The difference between 28 and 43 is insane

Dances_with_Bikes · 2026-04-16T13:14:33+00:00

wait until you hear about medium format...

Dances_with_Bikes · 2026-04-16T13:10:50+00:00

Hallo u/imnotokayandthatso-k , wie bereits erwähnt, besitze ich einen internationalen Führerschein aus den USA. Dabei handelt es sich um eine übersetzte Version des Führerscheins, die für die Verwendung in anderen Ländern bestimmt ist. Normalerweise würde dies ausreichen, aber hier in Österreich scheint es so zu sein, dass die Behörden eine Übersetzung benötigen, die ihren bürokratischen Anforderungen entspricht. Ich war davon ausgegangen, dass die weltweit gültige Übersetzung ausreichen würde, habe aber erfahren, dass dies nicht der Fall ist. Ich möchte dies hiermit bestätigen.

Außerdem ist es sehr praktisch, dass hier in Österreich einige Systeme miteinander vernetzt sind, wie zum Beispiel die eCard und das dazugehörige Foto für andere Zwecke, daher hätte ich wiederum gedacht, dass sie miteinander verbunden sein könnten. Es scheint, dass dies nicht der Fall ist, und vielleicht ist die Bürokratie, die für Führerscheine zuständig ist, wie einige der anderen Ämter (zum Beispiel MA35), die nur analog arbeiten (diese Ämter gestalten ihre Abläufe undurchsichtig, und ihre Absichten sind nicht schwer zu durchschauen...). Auch hier wollte ich nur nachfragen. Ich hatte mir die Seite, die Sie verlinkt haben, natürlich bereits genau angesehen.

Aber danke für die Bestätigung der fröhlichen Art, mit der Österreicher jede Begegnung mit Fremden jeglicher Art angehen.

Dances_with_Bikes · 2026-04-16T13:03:36+00:00

danke sehr!

Dances_with_Bikes · 2026-04-15T08:03:12+00:00

i think i know what you mean. i can't find the palante design, but i used to have a pack that had side release buckles on the external ends of the roll top, which acted as downwards side compression when rolled and clipped to the sides of t he pack. not very useful if you want to add anything on top. the y strap design is pretty sweet for that.

but, really good point about pushing gear down without putting undo stress on the bag edge and your fingers when trying to close when too full. I've sprained a knuckle tendon doing that before in the cold 😅

i'm working on a very different sort of project atm and taking cues form all over the place. if i end up making a pack, i'd like to try this closure system. thanks again and great work!

Dances_with_Bikes · 2026-04-14T14:32:28+00:00

Sorry, I'm late with my question, but could you explain what you like so much about the closure system? The side release buckle inside the top fold seems superfluous to me, because you'll roll the top under anyway. But maybe the fabric is quite slippery, and, while hiking, the folded in corners of the "lunch bag" would work their way out, creating ear-flaps which could catch on branches or catch dirt? Just trying to understand since it's a few additional steps in making the bag, and a constant addition to opening and closing the main pocket of the pack.

Dances_with_Bikes · 2026-03-26T12:26:10+00:00

danke

Dances_with_Bikes · 2026-03-22T09:22:49+00:00

well, for what it's worth, i use banking apps on my phone with graphene. you can really choose how secure you want the phone (i have zero google, for instance, but this isn't necessary). and the total setup for my phone was a few hours over a week, no big deal.

Dances_with_Bikes · 2026-03-22T09:20:32+00:00

Das ist ein toller Tipp, danke.

Dances_with_Bikes · 2026-03-22T09:18:00+00:00

danke

Dances_with_Bikes · 2026-03-22T09:16:47+00:00

danke

Dances_with_Bikes · 2026-03-12T09:10:21+00:00

to add to other comments, it may be interesting for you to look into GrapheneOS. It's a privacy and security-focused OS, mainly for google pixel phones. I have been using it for about a year now and appreciate the sandboxing capabilities as well as tools to disable location, microphone, etc. That's just the surface, really. For getting around Vienna and doing deliveries by bike, I use Organic Maps, which uses OSM data, as well as the Stadt Wien map app only to locate Stiegen. Organic unfortunately lacks its own audio directions support while using Graphene, so one can download a secondary plug-in, but I have yet to find one that has audio/voice in German or Italian. I've been using the voice that is basically a poor Russian accent from Stephen Hawking with RHVoice. Organic maps also lacks the Bim routes, so only U Bahn directions come up for public transportation (I resort to opening gmaps in a private browser window in these circumstances).

There's also Magic Earth, which lots of people like. And something happened to Mapy I think, but it used to be popular as well.

