I’m markowe and this site is all about mountain biking in the wonderful land of Serbia! “Where?!”, I hear you ask! Good question! All will be revealed elsewhere on these pages. But a bit about this site: I am a British guy living in Serbia who is also keen on mountain biking - there is nothing like slogging your way up a deserted, unmarked mountain trail, with only a few friends for company, a few bemused sheep to scatter from your path, and a stunning view waiting for you when you finally reach the top!
If you know exactly what I’m talking about, then you might want to stick around!
But let’s get one thing straight, I am no “expert” (bet you’re relieved really) - I don’t even know the English names for the different parts on a bike (though I’ve learned some of the Serbian names - maybe I can put together a dictionary sometime!). In fact the bike which I have been riding since I got into MTB about 3 years ago is a “supermarket” 120 EUR (less than $150) job I bought when I knew really absolutely nothing. But you wouldn’t believe where I’ve been with that heap of junk! More about the bike elsewhere!
What I want to say is, I am a guy who discovered at the age of 31 that he LOVES mountain biking, is keen to learn, and do as much of it as possible despite a busy life. And I want to do it in SERBIA and share the experience with you!
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Hiya Mark,
I’ve been living in Serbia for about 8 months, brought my bike over and ride quite regulary on Kosutnjak and around Belgrade.
Do you know any other good places, trails etc around the Belgrade area?
Cheers
Mal
Hi Mal,
Good to hear from you! I must admit to not being too clued up about Belgrade’s potential for cycling as I wasn’t riding while I lived there (1996-2000).
Kosutnjak would be the first place I would head for too. Also, you can have a good ride on Ada ciganlija - on the pedestrian area is OK, but there are also some wooded areas that I have ridden in (once, on a hired bike!)
Other than, I would very likely head out to Avala - I think that whole area would be good for a ride, but it’s quite a long way out just to get there. The ride up there would be pretty tempting for me.
I will see if I can’t get a few of the Belgrade guys to come and add their comments here. And if you are ever out Novi Sad way, you know who to call!
Mark
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Ciao Markowe,
upravo videh tvoj sajt i mnogo mi se svidja.
Vezano za tvoju ideju sa recnikom izraza
baci pogled na moj rad i reci mi sta msilis, plz.
Na moj predlog g. Calvin, koji je inace i
sef ekipe mehanicara reprezentacije SAD
je ubacio i moje prevode.
http://www.parktool.com/documents/Bicycle_Mechanic_Language_5.xls
Prvo je uslovio da ih neko verifikuje pre nego sto objavi
a kad sam mu dao kontakte domacih dilera
i nekih prijatelja u inostranstvu objavio je ovako,
bez ikakvog lektorisanja. Bilo je i sajtu WC u Italiji
Rad bih bio cuti komentar.
pozdrav
IgorNS
Wow - in case people are wondering what that is all about, Igor has made an amazing English-Serbian-Dutch glossary of bike-related terms, which he got published at Park Tools!
He asked my opinion, but to be honest, though I translate from English to Serbian for a living, Igor, you have a far better knowledge of bike-stuff than I do! I don’t even know what some of those things are in English! It looks pretty amazing, and I will find it really useful myself!
I have only one comment - there are some words capitalised in English that don’t need to be:
O-ring
Pipe
Stop watch, timer
Team
Toilet
Tool
Wheel
They should be written lower-case as they are not proper names.
Also, there is a mistake in the phrases in Serbian: “Možete li da ponoVOvite”
But it’s an awesome bit of work - it will be really useful for me next time I have to visit the bike shop here in Novi Sad.