# @rouleurmagazine on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DSzSzOKkng7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/38318078-rouleurmagazine-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-28T09:05:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rouleur (@rouleurmagazine) — https://gondola.cc/rouleurmagazine

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The Seine glimmered in the pale, morning light as I cycled the empty streets of Paris. I was on my way to Gare de l’Est – new saddlebags latched onto my old Cannondale touring bike. From here, a series of long-haul commuter trains would transport me and my bike to Vienna, my starting point.⁠
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I was embarking on a journey that felt momentous – in more ways than one. Six weeks, ten countries, 1,200 miles of cycling. But especially, a 47-year-old history. After all, it was in Vienna that in the summer of 1978 my dad had begun his own, similar journey. As he tells it, he had spotted a bikepacker out the window of a train somewhere in southern Germany, and thought: “Why not do the same?” In the Austrian capital, he bought a Reynolds 531 bike, panniers and a few maps, and began cycling south. He gave himself until the end of the summer to make it to Greece.⁠
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'From Vienna to Corfu in my father's wheeltracks' - Read about Phineas Rueckert's adventure in Issue 140 of our magazine, on our app, or online, link in bio 🔗⁠
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✍️ & 📸 Phineas Rueckert

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