Thursday 21 Jun .... Shanghai!
wah lan eh......... after 52hrs of train ride i finally reached Shanghai ( another crazy place) , took a mrt to the south long distance bus station (with my bike) and another 2hrs of bus ride to Hangzhou....... going to fix up my bike and meet up with the local riders for some off road riding around Xihu ......Heh..heh
Fri 15 Jun ... Lhasa!
Heh...Heh...........i made to Lhasa !
Just arrived this afternoon...
Chinese no problem going through the border and check point, somemore got free lunch at one of the check point offer by the police officer on duty.
I`ll be in Lhasa for a few days to do some sightseeing , after that will take a train to Shanghai with Collins and might drop by Hangzhou for a day or two.....
Just arrived this afternoon...
Chinese no problem going through the border and check point, somemore got free lunch at one of the check point offer by the police officer on duty.
I`ll be in Lhasa for a few days to do some sightseeing , after that will take a train to Shanghai with Collins and might drop by Hangzhou for a day or two.....
Sun 10 Jun 07 Update
now we are in Bayi, another 2 more days or so we will be doing our final pass to Lhasa,
and also the highest pass... Mila pass est. over 5100 m......
and also the highest pass... Mila pass est. over 5100 m......
Fri 8 Jun 07 - Equipment Update
Suspension..
Fox Vanilla 125 ( lowered to 80mm), the fork works wonders especially during the long desent( i'm talking about 40 km on rough , loose gravel ,rocky mountain roads between 35 to 45kph) and its soaks up almost everything that comes its way.
Brakes..
Avid BB7 Mech disc for the front and Avid sd7 V brake for the rear (both front and rear equipped with Koolstop pads), as for the front mech disc it, performs very very well. Good braking power, modulation is fantastic, no worries of losing braking power during long descents.
Drivetrain..
Rohloff Speedhub 14speed, I highly recommended to all who intend to go for long tours , easy to do maintenance and cleaning of your drivetrain. So far in my tour with very dusty road conditions it performs very well, you won't believe its so easy to look after it (as my other tour partners need to clean and do some minor adjustment to their deraillaur system every now and then).
Fox Vanilla 125 ( lowered to 80mm), the fork works wonders especially during the long desent( i'm talking about 40 km on rough , loose gravel ,rocky mountain roads between 35 to 45kph) and its soaks up almost everything that comes its way.
Brakes..
Avid BB7 Mech disc for the front and Avid sd7 V brake for the rear (both front and rear equipped with Koolstop pads), as for the front mech disc it, performs very very well. Good braking power, modulation is fantastic, no worries of losing braking power during long descents.
Drivetrain..
Rohloff Speedhub 14speed, I highly recommended to all who intend to go for long tours , easy to do maintenance and cleaning of your drivetrain. So far in my tour with very dusty road conditions it performs very well, you won't believe its so easy to look after it (as my other tour partners need to clean and do some minor adjustment to their deraillaur system every now and then).
31/05/07 Yanjing to Mangkam 111km by local bus
Its was supposed to be a 5hr journey but its turn out to be a nightmare 14hrs , not only that, but what was supposed to be a 28passenger bus turned out to have 40 over onboard......................!!
Today is a rest day for us since we arrived late last night 2am , next ride 02/06 from Mangkam to Zhoca
Today is a rest day for us since we arrived late last night 2am , next ride 02/06 from Mangkam to Zhoca
30/05/07, Feilaisi to Yanjing 100km
Another 30km of down hill and 63km of rolling hills, last 7km uphill.
Started 830 in the morning road turns bad after 17km of descent ( off road ,loose rocks every were, very difficult to ride even its downhill) , met a french guy touring alone on bike coming from Tibet. Road were really bad we arrived Yenjin at 2130.
Next day we will cross over to Tibet, Mangkam, after checking with the locals, found out that way to Mangkam will be even harder. Lots of landslide and rocks are still falling down along the way, too dangerous for cyclists. So we decided to catch a bus to Mangkam. :(
29 May Update
After 6 days of riding finally reached Deqin, we are staying at Feilaisi(3300m) a small town some 10km away from Deqin over look the Meili Snow Mountain the view is spectacular.............
To get here the ride was dam 'Siong' ah!! We had to cross over Baimang snow mountain (peak 4200m) and is the first time me expericing high attitude ride, dam shack we have to get up at 4am the day before and instant noodle for breakfast............ no lunch
40km up hill to the summit( i gave up after 30km too shack , took a lift from a passing by truck to the top ), 7km of rolling hills follow by 36km of down hill( it was great) finally 8 km flat to Deqin. Tomorrow we will be riding to Longqin another 100km ............
To get here the ride was dam 'Siong' ah!! We had to cross over Baimang snow mountain (peak 4200m) and is the first time me expericing high attitude ride, dam shack we have to get up at 4am the day before and instant noodle for breakfast............ no lunch
40km up hill to the summit( i gave up after 30km too shack , took a lift from a passing by truck to the top ), 7km of rolling hills follow by 36km of down hill( it was great) finally 8 km flat to Deqin. Tomorrow we will be riding to Longqin another 100km ............
Tues 22 May 2007
Wah lan eh............... after almost 9hrs of bus ride i finally reached Lijiang .... staying in one of the Hostel inside the old town only 20rmb ( cheap cheap) , the old town is very happening at nite lots of pubs and MM too (mei mei).
Just after breakfast..... weather so far so good, 20 degree on the average, will be doing some final check on the bike,tmr will be our first day , riding to Tiger Leaping Gorge which is about 70km away .
Cheers, Eric.
Just after breakfast..... weather so far so good, 20 degree on the average, will be doing some final check on the bike,tmr will be our first day , riding to Tiger Leaping Gorge which is about 70km away .
Cheers, Eric.
The Bird Takes Off
Eric the Birdman has taken off on a month-long, self supported bicycle ride from Lijiang, China to Lhasa, Tibet.
Eric is known as the Birdman for his Blue Bird Talk (sounds more familar in Hokkien). He's doing the ride on his Blackbird Bike (Thorn Raven). This bike's got no multiple chainrings or cogset... all 14 gears are inside the Rohloff hub, and that's no bird talk.
Lijiang is in Yunnan, situated on a plateau at an elevation of 2600m... this is the starting point of their journey, which will take them ~2000km to Lhasa.
Eric is known as the Birdman for his Blue Bird Talk (sounds more familar in Hokkien). He's doing the ride on his Blackbird Bike (Thorn Raven). This bike's got no multiple chainrings or cogset... all 14 gears are inside the Rohloff hub, and that's no bird talk.
Lijiang is in Yunnan, situated on a plateau at an elevation of 2600m... this is the starting point of their journey, which will take them ~2000km to Lhasa.
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