I've been to Tallinn and Helsinki, but didn't ride a bike in either. If I recall correctly, vehicles are prohibited inside the Old Town section of Tallinn (a beautiful preserved/restored medieval city, with cobblestone streets, castles, towers, the whole bit) but I did see some bike tours going through there.
Helsinki is a beautiful city, but in a different way than Tallinn. I walked a good portion of the downtown, and found it very pedestrian-friendly, and I assume that would extend to bikes as well. Other than the hill that Tallinn Old Town is built on, both cities are pretty flat... I also visited Haapsalu on the Estonian coast south of Tallinn (with another awesome medieval castle!), and don't really recall anything but mostly flatland between the two... So in that regard, it'd be an easy ride. But regardless, this sounds like am awesome trip; I'd love to revisit the area by bike! On Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 7:33:50 PM UTC-4, Michael Morrissey wrote: > Hi everyone, > I’m planning a trip to Latvia, Estonia, and Finland in a few weeks. I’ve > never been to that neighborhood of the world, so I have decided to buy a > bicycle once I’m there and ride from Riga, Tallinn, to Helsinki. > Have any of you folks been there, and can you give me any pointers? > I looked up bike shops in Riga, and it looks like there are quite a few. I’ll > be leaving my Rivendell at home, and I’m tentatively thinking of buying the > bottom-of-the-line Bianchi city bike and riding that. Though, if I luck out, > I can perhaps find something cooler like a Koga-Miyata. =I’m going to bring a > Riv/Nitto big back rack and Ortlieb bags, but otherwise this will be a credit > card tour. I'm going to sell the bike once I get to Helsinki. After a few big > trips, I think going very light is the way to go. > Thanks for any suggestions. > Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ae2a3717-41f5-4df9-a064-37665fb9c54e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
