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
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