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    Re: Beijing 4th Ring Road Auto Market?

    Yes - I was there a couple of weeks before and then bam! everyone gone. The lighting market next door has also gone/going I think.
    I would be very grateful if you could share any info you get as...
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    Beijing 4th Ring Road Auto Market?

    Greetings Beijing chums!
    Anyone know what happened to the Auto Market on the NE 4th RingRoad (WangJing). I went there last week and 都拆了 everyone gone!
    :sad::sad::sad::sad:
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    Re: TIC (This is China)

    Was this a branded bike?
    This is hilarious, but also quite distressing - where else are they cutting corners? :eekers::eekers::eekers:
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    Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 2013

    I was looking at a colleague's computer today and the pictures loaded but took ages.
    Could it be a browser issue? She was using IE, whereas I can load it fine on both Safari and Firefox. And my...
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    Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 2013

    Thanks for all the kind comments guys!

    Bikerdoc: sorry you can't see the pics - they are certainly better than the words!
    They are embedded from photobucket, which I seem to be able to access...
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    Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 2013

    Day 8
    410km
    Dust
    Woke up to find lambs still alive. Packed up. Checked out the beacon tower and a stretch of Yuan wall. Very impressive.
    Headed back to Beijing. A long day.
    Around half the time...
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    Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 2013

    Day 7
    230km
    Continued our route West. Fahni's bike experienced an episode. Sounded bad. Roadside investigation revealed that the exhaust rocker had disintegrated, broken into bits.

    Towed the...
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    Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 2013

    Day 6
    400km
    Straight.
    After negotiating the mud track that forms the start of the G101, we finally found some tarmac and made the most of it. Made good time to XiLinHot.
    Very straight roads. Saw...
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    Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 2013

    Day 5
    350km total 1177km
    Wind.
    Our camping spot turned out to be as windy as it was beautiful. Very exposed spot and wind buffeting the tents all night.
    Packed up and limped to the nearest town...
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    Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 2013

    Day 4
    200km
    Grass.
    Beautiful day riding through the grasslands. Searched for two Jin forts. No breakthroughs.
    Had to adjust our route to make up time. Wonderful scenery and but challenging roads...
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    Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 2013

    Day 3
    275km
    Rained most of the night. Got up around 5:00am after rain stopped to fix Fahni's bike. Took fuel and air systems apart. No obvious big problems. Eventually tested spark again. Hmm -...
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    Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 2013

    Day 2
    155km
    Rain.
    Loaded up and left the hotel by 8:00
    Made some ok progress. Concrete roads on our planned route and not yesterday's mud tracks. Major triumph of the day was finding and being...
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    Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 2013

    Day 1
    121 km
    Mud.
    Arrived at QiQiHar station around 8:30am, found our bikes. I reinstated my fuel tap while Fahni went to get petrol. Loaded up the bikes with our gear, filled up and left QQH by...
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    Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 2013

    Day 0 - 28th June, 2013
    Beijing to QiQiHar on the train
    Met back at Beijing station with all our gear. Busy
    A good day to leave Beijing - pollution index of 477. The scale only goes up to 500! ...
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    Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 2013

    Day minus 6
    23rd June, 2013 Putting the bikes on the train.
    Met at Beijing station to do the paperwork and stick the bikes on the train. This turned out to be more of an ordeal than we had...
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    QiQiHar to Beijing June 2013

    Greetings all.
    Here is the overdue ride report from a trip that Fahni and I completed last month.

    The plan was to stick the bikes on the train up to Qiqihar in Heilongjiang, then spend a week or...
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    Re: TIC (This is China)

    From bill bishop's listings:
    http://v.ifeng.com/news/society/201306/735cb12d-4a96-41fc-8c96-dac22397c673.shtml
    http://v.ifeng.com/news/society/201306/735cb12d-4a96-41fc-8c96-dac22397c673.shtml
    ...
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    Sticky: Re: Mastering Google Maps

    Hi all. Long time no post. A quick update in case it isn't mentioned elsewhere. 高德 GaoDe now includes English Menus. They added it about 6 months ago. Makes it much easier to use.
    Filipu - this may...
  19. Re: Book Launch: The Middle Kingdom Ride

    Thanks everyone who got in touch.
    Congratulations LJH, Fahni and Filipu - see you on 16th!
    Anyone else wants to go along either in Shanghai or Beijing, please see M website:...
  20. Re: Book Launch: The Middle Kingdom Ride

    Modesty no doubt prevents Ryan from further promotion of his exploits, so allow me to assist:
    Ryan will present his China trip at the M on the Bund Literary Festival on Sunday March 3rd and again...
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    Re: Easter in the North - 2013

    Nooooo. I am moving house that weekend! Then overseas for a couple of weeks.
    Looks like a good route. When shall we do the Xanadu return trip??
  22. Re: No-Bike Night Beijing @ the Kro's Nest Xiao Yun Lu, 7pm,

    I'm in.
  23. Re: Looking to buy a good bike for a good price.

    :lol8:
  24. Re: No-Bike Night Beijing @ the Kro's Nest Xiao Yun Lu, 7pm,

    Hi All, I have to work late tonight, but will try to make it by 8:30. Hope to see you there.
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    Re: Headlights & fuel consumption

    I have heard the 'lights off saves fuel' argument in China and Taiwan from cagers and bikers alike, and it always makes me laugh.
    +1 about the 'pulsing' or 'pumping' drivers. I thought they drive...
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