Thread by @jonworth

Based on the @EuCyclistsFed discussion on bikes on trains...

If I were to make a Berlin-Hamburg combined 🚲🚅 day trip, what would be the best bet?

I *think* it'd be:
Own 🚲 from home to Berlin Hbf
🚅 Berlin Hbf - Hamburg Hbf
Hire 🚲 to my destination in Hamburg

But... a 🧵

My first problem is in Berlin

Cycle parking at Berlin Hbf is lousy, and at Berlin Südkreuz (nearest long distance station to my home) it's only fractionally better - would I leave my decent bike there?

At my local S-Bahn station (Hermannstrasse) - forget it

I could instead use a hire bike to get to Berlin Hbf, but that's a bit strange...

Or I could theoretically take my own bike to Hamburg on the train... but that's not simple, as not all the trains on that route convey bikes

And then in Hamburg I am quite well provided for - I can use the StadtRAD system, which is part of DB Call a Bike

But despite my train *and* my bike being run by Deutsche Bahn, booking is not integrated

So whichever way I look at it, this is quite right *yet*

If you were doing a day trip to another city, and wanted a bike-train solution, how would you do it?

Take your own bike? Or hire at your destination?

/ends