New "scenic road" for Shanghai bikers

Hey all,

Just to share a nice discovery I made yesterday (perfect weather in Shanghai to ride BTW...).

There's a new asphalt road around the Dianshan Lake, on the east coast of the lake, very close to Zhujiajiao. It's not finished yet (no markings on the road, and the road itself is not finished after a few kms) but it's completely on the edge of the lake, the if-you-miss-a-corner-you'd-better-know-how-to-swim kind.

There's nobody on this portion yet, it has nice corners, it'll be a nice portion to ride on the week-ends with the gf when it will be finished. Yesterday was very windy, especially at the border of the lake, so had to ride leaned to the side even in the straights...

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On the map above, I put a X where it starts.

It's not the Nirvana, nothing compared to Moganshan roads, but it's nice and much closer to Shanghai anyway.

Cheers,

Fred

Actually, while I'm at it, I can share another nice road (once again not the Nirvana, but when it comes to nice roads to ride around Shanghai, it's pretty good...) I go to regularly.

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This scenic road is along a river, under the shade of trees, and you can even stop for a picnic at some point, with benches and some rest areas just along the roads (look out for wooden stairs to find the place).

Warning : The only drawback of this road is that it's a concrete one, and the seals between each lane in the middle of the road are quite bad, sometimes there's a big height difference between the 2 lanes (up to 8cm). If you're not careful when overtaking or going over the middle line, your front tyre could easily slid.


When I only have a few hours on my schedule for a ride, I usually go to Sheshan, then this road just above, then the G318 towards Shanghai but I turn towards the Dianshan lake, sometimes to Zhouzhuang, and maybe now this new road I wrote about in the first post.

And I realize just now that I should have put all this in this thread, instead of creating a new one... http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...-from-Shanghai Silly me, sorry for that.

Thanks for sharing Fred! Will go check it out next time i'm out on the bike!

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Good Stuff Fred.

Let's use roads2go to share tracks: www.roads2go.com

Add your tracks today!

Hey Fred, great find... always nice to find some newby rides especially when they are still fresh and not frequented by the masses.

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Originally Posted by MotoKai

Good Stuff Fred.
Just added this as a track on Motowhere (see the thread just started). http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...ll=1#post30827
This can be a great place for us all to share tracks around China.
Add your tracks today!

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Hey Motokai, that is a nice site (motowhere <dot> com). Can routes be added with the entire route highlighted rather than just working through way points?

Hey Fred, thanks for that. I headed out to the that straight road you metioned in your second post. It's a nice run through Sheshan, onto Taipuhe by the river and straight onto the Huqingping and back into Shanghai. It took me about 2 hours. I just wondered how you stumbled across it? It's barely visible on Google maps, and it wasn't that easy to find. Do you just head out exploring and see what you can find?

Hey Dan, on that particular example, yes. When I'm looking for places to go, I always look on Google Maps for "landscapes", which means rivers, elevation, forests, everything except industrial zones. ;-))
And because most of the time we cannot go for rides that are too long, too far outside Shanghai (well, except when I'm doing a 500km day to Taihu, Xishan and Dongshan and back in 12 hours riding like 2 weeks ago...), the choice is quite limited.

What I suggest for a nice Sunday morning ride from Shanghai is :
- G318 from Shanghai, turn south on Jiasong lu
- from there go to Sheshan
- then go to the road you went to, by the river,
- back on G318 towards Shanghai
- but turn left when you reach the Dianshan lake,
- go around the lake on the west side, up north, and down the east side on the new road in my 1st post,
- then to Zhujiajiao and back to G318 to Shanghai.

You have there a 4 to 5 hours ride. It's of course much better to do it during the week to avoid the WE get-outs, but hey....
I'll put a Google maps later, highlighting this trip for those interested.

Respect.

I'm heading out for a short run on Sunday with Wrangler and we'll probably do the ride you've mentioned above. I rode straight past Dianshan Lake today as it was getting dark, but the new surface on the edge of the lake sounds really appealing. Perhaps that run might be worth posting on Motowhere. That site looks like it could be a great resource.

I'm also planning on heading out to Mogashan next week to find those twisties that you mentoned in one of your previous posts. That ride would definitely be worth posting on Motowhere for newbie Shanghai based riders like myself.

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Originally Posted by bikerdoc

Hey Motokai, that is a nice site (motowhere <dot> com). Can routes be added with the entire route highlighted rather than just working through way points?

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This should be resolved with www.roads2go.com which is now updated on the thread used to promote tracks sharing: here

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Originally Posted by dewsnap

I'm also planning on heading out to Mogashan next week to find those twisties that you mentoned in one of your previous posts. That ride would definitely be worth posting on Motowhere for newbie Shanghai based riders like myself.

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Hey Dewsnap,
If you find some cool roads this weekend, please add them on www.roads2go.com

Hey guys,

I know Dan & Wrangler will go to the road on the 1st post, along the Dianshan lake this WE, but I will not be able to join you guys. I went there this morning and realized that the beginning of this road will be impossible to find : you need to go through single track roads to reach it, so I made a GPS track this morning and export it on a KML file.Attachment 5055

I hope you can check it before this WE. There's a major offset when using OruxMaps app on my HTC, unfortunately Google Maps (which is much more accurate) cannot record GPS tracks yet...

PM me if any question guys. And yes, when you'll get there, you will say to yourself that I really dig to find those roads... :lol8:
5,000 km in a few months doing just that... :riding:

Thanks for the heads up Fred. I'll let you know if we find it.

I went out with a couple of Raptor owners to that scenic road at Taipuhe over the weekend. Here are a few pics...

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Nice, so how was it Dan ?
Did you go all the way to the Dianshan lake after that ?

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Originally Posted by Fred

Nice, so how was it Dan ?
Did you go all the way to the Dianshan lake after that ?

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Fred, got to thank you for this post. I absolutely loved this road and Dewsnap took me twice but I could never find my way back. Finally thought about digging up this post and with the map I can find my way back again.

-Wrangler

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Originally Posted by Wrangler

Fred, got to thank you for this post. I absolutely loved this road and Dewsnap took me twice but I could never find my way back. Finally thought about digging up this post and with the map I can find my way back again.

-Wrangler

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Cheers, happy to help.
After being to Moganshan this week, I'm in no hurry to go back to Dianshan lake... Feels pretty lame in comparison, but hey, that's what we got close to Shanghai...

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Originally Posted by Fred

Actually, while I'm at it, I can share another nice road (once again not the Nirvana, but when it comes to nice roads to ride around Shanghai, it's pretty good...) I go to regularly.
This scenic road is along a river, under the shade of trees, and you can even stop for a picnic at some point, with benches and some rest areas just along the roads (look out for wooden stairs to find the place).

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G'Day,

On the way back to Shanghai from Suzhou (lovely day and we took the long way back once again...) we were stopped at a road block (every motorised vehicle was stopped by a group of 10-12 cops) we had to show our driving license only, they did not ask us (1x Ducati / 1x BMW GS) for bike documents (license = blue book).
Just spreading the word......

So far I know there are three checkpoints along that area. One is in the middle of the road somewhere. One before you hit the huqingping hwy going north and one on the huqingping heading east back into SH.