A few comments about the trip so far.......... In Germany there are cycle paths everywhere, so you rarely go on the roads with the traffic. Problem is that a lot of the paths knock hell out of your bike. I got a bit concerned on several occassions that I would break spokes or bend a rim or crack the frame carrying all this weight on my bike over cobblestones and worse. The path surface can be anything from smooth tarmac to gravel, dirt, cobblestones or whatever. Many times I took to the road for a smoother ride. Both my wheels got out of shape by the time I left Germany. Wherever there is a river in Germany, there is usually a cycleway following it........I took 3 of these, following the Necker River to Heidelberg from Stuttgart
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