Bikedan in Asia

I am about to leave cold Hangzhou, China next week bound for some warmer climates in New Zealand for several weeks and I am looking forward to exploring a ‘forgotten corner’ of New Zealand: Taranaki! The reason its a forgotten part of New Zealand is that its not really on the way to anywhere, its [...]

I thought I’d take the opportunity to do some artwork as I had not been doing some lately and its something that I would like to do more of for this 2012 year. During my travels around the world, before my ‘serious cycle racing’ days, I would do sketches of various old character building and [...]

The 2011 Edition of the Rapha Festive 500 Challenge was truly a global one with cyclists from all regions stepping up to embark on the journey of epic riding before the curtains of the year drew to a close. The Rapha Challenge hosted by Strava saw a stunning 3,030 cyclists sign up to do the [...]

Some of you who followed my blog last year will remember my Rapha China cycling adventures. This year, I still managed to do many of the similar rides but did not take as many photos – simply because if I did, I would have been taking photos of the same places. This year, I also [...]

2011 has been a big year for me in terms of traveling, seeing new places, meeting new people and exploring by bike. I had many rich and amazing experiences, too many to list here. So, I will name my top five cycling experiences of the year…. No.1 IRAN This has to rank no.1 for me [...]

First ever 29er Mountain Bike Event huge Success On Xmas Day, I flew down to Guangzhou to participate in China’s inaugural 29er Mountain Bike event which I believe was a huge success and the future of the 29er here in China looks quite rosy. The event was put on by Format and sponsored by WTB. [...]

The 2011 Edition of the Rapha Festive 500 Challenge hosted by Strava has really heated up with a record 2,860 cyclists worldwide taking part. Leading the charge is Austinite Kristian House who is sitting on 923kms with three possible rides remaining! It was Stefan Rohner and Serbian hard-man Željko Bates setting the pace with their [...]

After such an intense day of mountain bike racing, I was naturally quite tired so took the opportunity to get some shut-eye before rising to explore the mountanious region on my mountain bike. It was refreshing to be exploring in the forest and not see any cars go by and be at peace with nature; [...]

  Merry Xmas to you all! I spent my Xmas Day racing at China’s first ever 29″ Mountan Bike event (A report coming soon on that!). It was a long day – rising before 7am to have American Coffee and McMuffin for breakfast before riding over to the race venue on the outskirts of Guangzhou. [...]

The official count for the Rapha Festive 500 riders has topped 2,250 on Strava.com, brilliant stuff. It really looks like the Rapha fever has caught on and people are being inspired all over the world to take part in this brilliant challenge. Definitely is a stroke of genius that Rapha dreamed up this unique world-wide [...]