14th ATiC meeting
Opocno / Czech
August 2002

The 14th ATiC meeting in Opocno/Czech Republic was scheduled to take place from 15th of August 2002 until 18th of August 2002. Due to the century flood happening in the mid of August we were very unsure if this event could happen.

Finally we decided to do it and when I started in Germany the weather was quite nice and sunny. The trip lead us through lots of flooded districts and especially those coming from the north had to choose big redirections to reach Opocno.

Anyway, finally nearly all of us managed to arrive in Opocno and we were very lucky for our decision. There was even lots of sun at the beautiful Lake Broumar during the following days.

This meeting was perfectly organized by ATiC #1459, Petr Smola. The campsite of Opocno is very well equipped and the town's swimming pool is directly nearby. If you want to learn more about the area, check out

http://www.visitczechia.cz and http://www.opocno.cz.

Coordinates of the campsite are:

N 50.2709
E 16.1279

Different ways of touring - finally all of us arrived safe in Opocno!

As usual this meeting started with heavy - no, not headache, but heavy preparations on the bikes. It seems that meanwhile most ATiCs spend no time or money for spare parts or service in their hometowns but shift all necessary work to the next ATiC meeting. This time we learned about changing of tires, replacing wheel bearings, glueing broken plastic tanks, fixing broken front panniers or simply moving 50l of fuel from one tank to the other.

The next days were spent with touring through the endless hills around Opocno ...

The more tougher ones among us choose an exciting offroad track nearby ...

The evenings! Off course - ATiC BBQ. After arrival of the mobil grill and the huge pig I didn't believe that ATiCs would manage to get this down but 2 hours later nothing was left!

In the evenings we choose between exhaustive sitins around the bikes directly at the coastline of Lake Broumar ...

.. and the excellent restaraunts nearby (hmmm, Palatschinka!).

Participants for this meeting:

1. Petr Smola & Lucka Jarkovska
2. Michael Dipper
3. Bernd Wolfes
4. Nina Mueller
5. Andreas Lienhardt & Tina
6. Giancarlo Albrecht
7. Gian Luca Giangualano
8. Loredana Durighello on XLV600
9. Frank Mueller
10. Christina Melcher on XLV600
11. Thomas Mueller
12. Michael Krebs
13. Falk Schmal
14. Guido Raunick & Merle
15. Martin Bischof & Cornelia
16. Stefan Schneider
17. Jens Homberg
18. Frank Reichert
19. Udo Koelling
20. Arnd Ruegge
21. Stefan Weber
22. Ingo Doering
23. Axel Willimzig
24. Oph on XTZ 750
25. Lukas Doldy on DR BIG
26. Vlaimir Kucera
27. Josef Hodac
28. Robert Galka
29. Wojciech Jasinski
30. Piotr Starzak
31. Leos Medek
32. Adrian Marecek
33. Libor Kuna on XLV1000
34. Adam Vápeník
35. Vladimir Stehlik
36. Michal "Beda" Dusek & Jitka Korotvickova
37. Francesco Gentile
38. Vlastimil Krízek
39. Guido Marangoni & Daniela
40. Josef Krenn
41. Marketa Hynkova
42. Michal Hynek
43. Ivo Michale
44. Michal Kverka
45. Daniel Kverka
46. Radek Vedral
47. Rittson Tomas

We as the ATiC provide only information regarding to this event. We offer roadbooks for possible tours and try to help you in finding a suitable accomodation. However, you join all events totally voluntary and on your own risk. We are absolutely not responsible for things that happen to you or to your gear. In case of an accident, damage or loss you and the involved persons are fully responsible to each other. You cannot claim ATiC for any reponsibility.