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Touring in eastern Europe

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  1. I'm cycling to eatern Europe this summer (rough route is head for
    Ukraine and circle back through Romania, Bulgaria and the former
    Yugoslav states).
    I am interested in recommendations on bike security for the trip. Most
    of my previous touring has been hostelling in fairly quiet areas, so
    I've only carried a light cable lock. This time I will be camping
    (campsites and wild) and I guess that at some point I will have to
    leave the bike unattended in some larger cities and towns, even if
    this is only for short periods.
    I'm trying to travel as light as possible, so I would prefer not to
    haul a heavy D-lock with me.
    Any opinions or recommendations about security?
    I would also appreciate any specific touring tips about eastern
    Europe.
    Thanks
    Ken

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    I'm trying to travel as light as possible, so I would prefer not to

    Quoted message said:

    haul a heavy D-lock with me.
    Any opinions or recommendations about security?
    I would also appreciate any specific touring tips about eastern
    Europe.

    I take a D-lock and cable even in France which is very safe. Without your
    bike you're stuffed. I also chain my panniers to the racks, although they
    could still be emptied. Paranoid or what?!

    Ken.

  3. ken clements said:


    I take a D-lock and cable even in France which is very safe. Without your
    bike you're stuffed. I also chain my panniers to the racks, although they
    could still be emptied. Paranoid or what?!

    Just because you are paranoid, it doesn't mean they are not out to get
    you ;-)

    --
    Tony

    "A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought" Lord
    Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers)


  4. Quoted message said:

    I take a D-lock and cable even in France which is very safe. Without your
    bike you're stuffed. I also chain my panniers to the racks, although they
    could still be emptied. Paranoid or what?!

    for the more paranoid, you could try locking your panniers to the bike
    using a pacsafe, used for attaching rucksacks to other objects to avoid
    them and their contents being stolen.

    i always carry a d-lock and cable lock.

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