Our search for the best roads to cycle on, back in the final throes of summer, took us to the north west of Kraków around the wooded area of Dolinki and Ojców National Parks.

Bergamo seems to be the centre of the Italian bike industry and a visit there for Podia is always a busy one. On this occasion, we thought we should take time to see some of the scenery by bike.

Podia ventured to the far east of Poland to see the Bieszczady National Park in all it’s autumnal glory, and we were not disappointed.

In celebration of it’s first autumn of cycling in Poland, Podia decided to visit one of the best places for this particular time of year; Bieszczady National Park.

There is a rhyme in polish (about a cricket in the reeds of Szczebrzeszyn) that is as difficult for a foreigner to say, as it is to spell. The rhyme is now embedded in the Polish psyche and thus the place is famous.

In search of the best roads to cycle on. A woody loop around the Hrubý Jeseník mountains in Czech Republic with a quick visit to the ‘The Grandfather’ aka Praděd.

In search of the best roads to cycle on. A 98km loop around the eastern Tatra Mountains that crosses the border into Slovakia.

In search of the best roads to cycle on. A 70km loop starts in Lusina and travels along small winding and undulating country roads through Świątniki Górne , until reaching Myślenice where the 967 must be used briefly to get around to the south of the lake and Dobczyce.