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24-11.-2007, 09:19 PM
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trip report: Bicycling through China with Tour D'Afrique
I just completed a 2500 mile bicycle ride from Urumqi, China to
Beijing. I joined a group Tour D'Afrique (http://www.tourdafrique.com/ silkroute) on their inaugural Silk Route bicycle expedition/race. That expedition was from Istanbul to Beijing but I was only along the last 2500 miles. My China trip report is described on at http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/mevchina2007 This trip follows after my earlier trip this year across Eurasia from Amsterdam to Vladivostok described at http://www.bikerussia.com I am hoping to bicycle between Bangkok to Singapore and then the touring will be done for this year. --mev, Mike Vermeulen |
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27-11.-2007, 01:40 PM
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Re: trip report: Bicycling through China with Tour D'Afrique
On Nov 24, 5:19 am, mevermeu...@gmail.com wrote:
> I just completed a 2500 mile bicycle ride from Urumqi, China to > Beijing. I joined a group Tour D'Afrique (http://www.tourdafrique.com/ > silkroute) on their inaugural Silk Route bicycle expedition/race. > That expedition was from Istanbul to Beijing but I was only along the > last 2500 miles. > > My China trip report is described on athttp://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/mevchina2007 > > This trip follows after my earlier trip this year across Eurasia from > Amsterdam to Vladivostok described athttp://www.bikerussia.com > > I am hoping to bicycle between Bangkok to Singapore and then the > touring will be done for this year. > > --mev, Mike Vermeulen Such trifles, Vermeulen! I won't be impressed until you've biked: 1. From Fairbanks to Nome 2. From Algiers to Timbuktu 3. Across North Korea 4. From Mecca to Medina 5. All of Jobst Brandt's climbs Seriously, please don't take that as a challenge. Your exploits never cease to amaze. Ron Wallenfang |
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28-11.-2007, 05:30 PM
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Re: trip report: Bicycling through China with Tour D'Afrique
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:40:09 -0800 (PST) in rec.bicycles.rides,
Ron Wallenfang <rwallenfang@wi.rr.com> wrote: > Such trifles, Vermeulen! > > I won't be impressed until you've biked: > > 1. From Fairbanks to Nome can only be done in the winter, when the rivers are frozen. the first such bike trip was dawson city to nome, in 1900. |
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29-11.-2007, 01:01 PM
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Re: trip report: Bicycling through China with Tour D'Afrique
On Nov 28, 1:30 am, NO_SPAM_TO_dphar...@gci.net (Dennis P. Harris)
wrote: >. From Fairbanks to Nome > > can only be done in the winter, when the rivers are frozen. the > first such bike trip was dawson city to nome, in 1900. IIRC, there was an article some years ago about 3 men who did it during the summer, although the report suggested they may have been more carrying than riding their bikes. One detail that sticks in my mind is of a grizzly bear tagging along not far away for some hours. Back to Mike Vermeulen's post, I've now had the chance to read his whole report, and feel especially educated by the many photos he included. Some of the messages I got from this were: 1. Air pollution in China is as bad as advertised. 2. The roads they used seemed to be all paved, and looked to be in much better shape than I would have expected. 3. Aside from the bureaucratic red-tape involved in getting visas, the Chinese government didn't seem, from Mike's report, to have a very big footprint. 4. I'm not sure I've read before of an organized bike trip operating, with extensive camping, in such a cold season. Ron Wallenfang |
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