April
Joined: 13 Dec 2003
Posts: 6593
Location: Westchester/NYC5/24/19 9:11 PM |
”Roughing it” in south China
Most here know I was born and raised in China. But when I used to live in China, though I biked everywhere like all Chinese, it was out of necessity. I never bike for recreation within China.
Last fall, I got to do a couple days of proper cycle touring in China when a childhood friend, who still lives in China and is part of a cycling group ( the group has a fancy name called “dream team”, as in Living the Dream), introduced me to the group. And I was invited to tag along on their bike camping trip. The group was going for a full week. My kiddy friend and I only did the first 3 days.
Here’s the link to my trip report on the other site. I’ll let the picture tell the story.
https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=147813
(Day 1 was the travel/riding day, with 56 miles. Lunch was a fancy feast that took 2 hours! Same for dinner and the next morning’s breakfast. That’s what you get when you’re cycle-camping-touring with a retired head chef of a restaurant in a 5 star hotel)
Day 2 &3 was more sightseeing. We stopped a lot to take pictures, and back track a bunch. It also includes an extended section of dirt road that has been turn by the previous day rain into muddy tracks. While I wish I had my cross bike with me, the little folding bike with 30mm tires took the challenge in stride
(Then we 2 gals folded up our bike and took the bus home while the guys continued on for a few more days)
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