Bikedan in Asia

Rapha Festive 500 Submission

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 [...]

Continue reading...

China: Rapha Festive 500 Challenge

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 [...]

Continue reading...

China: First ever 29er MTB event

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. [...]

Continue reading...

Rapha Festive 500 Challenge

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 [...]

Continue reading...

China: Rapha Challenge Day Four

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; [...]

Continue reading...

China: Rapha Challenge Day Three

  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. [...]

Continue reading...

Rapha Challenge Day Two

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 [...]

Continue reading...

Rapha Festive 500 Day One

Up for early morning short 30km ride to get myself going and open the Rapha Festive 500 Challenge account for 2011. Early Xmas lunch was had at the Hyatt on the West Lake, ate plenty of juicy lamb chops and lots of toffee ice-cream. Certainly gave me the need to burn it all off with [...]

Continue reading...

Winter Riding: Rapha Festive 500

Wow, its that time of the year already! Rapha Festive 500 is back! The time for relaxation and indulging on great tasting foods during the festive season is beckoning… but for some of us, the challenge of completing 500kms or more during the last week of the year can give you justification to eat those [...]

Continue reading...

China: Nanning International Mountain Bike Race

I have been riding the mountain bike a little more often these days and during the last few weeks of 2011, I have been attending mountain bike races. Attended the Merida Cup in Taiwan and most recently the Nanning International Mountain Bike Race in Southern China. I flew down from Hangzhou with my Orbea Alma [...]

Continue reading...