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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 2
nd 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, Bernardin? 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



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  1. News from the web shop
    http://shop.balticcycle.eu


    * The free map The Baltic States – by bicycle! 2010

    http://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.

  • a5 

  • single pages in water proof plastic cover

  • with maps, 

  • Route description

  • Sights and all service information, 

  • numerous pictures 

  • 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

http://wiki.dviratis.lt


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


the following points:

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 Kuld?ga in Kurland / Couronia (Latvia)

Kuld?gas 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 R?ga- Venstpils- Liep?ja
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  Jonišk?, Žagar?, N. Akmen?, Mažeikius, Skuod?,
Švent?j?, Palang?, Klaip?d?,  Priekul?, Drevern?, Kintus,
Klaip?dos raj.
Finish: Klaip?d?.
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

More (in English soon)

http://www.kaunomaratonas.lt/


2010-03-26 Critical mass in Lithuania

18 val. 
Vilnius (Katedros aikšt?) - Klaip?da (prie PPC “Big”, Taikos pr. 139)- Šiauliai (prie Dvira?i? muziejaus, Vilniaus g. 139) - Panev?žys (Laisv?s aikšt?, prie fontano) -Visaginas (aikšt? prie “Hansabanko”, Veteran? g. 5) - (šiuo metu nevyksta Palanga K?dainiai (Rinkos aikšt?) -Alytus (Rotuš?s aikšt?) - Mažeikiai (Senamies?io parko stadionas)
18.30 val: 
Marijampol? (prie parduotuv?s “Liuks dviratis”, Kauno g. 59)
19:00 val.
Kaunas (Miesto sodas, prie Muzikinio teatro) - Jonava (prie parduotuv?s “Iki” aikštel?, Chemik? 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 ?ia


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 projekt? ?ia (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

here ?ia
more 
?ia...


2010-03-22 Air pollution kills 50000 in Britain each year

 Pla?iau


2010-03-22 Sea coast trails

(straipsnis iš "15 min.") 


2010-03-21 bicycles producers forecast: spring for the economy!

straipsnis iš "15 min."


2010-03-17 difficult for the the cyclists, put there keep their heads up high

an articel about the Lithuanian bicycle sports federation
daugiau ?ia "Kauno dienoje"


2010-03-17 Vilnius sees the most expensive bicycle in the world 

with Svarovski diamonds it costs more the 80.000 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



2010-03-16 V. Lenin in exile did fall from his bicycle

as is written in a new biography …

Source: http://www.lrytas.lt/-12687276221266419346-v-leninas-tremtyje-atkaklus-pliktel?j?s-vyrukas-nuvirt?s-nuo-dvira?io.htm


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.

More:

www.aruls.co.uk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTMMktTPAuU

Šaltinis: Bernardinai.lt


2010-03-09 The town of Šilut? shows a good example (building a bicycle path)

"Šilut?s ETA žinios"


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

Frankas@balticcycle.eu

www.BaltiCCycle.eu

Skype: Frankaw




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