"You can not embrace the vast" - wrote the Russianclassic. These words become more relevant than ever when we go on vacation and plan our itinerary. How I want to see everything. And especially if you got to Europe and got a Schengen visa for a certain period with a single entry. Having got into this or that tourist city, we see tourists who rush like madmen with a map and a guide in their hands, putting in them "ticks" opposite the sights where they visited. But the average pedestrian speed is still four kilometers per hour. You can, of course, podnapryachsya and go on a trot and even on a half-halo, having developed a speed of up to 7 km per hour, but what will you put aside in memory? By the evening, you will feel yourself pounded by a horse at the racetrack, and in the history there will be only "ticks" in the guidebook.
You can accelerate yourself by taking yourselfassistants of a two-wheeled friend, because the average speed of a cyclist is much higher than the speed of a pedestrian - 25-30 kilometers per hour. These figures are given taking into account that you are driving on a smooth road with a smooth covering, without luggage, without intense traffic on the street, you are young and healthy. If one of these conditions falls, the speed of movement immediately drops to 15 kilometers per hour. Therefore, if you are going on a cycling trip, it is best to proceed in your calculations from the last digit.
If you are an inexperienced rider, as a test of strengtha one-day bike ride in nature is suitable. Choose for it a populated locality, where the distances between the points in which people live (which, if they can, help you) would not be more than a couple of kilometers. Do not be zealous, pushing the pedal: let your average speed be 10-15 kilometers - until the evening you still have time to go home. After the first attempt, you can make a brave outing somewhere in the vicinity (to the lake or the river, to the nearest interesting town), taking with them a small baggage. This can be a backpack or saddlebag, a fishing pole or a basket. Try to ride on the primer, choose for your journey a hilly terrain. Recognize the time spent on the road, and on the map, check the mileage to find out how quickly you drove on average.
Having done such tests and strengthening their skillstwist the pedals, you can already seriously dream of multi-day cycling routes. It is best to elect a country for such a tour, where people who are moving on two-wheeled vehicles are treated with respect. In Vietnam, for example, cyclists are much more than drivers of cars, therefore all street traffic is adapted "for them". But taxiing in the crowd is extremely difficult, and the average speed of the bike there will be no more than 10 km per hour. However, there are countries where the decision of a person to leave the car and go to an ecological mode of transport - a bicycle, raises the government's delight. In the USA, Canada and European countries there are special bike paths that (unlike our sad realities) are not allowed to use to other participants of the movement. Even pedestrians do not have the right to visit them. The only obstacle in your way can be unless other cyclists. Ride to yourself and eat!
In many European cities, except for tracks,authorities offer to rent bicycles. Having a credit card, you can take a two-wheeled vehicle on the terminal, ride it where you need and leave it on a completely different terminal. Go to the museum, take a walk ... Then take the bicycle from the third terminal to leave it on the fourth. Very convenient: you do not need to worry that your bike can be stolen, you do not need to spend money on urban transport, and the average speed of a biker grows up compared to the speed of a pedestrian.
If riding a bike is your passion, youYou can go on a real trip with your trusted iron friend. A lot of travel agencies offer a variety of bike tours around Europe. The average speed of the participant of this campaign is the most gentle: about 15-20 km per hour. On the way, a guide on a bicycle shows you interesting places, your luggage follows you by car, and in the evening everyone is waiting for a hotel with a swimming pool where you can relieve the load from tired legs.