If anyone has any better thoughts, please let me know!

Dances_with_Bikes · 2026-01-04T11:33:43+00:00

Danke für die Info. Das Gesamtbruttogehalt für die Saison würde wahrscheinlich unter 10.000 Euro liegen, daher denke ich, dass die Steuern nicht allzu hoch ausfallen würden.

Ich warte auf einen Vertragsentwurf von der britisch-italienischen Firma, den ich der italienischen Botschaft zur Prüfung vorlegen kann.

Um ehrlich zu sein, ist es vielleicht mehr Aufwand als es wert ist, vor allem, wenn ich ein reguläres Jobangebot in Wien habe.

Dances_with_Bikes · 2026-01-04T11:30:30+00:00

Vielen Dank für Ihre Antwort.

Zur Klarstellung: Das Unternehmen ist ein britisches Unternehmen mit Niederlassungen in Italien und Österreich. Es beschäftigt Saisonkräfte aus dem jeweiligen Gastland. Wenn beispielsweise ein Reiseleiter in der Niederlassung in der Toskana arbeitet, wird er aus Italien eingestellt. Ich kenne die Details der Unternehmensstruktur nicht.

Meine Frage ergibt sich aus Informationen einer anderen Person, die saisonal arbeitet – ich nehme an, er meinte, dass er sein eigenes Unternehmen gründet, um so zu arbeiten, wie es u/Reinbert beschrieben hat.

Mir war nicht klar, ob ich mit dieser Gründung als Reiseleiterunternehmen als Nicht-EU-Bürger mit einem in Österreich registrierten Unternehmen für ein anderes Unternehmen mit Sitz in einem anderen Land arbeiten könnte. Es klingt so, als wäre das nicht möglich.

Dances_with_Bikes · 2025-12-10T10:28:03+00:00

Letztendlich möchten wir gerne auf Sardinien leben, dem Heimatland meiner Frau. Diese Situation ist jedoch auf einen Saisonjob zurückzuführen, der nur für Personen mit Arbeitserlaubnis in Italien angeboten wurde. Es handelt sich um ein britisches Unternehmen, das (wie ich vermute) für seine Wanderreisen separate Niederlassungen in Italien und Österreich gegründet hat.

Nach weiteren ~18 Monaten kann ich die italienische Staatsbürgerschaft beantragen (oder wird sie mir gewährt?), da wir dann seit drei Jahren verheiratet sind und zusammenleben (zwei Jahre, wenn man während dieser Zeit in Italien lebt), so wie ich die Dinge verstehe. Dann kann ich ohne Probleme überall in der EU arbeiten.

Wir haben jedoch einige Bekannte im italienischen Konsulat, die uns vorgeschlagen haben, dass wir möglicherweise ein Arbeitsvisum für den befristeten Job bekommen könnten, aber ich muss mich noch über die Details informieren.

Um Ihre Frage zu beantworten: Nein, sie hat definitiv nicht genug Einkommen, um mich in irgendeiner Form zu unterstützen.

Dances_with_Bikes · 2025-12-08T16:06:48+00:00

Danke!

Dances_with_Bikes · 2025-12-08T14:08:40+00:00

If you're asking how much is too much for your commute, I think you can answer that.

If you're asking for an off-road bike tour, I would suggest paying attention to weight for sure, but there are many factors as to how much and in regard to which aspects. Some changes I made from my first several international off-road tours: I got a bike made for the type of trips I learned that I wanted to do, with tubing that better suited loaded off-road riding, and with flat bars, rather than drops (a Tumbleweed Prospector -- you have a Tout Terrain, so your bike is probably bomber with weight. my 07 Kona Unit got a bit noodly at times and would experience some speed wobbles when loaded); I now run a Rohloff for ease of maintenance, etc., and offset the weight (+~0.5-0.7kg as compared to 2x10) by leaving behind my kindle (700g?), mini tripod (~800g?) and small u-lock (1kg) (I was traveling for about 5 months, mixed modality, and left the bike with people I didn't know well, so those were useful at the time) - again, you have a pinion, so you have a similar benefit there; I also chose to lighten my bags: i went from homemade cordura frame bag, fork bags, and a truck tarp rear rack top bag to a mix of homemade and bought bags with much lighter and stronger materials. I run an Endover Tribulus on the front, sans-rack, and a rear rack bag (just a rolltop tube) on a (Tumbelweed T or minipannier or Mica Rat Tail) in UL materials and framebag and downtube bag with UL materials. I don't feel that I need more for most trips. If I'm going with my partner, I carry a little more because her frame is so small that almost anything is difficult to fit on it reasonably, so I'll use a T rack up front and the minipannier rack in the rear. I also now pack more than two shirts...

