As my previous blog posting indicated, China has a large number of Amateur events scattered throughout the largest country in the world. Out of the five that was listed, I managed to attend two – one in Yiwu and the other in Chengdu. The event in Chengdu required me to take a flight from Hangzhou [...]
Continue reading...9 April 2012
Yellow Mountain Mountain Bike Race If you are looking for a picturesque mountain bike race combining ancient villages and traditional Chinese countryside, then the Yellow Mountain event is the race that has it all. The start/finish area is right by the famous Hongcun, where the opening scene of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is shot. Many [...]
Continue reading...5 April 2012
Specialized China kicked off their mountain bike series in Shanghai on April 2nd with a focus on racing 29er bikes. Since Format started with their inaugural 29er specific race in Guangzhou late 2011, the interest in 29er bikes has surged significantly and this has prompted Specialized China to host their own 29er MTB series in [...]
Continue reading...30 December 2011
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...11 December 2011
The Merida Cup demonstrated the popularity of cycling in Taiwan, both road and mountain biking. Thousands of fans turned out to watch the mountain biking and there were hundreds of racers across all the grades. It was also my first race representing WTB -Wilderness Trail Bikes in the newly made custom-uniform by Champion System. It [...]
Continue reading...3 December 2011
I always love coming to Taiwan, its a great little island with an abundance of riding opportunities for the discerning road cyclist. This past week I have been here in Taichung, attending the annual Bike Week and getting in quite a few early morning rides in the nearby mountains. Since I’ve been quite busy at [...]
Continue reading...21 November 2011
I went down to Shenzhen to take part in the 2011 Shimano Cycling Festival with two bikes in tow – a first for me! I had my Velocite Magnus road bike and an Orbea 29er mountain bike. It was manageable as I packed the road bike into the Scicon Aerocomfort Plus bag rolls very well, [...]
Continue reading...8 November 2011
The Suzhou 120km race sponsored by Look and Mavic was staged last weekend and 149 elite riders lined up on the start line in front of a good sized crowd. Apparently, the Chinese Cycling Federation have not yet banned radios from amateur level racing like most other places in the world! It was interesting to [...]
Continue reading...28 October 2011
In most stage races (with exception of Grand Tours), a 40km ITT is very long stage; especially when you have it at end of a three day short tour. In reality, the parcours at the Matabungkay Tour did not offer me many opportunities to use my killer sprint. I missed out on the key breakaways [...]
Continue reading...25 October 2011
The Tour of Matabungkay was an action-packed weekend for cyclists and I recommend this tour and any other stage race in the Philippines for those of you contemplating racing in new and exotic countries. The growth of cycling in the Asia region has been phenomenal over the last few years, but I think the Philippines [...]
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14 May 2012
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