Planning the first few days

Having chosen to go west from Frankfurt, I've had to cancel my reservation at Bad Rappenau and make one near Trier, at a small town called Kenn. This will be the first night's destination on the bike, and will involve a ride of about 250 km from Saalburg, which is in turn about 50 km from Schierstein where I pick up the bike.

I'll be catching a train at about 7 from Frankfurt Hbh to Wiesbaden-Schierstein, about 80 mins, and may have to switch to bus at Wiesbaden; I can't yet get info re the direct VIA train. The Motorad Tullius, where I rent the R12RT, is only 200 m from the station at Schierstein. I'm hoping to take my own 49 litre top-box; transport issues are not yet resolved - we have a tote large enough to hold the box, but not if it has 2 layers of bubble-wrap around it.

From Schierstein I'll head back East 50 km to Saalburg, a Roman fort reconstructed about 1900, for a couple of hours of education in context.
I plan to ride from Saalburg to Koblenz WNW across country. There's no bridge across the Rhine south of Koblenz until you get back to Schierstein, so I'll cross to the West bank at Koblenz before turning South, then ride up the left bank of the Rhine for about 50 km, turning west at Bacharach (45 km from Koblenz) to connect with the B50 at Rheinbollen, then 90 km to Kenn, on the edge of Trier. If the day allows, I could follow the B50 to the Mosel at Kues, then follow the winding Mosel on the B53 to Kenn, adding 20 km.

So that's a fairly full first day, but I don't have to get to Kenn till late.
Rail from Frankfurt to Weisburg, then to Schierstein 8 AM till
Bike check and sign-up to 10 AM?
Saalburg 11 AM, leaving 2 PM
Saalburg to Koblenz 3 PM
Koblenz to Kenn 6 PM


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