About

I'm a Turkish male living in Istanbul, Turkey. I'm 71 as of 2025.

Until 39 I didn't know how to ride a bike. When I first swing my leg over a bike, I immediately fell in love with it.

Now after so many years I'm still in love with my bike and try to tour when I get the chance. Unfortunately, I can't do this much lately because our son has moved out and my significant other doesn't feel comfortable when she's alone at home. So no overnighters.

I used to publish my tour notes on a server of my employer but it got decomissioned. While looking for a new home, I came across CycleBlaze and moved my notes over here.

My first and only bike is a 1992 Giant Sedona on its 3rd groupset, nearing the 90,000 km mark. I'm using a pair of inexpensive domestic panniers which have served me ok over the years. I don't camp, I have slept in tents when I was young and never liked it.

My journals are all in Turkish. At first I couldn't decide if I should translate them, then I thought nobody would give a damn about some lousy writing which is decades old, so why bother.