This is why cycling is dangerous in Bulgaria. Rental bike service was shut down in Burgas. App had only 1K downloads (Photo gallery) Update: was wrong, there is a public ebike rental service, yes ebikes 😄

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Das ist der Grund, warum Radfahren in Bulgarien so gefährlich ist. Miet-Fahrräder wurden in Burgas sogar wieder eingestellt. Die App hatte nur 1K Downloads.

Das Hauptproblem sind die nicht durchdachten, nicht durgängigen, nicht vorhandenen Fahrradwege in den Städten, die einen zwingen, immer wieder auf die Straße auszuweichen.

Damit haben dann Autofahrer wieder ein Problem, die in Bulgarien weder Rücksicht auf Fußgänger noch Fahrradfahrer nehmen.

Fahrradwege müssen immer wieder mit Fußgängern geteilt werden, verlaufen verwirrend, oder enden im Nirgendwo, wie in diesem Beispiel 10 Meter weiter.

Und noch ein Problem gibt es, man darf nicht davon aussgehen, dass alle Gehsteigkanten auf dem Fahrradweg abgeschrägt sind, weswegen ich beinahe einen schweren Unfall erlitten habe. Wollte auf einen Fahrradweg auffahren, habe aber zu spät realisiert, dass die hohe Gehsteigkante nicht abgeschrägt war. Brutal.

Was sagt ihr dazu?

Update

Bin falsch gelegen, es gibt doch ein öffentliches E-Bike Miet-Service über die App. Habe eine Station entdeckt, wo es tatsächlich E-Bikes gibt, aber würde nicht die Hand ins Feuer legen, dass die E-Bikes aufgeladen sind und funktionieren. Dachte es gibt keine Leihräder, da die App fast nicht genutzt wird und nicht einmal ein einziges Review hatte. Wieder eine Überraschung, dass es sogar E-Bikes gibt.

Cycle paths in Burgas


Dilapidated and empty bike station in Burgas. Fallout vibe. Thought that the rental service was shut down after seeing this.

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This is the reason why cycling in Bulgaria is so dangerous. Rental bike service was even shut down in Burgas. The app only had 1K downloads.

The main problem is the ill-conceived, inadequate and non-existent cycle paths in the cities, which force cyclists to ride on the streets again and again.

This is a problem too, because car drivers, who show no respect for pedestrians or cyclists in Bulgaria.

Cycle paths in Bulgaria are often shared with pedestrians, are confusing or end in nowhere, as in this example 10 meters further on.

And there's another problem: you can't assume that all sidewalk edges on the cycle path are sloped, which is why I almost had a serious accident. I wanted to ride onto a cycle path, but realized too late that the high edge of the sidewalk was not sloped. Brutal.

What do you think?

Update

I was wrong, there is indeed a public e-bike rental service via the app in Burgas now. Found a station where there are actually e-bikes available, but wouldn't put my hand in the fire that the e-bikes are charged and working. Thought there were no rental bikes at all as the app is almost unused and didn't even have a single review. Another surprise that Burgas has even public e-bikes for rent.

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!BEER

Cycling even though can be fun but can also be dangerous just as you said

The bike paths are horrible here in Nigeria as well
I hope Bulgarians do better

Its Better to rent a car when you are abroad i guess!

!PIZZA

Lebensgefährlich. Gut dass dir nichts schlimmeres passiert ist.

The paths are not straight and would be so dangerous for e-bikes.

Cycling in a busy city becomes very difficult

I think since places for cycling are not well mapped out, for those who still want to be cycling, should do it with carefulness and always keep watch, especially, not to cycling with speed

It’s so bad that cyclist can’t ride on the road freely. The fact that car drivers doesn’t care about pedestrians or cyclists is not good enough.
I hope this gets better Bulgaria.
Enjoy your day!

Ich überlege gerade ob ich je in Serbien überhaupt welche gesehen habe 🤔
Sooo lange her (letztes mal 6 Jahre her), wenns klappt achte ich im Oktober drauf ;)
Ich glaube nur in der Großstadt (naja 60 k glaube ich).

Da muss man auch immer auf die Autofahrer achten.

Horrible confusion with bike paths. All this needs to be changed.

In estonia Cycling paths are confusing too, but not for the cyclist, but for the car driver to understand.

I swear I will one day accidentaly run over a cyclist, because I have no idea what their next move is going to be, and the are riding like 1-2 meters next to my car.

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It sounds like there are some serious issues if you want to use those e-bikes and I guess the road needs quite a bit of work.

E-bikes without a proper route to ride in, what's the essence. It's not too safe to ride there.