I just arrived back home from my trip to Vienna, where a friend and I cycled to starting and Munich and only stopping for food (and starry night pictures).
I've done multiple ultra long rides in the past but this one was the first one over 500km, although not the hardest (that belongs to Munich-Grado via Großglockner Hochalpenstraße).
We started in Munich in the afternoon and rode through the starry night. The last 100km are always painful and this time especially since we had brutal headwind. Around 30km before the finish it reached 20kmh headwind and in some places without wind shelter it was really tough going and demoralizing after such a long ride.
On the Aeroad (2023 model) I've got a 10L saddle bag (Arschrakete) by AGU and the Midloader L frame bag (which I slightly modified with scissors 😀 ). Additionally I used a 1.5L hydration backpack. The Aero extensions are from AliExpress and the piece to mount them to my 2023 Aeroad is my own design that I 3D printed in PETG.
It has the wahoo mount and light mount integrated and worked perfectly.
Also a bonus picture of the night sky 😉
by victoryz90
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Also the model is the Aeroad CF SLX 7 with SRAM rival.
I also have SRAM wireless blips with 3d printed mounts at the end of the extensions.
Nice ride. How many stops did you make and how long were they each time?
That’s crazy! Do you have a link to the Strava activity? I was planning a somewhat similar activity from Innsbruck to Wien next summer; I will do it in four days though.
do you mind sharing the link to the aero bars?
I was riding yesterday evening north from Vienna and back, and yeah the headwind was there already along the Danube. Not the optimal way to end that brutal ride for sure 🙁
Did the same with my rose backroad in 3 days this year. 😅