Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 10 - 9 Mar - Beograd - Osijek - Beli Manastir - Drávakeresztúr

[jon@gruene.social]

That was along:

#CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Bike 7 of 14
Beli Manastir - Drávakeresztúr

Distance: 97.1km
Est. duration: 7:15

This bike route, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#11/45.774468/18.174133

Yes you can do almost 100km on a Birdy

[jon@gruene.social]

Here's today's #CrossBorderRail summary

#CrossBorderRail live stream - 3/9/2026, 6:44:58 PM

Morning previews of the day ahead, and evening summaries of what I learned during the day. During Jon Worth's #CrossBorderRail Spring Tour 2026.

Netzbegrünung PeerTube (peertube.netzbegruenung.de)

Nice cycling, good day, hopeless for the future of #CrossBorderRail

[jsl@hachyderm.io]

@jon Congratulations for riding a self-supported audax on your Birdie!
Never ridden one, but quite a capable machine by the looks of it.

[rom4n@sueden.social]

@jon Wait, I thought you have a Brompton folding bike? Nice travels!

[jon@gruene.social]

@rom4n no I’m a Birdy devotee. @mejs I’m touring with has the Brompton

[andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it]

@jon @rom4n @mejs What do you like about Birdy?

[jon@gruene.social]

@Andres4NY it's an amazing bike for what I do (I have just done 140km on it, over 2 days) - it rides well, uses more standard components than a Brompton, has full suspension. I'd NOT commute every day with a Birdy, but for the tours I do it is perfect. It folds well enough. @rom4n @mejs

[andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it]

@jon @rom4n @mejs Interesting, thanks! I hadn't heard of them before.

[jon@gruene.social]

@Andres4NY @rom4n @mejs the original manufacturer Riese + Müller just sold the design to Pacific Cycles. They might do more with it!

[rom4n@sueden.social]

@jon @Andres4NY @mejs Hi Jon. interesting. Amazing that you do such trips with folding bike. And you bypass all headache with bike in TGV etc? I traveled with the bike a lot in Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Italy - all fine but countries like France are a headache with my "normal" bike.