-17 difficult for the the cyclists, put there keep their heads up high
an
articel about the Lithuanian bicycle sports federation
daugiau
čia "Kauno dienoje"
2010-03-17 Vilnius sees the most expensive bicycle in the world
… with Svarovski diamonds it costs more the
8
0.000
Euro.
šaltinis: http://www.15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/pinigai/i-vilniu-atveztas-brangiausias-pasaulyje-dviratis-nuotraukos-58-89089
2010-03-17 "google" offers bike route planning
http://maps.google.com/biking
by
now only in the US. Here a demonstration movie
:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN5_NBSu7Lw
2010-03-16 What a cyclist abroad should know?
Rules might be different from home:
http://www.travelnews.lt/index.php?m_id=18281&i_id=5&pub_id=56234
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2010-03-16 V. Lenin in exile did fall from his bicycle as is written in a new biography …
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2010-03-15 Cyclemania in the Lithuanian Sea port of Klaipeda |
writes: http://klaipeda.diena.lt/dienrastis/miestas/pavasarejant-klaipedieciai-dairosi-dviraciu-267580\
2010-03-14 Lithuanian students in Cambridge, UK, plan their new tour and look for companions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTMMktTPAuU
2010-03-09 The town of Šilutė shows a good example (building a bicycle path)
2010-03-05 "non sense" bicycle pathes exist also exter Lithuania ...
examples from London
(source: http://www.cycle2job.co.uk/blog/2010/03/03/crap-cycle-lane-%E2%80%93-march-2010/)
www.BaltiCCycle.eu
Experts on Cycling in The Baltic States
Info – Shop – Rent – Travel – City tours
Your personal contact (in English): Frank'as Wurft , M. A.
POST: A/d (Post box) 61, OFFICE: Bernardinu 10
LT01002 Vilnius, Litauen
Tel.: 00370 / 699 / 56009
Fax.: 00370 / 5 / 2784074
Skype: Frankaw
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