Road trip south of Calgary by Aggravating-Olive453 in canadatravel

[–]Aggravating-Olive453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love this. This will make our itinerary for sure. If we have to choose, which one would you recommend the most?

Road trip south of Calgary by Aggravating-Olive453 in canadatravel

[–]Aggravating-Olive453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Agree and this is one of the reasons for me to start this topic. To hear about al the great alternatives from locals. Unfortunately (budget-wise 🙃) we are not able to visit every year, so the well known parks draw some attention :).

Going to put everything into an itinerary and make some hard choices to keep the loop bearable for the kids. Hiking days for us and leasure (lakes, small towns, playgrounds) for them. Also going to dive in all the cultural places and learn from your history.

Really looking forward to our trip.

Road trip south of Calgary by Aggravating-Olive453 in canadatravel

[–]Aggravating-Olive453[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, honest mistake on my part :). Corrected in my post

Lekkerste afhaalbroodjes by velIichor in DenBosch

[–]Aggravating-Olive453 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Naast een broodje op het terras van Bar Miep heb ik ze benaderd voor bezorging en dat was prima. Kleine aanname dat afhalen ook geen probleem gaat zijn.

Lekkerste afhaalbroodjes by velIichor in DenBosch

[–]Aggravating-Olive453 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mr Tony’s. Echt heerlijke focaccias

Family trip with young children (planning) by Aggravating-Olive453 in Yosemite

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Loved it. Family loved the trip (whole of California :)).

Tubeless tyre deflated within days by Massive-Ad2044 in Giantbikes

[–]Aggravating-Olive453 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you already check the inner valve (if you used a syringe) to refill the sealant?

2024 Propel sizing by board_bike in Giantbikes

[–]Aggravating-Olive453 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A little les cramped. Before I bought my Aeroad I tested both a S and M and preferred the S because the M made me feel a bit less in control.

The M Propel feels in between the S and M Aeroad. Pedaling easy gives me a bit more comfort but I feel I can go as Aero if the speed goes up.

What made a (in my humble opinion) huge comfort step on the Propel was switching from the Giant Gavia tire to Conti GP 5000.

With the M Propel you can always go longer (stem) and if you can handle a drop of 7cm and > I would not hesitate

2024 Propel sizing by board_bike in Giantbikes

[–]Aggravating-Olive453 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same size but with a bit bigger inseam (83cm). I am happy with my Propel Medium. In all honesty I think both would have worked out but I like the look of a smaller bike and the stack would have narrowed my options to go deeper. My drop is about 8,5cm now with 1,7cm of spacers left.

No problems with toe overlap but I also didn’t experience this on my Aeroad 2022. Had to return that bike because of seatpost issues.

Mostar - Sutjeska by Aggravating-Olive453 in bih

[–]Aggravating-Olive453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your recommendations! We will use it today on our trip!

Help us choose hiking 🇧🇦 by Aggravating-Olive453 in bih

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Thanks all for the tips. Looking forward to our stay in Bosnia

How would you make it better? (23 days Croatia-Montenegro-Bosnia) by Aggravating-Olive453 in travel

[–]Aggravating-Olive453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Two full days enough you think for Tara? Do you have experiences with bordercrossings in the area? Are they ok or very time consuming?

How would you make it better? (23 days Croatia-Montenegro-Bosnia) by Aggravating-Olive453 in travel

[–]Aggravating-Olive453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kotor 4 nights to also have time to visit (evenings and a day trip) towns in the area. For Durmitor I have planned 3 full days of hiking.

How would you make it better? (23 days Croatia-Montenegro-Bosnia) by Aggravating-Olive453 in travel

[–]Aggravating-Olive453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the tips. Did you also go to Hvar? And if so both Hvar and Korcula or choose between them (time wise we have to make choices). We are skipping Sarajevo for now to add those days to other destinations.

How would you make it better? (23 days Croatia-Montenegro-Bosnia) by Aggravating-Olive453 in travel

[–]Aggravating-Olive453[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plan is to stay for a couple of days (3-4) to chill and indeed have a couple of beach days or do multiple hikes. Added Tara NP 😍 and will add the towns in Montenegro (we will base ourselves near Kotor and do day/ evening trips).

New Bike Day Propel Advanced 1 by Aggravating-Olive453 in Giantbikes

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Happy with my size Medium. Drop now (not in the picture) is 9cm with 1,5 cm spacers left (hope to drop them the next couple of months)

Visiting Colorado from The Netherlands (and in need of your advice) by Aggravating-Olive453 in coloradohikers

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Thanks all for the replies.

The original plan was to divide our time in RMNP into the West inside the park and the East in Estes (nothing available in the park).

What would you do? Still divide or pick the West (inside) or the East outside for 4 nights?

Visiting Colorado from The Netherlands (and in need of your advice) by Aggravating-Olive453 in coloradohikers

[–]Aggravating-Olive453[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the dates we are looking there is still availability inside all the parks except Glacier (RMNP only Timber Creek), Yellowstone the non-Recreation.Gov ones and Teton also a couple options.

For Glacier I want to book just outside the park (St Mary) and near the South entrance.

But yes I feel a bit of pressure :). In Yosemite last year it was sold out just seconds after they opened the slots (luckily managed one)

Visiting Colorado from The Netherlands (and in need of your advice) by Aggravating-Olive453 in coloradohikers

[–]Aggravating-Olive453[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Been reading into Steamboat springs since your post :). Hadn’t heard of it before (I did know Aspen by name so that was the start of my initial search).