{"id":7196,"date":"2012-10-17T16:11:35","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T13:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguide.ro\/?p=7196"},"modified":"2025-01-21T15:34:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T13:34:58","slug":"mountain-biking-in-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainguide.ro\/en\/mountain-biking-in-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain biking in Romania across the Carpathians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7716 aligncenter\" title=\"Mountain biking in romania\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguide.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cover-11.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguide.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cover-11.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.mountainguide.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cover-11-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><strong><em>The flying Dutch across the Carpathians<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Karin, Yvonne, Angelique and Henk came to Romania this September to do a &#8220;TransCarpathian&#8221; ride on mountain bikes. Even if the trip was an &#8220;advanced&#8221; one, they got more than they bargained for. The climbs were longer and more difficult than expected (on or off the bike), the descents more technical &#8211; generally what we consider being &#8220;advanced&#8221; mountain biking was a closer match to what our Dutch guests considered an &#8220;expert&#8221; level.<\/p>\n<p>But that was a reasonable price to pay for some amazing views high up in remote areas of the Romania mountains &#8211; Ciucas, Bucegi, with a special note for the Garbovei and Baiului were we really felt like being on another planet, for some one of a kind mountain and biking experiences. Any decent mountain biker is more or less a little bit of a masochist, there is no other way to endure &#8211; or even to enjoy &#8211; some long and steep uphills. We went through blood, sweat and tears to get to the top of them, only to imponderably fly down the mountain on the respective descents.<br \/>\nThank you Karin, Yvonne, Angelique and Henk for an unforgettable week!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Horia, October 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Testimonial<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>Hoi Horia en Iulian,<br \/>\nHet is al weer drie weken geleden toen ons avontuur in Roemenie begon. De aankomst op het vliegveld in Boekarest en het eerste contact met Horia, onze gids. De dagen daarna hebben we genoten van het prachtige landschap en hebben we geleerd wat &#8220;pushbiking&#8221; is. We zijn allen redelijk ervaren mountainbikers maar we hadden nog nooit zoveel gelopen met de fiets. Zeker de eerste twee dagen waren pittig maar zeker de moeite waard. Het uitzicht op de ridges was fantastisch!! Ook de lange downhill secties waren een ware uitdaging. Het was jammer dat Liek de rem op dag 1 al kapot had. Horia en Iulian hebben dit perfect opgelost. Veel bellen en organiseren maar de fiets werd binnen 1 dag gemaakt en daarna konden we weer verder met z&#8217;n vieren. Ook de hutten\/pensions waren prima. We hebben genoten van dit prachtige landschap en het geweldige weer. Voor de wat meer ervaren mountainbiker die eens in een andere omgeving willen fietsen is dit zeker een aanrader. Horia en Iulian, bedankt voor deze mooie ervaring en alle goede zorgen!<br \/>\n<strong>Groet, Liek, Karin, Yvonne en Henk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 16%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7196 gallery-columns-6 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mountainguide.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cover-1.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[7196]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" 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