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I have a place on TCR and I've entered All Points North again, hear back on Friday I think if successful or not.
I'd definitely like to do Transiberica at some point and I think Carpathian sounds really interesting, would love to see Romania. Think I looked into last year as a backup but think it got cancelled from memory?
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Well done on keeping your TCR place last year! I gave mine up to persue the fools errand of the NC4000 and am now regretting it.
Yes, Carpathian got cancelled last year. It would be cool to do those big Romanian passes and also Ukraine which is a bit more exotic. My big reservation is Romanian roads.
frank9755
So what is everybody entering for next year?
I've had a good look through the calendar and there are a few good options but I can't decide what to do.
If I could get a place in TCR I would do that, but I won't know until Jan and that might be too late for other stuff.
My backup was going to be NorthCape - Tarifa, but most likely only as far as Nice as I couldn't justify the time it would take to ride 7,400km. But it is so early in the year - 20 June.
There are a few other options in July / August, but all a bit shorter:
Three Peaks Bike Race - 2150km, loads of Alps + Ventoux
Trans Alpes - basically all-you-can-eat of the Alps, 2850km with 64km of climbing
Transiberica - 3,330km, Spain and Portugal.
Carpathian Arch - 2,500km - Romania, Ukraine, Slovenia
GB Duro - 2,000km (mostly off road) best thing to do in the UK if travel is going to be a problem again this year.
Anybody doing any of these, or have strong views on any of them?