BALKAN TET 2026Three riders. Three bikes. June 6 → 26.
Three riders. Three bikes. ~5,800 km of dirt and asphalt — Charlottenlund to the Balkan TET and back. Riding from Denmark via the UK ADV training, down through France, Germany and the Alps, then deep into the Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin and Serbian Trans Euro Trail. Live GPS, route maps, ride videos and downloadable GPX.
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The crew
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Christian Thostrup Dilling-Hansen
🇬🇧
Tony Hill
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Trip arc
| Phase | Dates | Riders | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| DK → UK transit | 6–8 Jun | 🇩🇰 Christian solo | ~1,500 km road south to Wales course |
| ADV training (3 days, last is coach ride-out) | 8–10 Jun | 🇩🇰 Christian | Skills + guided Welsh terrain ride |
| UK rendezvous (Tony joins) | 11 Jun | 🇩🇰 + 🇬🇧 | Both ride to Dover, sleep there |
| Cross to FR · mini-TET descent | 12–13 Jun | 🇩🇰 + 🇬🇧 | Ardennes / Vosges / Black Forest |
| C+T cross to FR · TET descent through France/Alps | 12–14 Jun | 🇩🇰 + 🇬🇧 | Ardennes → Vosges → Black Forest → Salzburg (or further for westeu / tet_continuous variants) |
| Claus joins somewhere along the route | flexible | + 🇩🇰 Claus | Drives the van with DR-Z 400 inside from DK, meets the group wherever his schedule allows — picks his join point on the Claus Join Planner |
| Balkan TET — varies by variant | 15–22 Jun | 2–3 bikes | Claus rides as long as his window permits, returns to his parked van whenever he needs to leave |
| C+T return push west to UK/DK | 23–26 Jun | 🇩🇰 + 🇬🇧 | Tony home 25 Jun (York), Christian home 26 Jun (Charlottenlund) |
Quick links
Itinerary →
21 days, day-by-day. Click any day for details, sleep stops, videos.
Live map →
Main trip route, POIs, and Christian's bike position from Swetrack GPS. Toggle to the Back trip leg in the map header.
GPX downloads →
Per-day planning GPX plus folders for the official TET files.
Videos →
Upload helmet-cam clips per day, browse the gallery.
Riders →
Bikes, profiles, setup & mods.
Contacts →
Who's riding and where they're based.