There's really no limit to how bad Ukrainian roads can get. Some of these are starting to become impassable. It is rasputitsa season after all.
>>1986429>don't you think it's a bit insulting and disrespectful No. Not at all.
>>1986767>i think most people will actually find this very offensive and disrespectful.So far it's only you who is offended.
You'd be surprised but real life isn't reddit where everyone is offended by everything because... You can't just DO things for REASONS okay...? I think you should probably let the Ukrainians decide.
Most people I interact with are interested in what I'm doing. Many are impressed, others don't ask/don't care. People have taken pictures of me and the bicycle. The variety of reactions really isn't that much different than in other countries where bike touring is highly unusual. I do get asked a lot of I'm not scared because of the war. The vast majority of Ukrainians continue to live in the country. If they can manage living here, I can manage to fuck around on a bike here for a month.
And make no mistake. I do love my heckin subdivisions but I have a ton of respect for Ukraine and its people.
>>1986496There's one or two layers of irony buried in this shitpost somewhere but he's right. Westerners are sitting on their fat asses in front of their TV inside their warm homes bitching that butter got 30 cents more expensive over the past two years while Ukrainians are fighting in trenches and Russia is bombing their country.
I'm usually VERY stingy when it comes to bike touring (can't really afford to eat out in Switzerland on the buxx) but not here in Ukraine. The country is dirt-cheap, and the people deserve and need my money way more than I do.
In fact I think more people should visit Ukraine. Get a tiny glimpse of what it's like for people living in a state war. Support the economy, show the people we still care, are not scared and haven't forgotten about the nation's struggle.
