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Originally Posted by PropTP
Im planning a trip to from Denmark to Ukraine this summer too! Everybody has been mentioning the bad roads, so I've been researching it a bit from other riders reports....Ukrainian roads are really bad!
What do you think is a realistic daily mileage in Ukraine? I'm planning to ride all the way to Sumy, to visit a friend.
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Hi!
The picture above shows a section of the road between Odessa and Vulcanesti.
To be fair, it's not that bad all the time, it's actually about the worse I came across. However, riding in UA is tiring because you need to be watchful all the time, the road is unpredictable. If I ride long hours, I tend to switch to 'auto mode' and that's how things are happening.
For example, I was approaching Odessa on a fair sort of motorway, riding 120 km/h and really wanting to get there - and here the asphalt just vanished  so I found myself all of a sudden at 120 on gravels with potholes, which brutally kicked me out of auto mode
Oh yeah, small roads to remote places can really be tragic. I mean it.
I wouldn't count on doing more than 300~400 kms a day.
Reserve also extra time for unexpected events: thunderstorms, borders etc. In Korczowa I was waiting in the (long) line, a guy came to me and kindly suggested to ride straight to the top of the line, arguing that there's no need for motorbikes to queue among cars. That seemed very reasonable  so I did that. But the customs officer was on a 'hemorroide day' and sent me all the way back to the start. So altogether I spent 6 hours at the border...
Cheers
Nick
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