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- Daniel TrainskyJune 15, 2025
First Coffee Race in Silesia and the longest one to date. With @Dviračio Ūdra , we had to spend an evening before on a very nerdy and scrupulous planning on how to stay within the limits of event requirements and our own condition at the same time, given that the cafes - checkpoints spanned over 5 cities
Daniel Trainsky and Dviračio Ūdra went for a bike ride.
November 2, 2025
We were absolutely not expecting to continue our cycling season into November this year, but weekend's weather had another plan for us, and we gladly used this opportunity. Maybe it's because this late into autumn there is little foliage around, or it's just a place-specific feature, but we have managed to see fourteen cats during a trip. Unfortunately, not a single photo of any cat was taken as we were in a self-imposed hurry to a train back to Warsaw. There were plenty of alternatives a little bit later and planning for them would allow us to have a slower and more contemplative ride, but mere awareness of a possibility to return earlier disturbed our minds - a lesson for future. Nevertheless, we had some time to spend in a few interesting places with some memories. Among them an abandoned distillery with some sort of a barrel that resembled a face; our random destination point on a horrible road (we assume it's because it was just along two voivodeships border and no one wants to pay for it) in a forest full of amanita muscaria, and - not yet marked on a map - old gravel quarry, which looks like some sort of a social commentary on lake Bled popularity.
03:20
58.3km
17.5km/h
350m
350m
Daniel Trainsky and Dviračio Ūdra went for a bike ride.
October 26, 2025
I am quite happy that we had to wait for a good weather for more than a month to have this trip, because I despise Rembertów and the road towards it with all my guts so much that I had to take a lot of time for mental preparation to go through it. Luckily, it wasn't that bad this time, and a concrete creepy genderless guy sculpture was a happy distraction from otherwise anxiety-inducing route, while Rembertów itself was quite empty and pleasant, when you don't ride through more inhabited parts. Forest part was, of course, especially nice. Then, haikus require a part referring to a season, so autumn was really nice in forests in parks with lots of colourful leaves and not too wet (yet) surface. And they were empty, slightly uninviting, intriguing by this. We had to end our trip abruptly when a thunderstorm suddenly started and we were soaking wet, not able to find any shelter in an already near-leafless forest (especially given how many leaves fell during that same thunderstorm), so after it subsided a little bit, we went to Warszawa Anin train station and returned home somehow.
03:11
43.8km
13.8km/h
210m
240m
Daniel Trainsky and Dviračio Ūdra went for a bike ride.
September 13, 2025
A last race of Coffee Race season 2025. We did the shortest route possible as we were tired after 15+ hours in a train a day before, returning from Slovenia. We were honestly surprised that completing a bare minimum requires such a short distance; in contrast, if we tried to do a full distance, it would take us approx. 85 kilometres. As a result, three prizes won; we also participated in a draw for the main season's prize (available only if you do 5 races in a year), but oh well, it's the experience that's most valuable here :)
01:46
28.2km
15.9km/h
310m
300m
Daniel Trainsky went for a bike ride.
August 30, 2025
So, it turns out that Coffee Race has this obscure rule that a finish doesn't actually to be an end to a race, it's just a place where they give away prizes and if you want to check it in in a middle of the race, you are good to go. Why am I mentioning that? Well, this time I optimized my plan without having a finish in mind except getting to a finish later anyway to collect prizes (which I didn't win anyway). Funny ride came out - two last cafes taking ca. 20 kilometres of the route, and on top of that, going back to a finish line took 18 kilometres more. Big thank you to Wrocław drivers who were keen enough to intimidate me to ride faster on narrow outskirts streets. Without your coercion, I wouldn't manage to reach Velodrome on time. Otherwise, Wrocław became even nicer for cycling, even though some intersections fill you with existential dread when you first see them - later, they turn out to be easy.
03:39
66.0km
18.1km/h
330m
340m
Daniel Trainsky and Dviračio Ūdra went for a bike ride.
August 17, 2025
This time, our randomiser threw out Wyszyny as a starting train station and somewhere in between corn fields north-east of Mława as a waypoint, as seen on pictures. This was quite a smooth ride, except for ca. 1.5 kilometres of a sand so deep that some Baltic beaches might get jealous if they see it - a reminder to ourselves that when a route is classified as unpaved, it doesn't always mean it is at least passable. We didn't spend too much time in Mława as we were there a couple of months before, but of course, we spent some time to appreciate a Frog shop just besides Żabka (although now I am not sure if that Frog is still operational), and we noticed that the best view on Mława is from a local cemetery. Romantic. Oh, and there were remnants of Mława narrow-gauge railway, marked as a fully operational railway on a map, that was nice to see. Of course, the trip was way less interesting than the one a week prior to that, but you can't always get what you want, especially when you are still stuck in the memories of previous trips, mentally.
03:18
48.2km
14.6km/h
250m
240m
Daniel Trainsky and Dviračio Ūdra went for a bike ride.
August 9, 2025
A relatively short ride where so much happened that much longer rides could and will seem boring in comparison to this. First, we are very happy that weather just a week before was not too good as we planned Visaginas for that day and we just couldn't make it anyway, but more importantly - town's 50's birthday celebrations were only beginning, not in the full swing, while on the day when we eventually went, it was culminating. Second, one has to understand that Visaginas is a youngest town in Lithuania, established only 50 years ago from scratch in the middle of area patchworked with forests and lakes as a town serving employees of a Ignalina nuclear power plant being built just a few kilometres to the east. It was a planned town from a beginning and a planning job was done really well - after all, it was a town for "workers elites" and "workers' intelligentsia" as they were called back then, and you can clearly feel it. Same commieblocks as everywhere around, but in the middle of a forest; large distances, but at the same time, walkable; wide roads and footpaths; all the social amenities around; extremely clean nature - you have it all there. This makes this place attractive for some people to move in even today. I would be considering it myself if I had the necessary arrangements, in fact. Third, the nuclear plant itself is closed since 2009 as EU was concerned about its' safety given that it had the same reactors Chernobyl did. Since then, deconstruction work had started and it's not going to be finished anytime soon - not because of delays, it's just an extremely complicated task; even today, power plant employs more than 1500 people. By the way, due to safety concerns and crumbling Soviet economy only two of four planned reactors were built. For the same reason, Visaginas looks like a butterfly folded in half from up above - the plan was for it to be butterfly-shaped as it would have been double the size it was eventually built. It is also the reason why Ignalina nuclear plant monument has four pillars. The power plant was *majestic* and *monumental*, you can't overstate it. It is really a shame we couldn't get inside as a tourist centre is closed on weekends, even during 50th anniversary celebration, but even being outside it, in this vast empty space (or as a most famous Visaginian Alina Orlova, would put it, "красота пустоты"), gave goosebumps and I made a right decision by having a short stop just before turning towards NPP itself - one has to be prepared for it. By the way, best regards to Pothole Rodeo participants if anyone by any chance sees this: there were a lot of them checking in just by the station when we visited. Apparently it's an event mostly popular in German-speaking part of Europe where they go for car racing through potholes in lesser known parts of Europe. Next, we turned south to see much more empty and forested terrains with little islands of civilization here and there - after all, before nuclear power plant this region was sparsely, but inhabited and while today, so many villages are totally dead and most names on the map exist only there - on a map - some retain some resemblance of existence, with Gaidė village and it's church (visible on pictures) serving as an example, even though masses are held only once a week (and a little bit unexpectedly, but just a little bit, in Polish only). Then, back to Visaginas - we expected a little bit different route, but one of the routes Komoot shown us was just a bog, so we had to be creative and while being creative, large mosqitoes and God knows who else bit us so hard we still feel it after more than a week. If there would be any nuclear monsters there (I know there aren't any, it's the cleanest place in Lithuania, literally - at least before they move a trash burning plant next year there...), it was them. A road between a power plant and Visaginas itself is a national road-width type, but not in a very good shape and absolutely empty. It is mostly used by nuclear plant employees (that is, Visaginas residents) and it gives off so much of the vibe one can feel when watching Chernobyl TV series that I couldn't stop but only expect hearing sudden loud "Внимание, внимание" and seeing blue buses on a road if you know what I mean. I know it's reductive and stupid-ish and I, as a person born close shouldn't say this, but that's just the way it is. Back in Visaginas, town woke up while we were away and locals were found either on a town's fair or... lined up for a parade. Organizations operating locally (from nuclear plant all the way to kindergartens) held a parade celebrating their anniversary through town's centre and it was a surprisingly nice event to see, a surprisingly lively manifestation of a town often forgotten about and disregarded in Lithuanian social narratives (difficult and a long story, not for Komoot maybe?) Our trip finish was quite rushed (although by no means 92,5 km/h top speed is correct, obviously) towards a town's centre because we wanted to buy some postcards in a postal office or on a fair, but they were nowhere to be found, unfortunately. Then, after we officially finished a trip, we returned to take some of the remaining pictures along the route and enjoy our time, with Dviračio Ūdra additionally recognizing Ukrainian folk songs performed on stage). Sadly, we had to leave earlier than we would like, since a town didn't plan for a later last train to Vilnius even though national carrier, LTG, was a sponsor - it was absolutely needed as trains were full, and we would definitely stay for Alina Orlova, our beloved, but oh well. At least we got to listen to her having a soundcheck while we were chilling on a beach. PS. This trip was partially conducted in a Lithuanian border zone - you absolutely MUST have a personal document with yourself when being there and it's not really allowed to be there outside of roads, with some other exceptions - you might require a permission from border guards, check rules on VSAT website (border guards) before travelling. Closer to the border, there is a border protection zone, which is absolutely prohibited to be in - strangely, Komoot wanted to lead us there. Also, Ignalina NPP is formally requiring a permission to be photographed, but if you are an amateur and not doing some funny stuff like drones footage, you should be OK. PPS. Pictures here are a combination of pictures from phone (the colder ones) and a camera (the warmer ones). Given the overall vibe, a sunny weather that day, and a mix between urban and natural environments, I felt for the first time of my life as if I am seeing life through a "Mexican filter". Thus, pictures from camera are more trustworthy in giving you an overall impression. Also, I am noticing that Komoot messes up the locations quite hard in some cases, I will try to correct this manually maybe.
03:05
42.3km
13.7km/h
280m
280m
Daniel Trainsky and Dviračio Ūdra went for a bike ride.
August 3, 2025
A tour interrupted due to health reasons, namely us being tired from a long train trip from Poland. Nevertheless, a nice ride, showing to us that getting from Naujoji Vilnia to centre is more convenient than we thought if you leave Batoro street early enough and leading us through Vizitiečių abandoned church, an important place to me personally. Other important places include a makeshift Pagan altar on one of the multiple castle hills around Naujoji Vilnia and, just for laughs, BC Wolves arena, which opened a few months ago just to serve a dead basketball club that was a toy to a local rich guy.
02:26
32.7km
13.4km/h
330m
330m
Daniel Trainsky went for a bike ride.
July 5, 2025
First time cycling in Łódź. I was warned it's not going to be a good ride, but honestly - I am positively surprised. Yes, cycling infrastructure is relatively scarce, but then again, there aren't many wide streets in the city, so it still feels safe in many places except the widest central streets. Moreover, circa one third of a race was riding from Koluszki to Łódź because of a single Koluszki cafe that was added to a list (unexpectedly, it contained posters of Lithuanian bands Egomašina and Shishi) Even though it was my first time here on a bicycle, a few people thought that I am a part of organizing staff, because I am relatively familiar with rules of Coffee Race and how does the app work; some people recognized me from previous races in different cities a year ago; being a "celebrity" truly felt weird.
03:44
66.9km
17.9km/h
450m
450m
Daniel Trainsky and Dviračio Ūdra went for a bike ride.
June 14, 2025
04:39
71.6km
15.4km/h
660m
660m
The longest ride of our lifes so far and in the first half, I was really afraid that we are not going to do it. We were grinding our kilometres slowly and with pain, even doughnuts from legendary Zagoździński bakery were not enough. I thought that maybe it was some technical issue with me accidentally