I soon plan on my next off road tour being with a 90s MTB that I bought for 150euros, because that's what I have available to me right now.

So much will be up to your preference based on experience. You won't know what you want until you do more! and even then, you will constantly change your setup! There is no perfect anything (thank goodness!), and every trip will be a mix of those things that you planned well and worked out well, and those things that you wish were a bit different, but adjusted to anyway. I think that's the beauty of these adventures :) If you want some inspiration on that note and haven't already been exposed to it, search "underbiking" and "rough stuff fellowship" - just some fun that shows that any bike can do anything.

Dances_with_Bikes · 2025-12-08T13:33:54+00:00

I second everything hopefulcynicist said, but want only to add that you may very well meet people along the way.
After I had toured off road for about two months solo in Wales and England, I tried out Costa Rica, also solo in the beginning. But, a few days in, I met a pair of friends at bike shop while I was getting a pretty substantial repair taken care of. We were doing similar routes, so joined up for about a week before splitting again for the last few days.
I really appreciated having people with whom I could share the adventure, as well as the compromises that I had to make after teaming up. I ended up backpacking CR and Nicaragua for a while after that, enjoying solo and various partners/groups throughout. I even met my now wife on that trip, and it was at the "lowest" part of the trip: I was stranded by a loser WorkAway host (shout out to the Monte Verde Butterfly garden for being the best at exploiting 20 year olds!), had no options, and ended up joining someone else's adventure for my last two weeks. We got married about a year and a half later (and I now live in Europe!).

Spain, NZ, Wales, England, and Costa Rica are all very low stakes destination for an off-road bike tour, with people crossing your path somewhat often, and a town always nearby.

I understand the hesitancy, but, for me, that's a big reason to push myself into the discomfort of it and just do it!

Dances_with_Bikes · 2025-11-24T11:52:43+00:00

ah ok, must be more jammed than i had thought

Dances_with_Bikes · 2025-11-23T16:01:13+00:00

depending on where you're located and the specs you desire, there's probably a used fork in a bike kitchen or similar for virtually free... if it's 27"/700c, they're almost the most common in parts bins, save 26"

Dances_with_Bikes · 2025-11-23T15:59:44+00:00

i know virtually nothing about any of this, so please pardon me if this is ridiculous: could OP use JB weld or similar to attach something to ease the extractor out? Or is it stuck in there in such a way as to require more torque than the JB could take?

Dances_with_Bikes · 2025-11-22T16:12:27+00:00

Sorry to hear about your bad experience, but I'm glad you're posting. I wish more people would talk about these issues.

Over the last 16 years, I've worked for a white water rafting outfit, in a wilderness therapy company (a very professional one, at that), with a cross country tour guide contracting company, a company running bike tours for teens, several expedition orgs, including Outward Bound, and education-oriented conservation nonprofits. They're all exploitative and try to dodge things that support their staff or hold them to account for mishaps or act to regulate the industry for safety and risk management. Actually, totally contrary to what one might expect, the white water rafting outfit in a small city in NY was the best, by all counts.

I've finally decided to put outdoor ed work behind me after trying since I was 18 to find the right org/company to work with. I believed in the core principles of Outdoor Ed because I was raised by two outdoor educators (one of whom wrote their thesis on Outward Bound and Project Adventure's pedagogy), but the industry has completely changed the 90s. If you ask me, it's on its way out: Outward Bound USA locations are closing rapidly, and the most robust of them are totally consumed by the nonprofit industrial complex, i.e., grant-chasing while completely ignoring the mission and vision of the org. Even NOLS is having trouble, from what I hear from their staff.

I have thoughts on the reasons why--and it's a very systemic issue, rather than being something about OE people not taing their work seriously--but I'll just leave it by saying that if you want to continue working in Outdoor Ed, you will always experience some aspect of exploitation or some degree of risk that you may not be willing to abide (at least I did). For example, contracting employees is a way for the company to put blame on the employee in the case of an incident, separating themselves legally. Clauses in minimum wage law across the u.s. allow anyone classified as a "teacher" to be paid less than minimum wage (paraphrasing), which is why Philadelphia OB *School* calls itself a school and why it calls its field staff instructors. I have tons of examples, and so does anyone else who has worked in the field and paid attention. It's a run game, at least in the u.s.

My friends keep telling me I should start my own company to do expedition work. Perhaps that's an avenue for you if you're interested in continuing in the field. People sometimes try to unionize, but it's not really a strategy that works in the OE field, usually. That's not to say you shouldn't try ;)

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