Uppsala-Hindås

DaDay 1 on the tandem bike trek from Uppsala to Hindås in July 2007. The next day, we covered Strömsholm to Dufweholm (see separate track). This is a lovely bike ride through Swedish heartland on paved roads with little or no traffic.

Day 2 of the tandem bike trek from Uppsala to Hindås in July 2007, the previous day went from Uppsala to Strömsholm, and the next day from Dufweholm to Borensberg.   The roads from Eskilstuna to Katrineholm were dominantly pretty boring, and the least interesting p

Day 3 of the tandem bike trek from Uppsala to Hindås; the previous day we went from Strömsholm to Dufweholm, the next day we did Borensberg to Gränna.   Large parts of this leg went on gravel roads, but the Swedish variety that are comfortable to ride on (unle

Day 4 of the tandem bike trek from Uppsala to Hindås in July 2007. The previous day we came from Dufweholm, and the next day we went all the way to Ulricehamn. Today we crossed the flat (we were lucky to have a backwind all day) limestone landscape of Östergötland with extremely ab

Day 5 of the tandem bike trek from Uppsala to Hindås in July 2007; the previous day we came from Borensberg and the following day, we finished in Hindås, between Borås and Göteborg. This was the "mountain etape" of this tour, and crossing the Vättern Graben includes some very mean

Day 6 and the last on the tandem bike trek from Uppsala to Hindås in July 2007. The day before, we came from Gränna to Ulricehamn. Today's ride was as hilly as the previous day; the difference between east central and west central Sweden is noticeable for touring cyclists (more hil