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Today I rode from Eisenhüttenstadt to Berlin. Eisenhüttenstadt is a planned city built around the EKO steel works in the 1950s. It's good loads of very good public sculptures but very little else, and a strange 'ghost town' vibe. The old village it was built near to is actually quite picturesque (spot the Trabi-raft), and has half a bridge across the Oder to what is now Poland, which was blown up as the Russians advanced in 1945:
I visited it last week and, taking a more scenic route home, realised it would make a nice ride.
After a little bit of oversleeping and apologising, LFGSS's famous Rodolfo and I eventually met at this charming station:
The friendly graffiti reads 'I'm no racist, I hate you ALL'.
I didn't bring a geared bike with me to Germany, as I thought my track bike was comfortable enough to cope with longer rides, and a few moments of downstairs numbness aside, I think it was alright actually. I did it on 52x19 (72.9 GI) and never really felt like I was suffering too much.
The scenery was beautiful, lots of single-carriageway tree-lined roads through rolling fields, and plenty of good old German pine forest.
No p*nctures and no major mechanicals, but I fell over trying to trackstand in the long grass on the roadside verge while Ruud fannied around with his pedal, and the bang or twist on my knee during the fall was starting to twinge a bit by the end of the ride. Which serves me right.
Next ride is going to go from Dessau or Müritz I think.
Strava for any one who is interested. How much cheese can I get away with eating if I burned 2,500 calories?
HHSTB:
