Beijing-Xi'an-Beijing

**slabo** · 09-20-2011, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by filipu

@slabo why jealous , Xi'an is almost half way between Kunming and Bj, we could have a beer there.

Why jealous? You're in China, and you have a bike!

**felix** · 09-21-2011, 01:58 PM

Looks like a plan, hope you have fun and bring it all home in one piece!

I agree about not needing to bring spare fuel. You only need to do that if you're going off into remote parts of mongolia or tibet or whatever. I reckon your bike easily has a 250km range, and between beijing and xi'an i doubt you'll ever go 50km without seeing a petrol station.

When i'm planning a route through parts that i don't know, i normally try to keep it in the mountains as much as possible and avoid the G roads. This usually generates the best results for good roads/nice views/less traffic. Use terrain view to see where the mountains are.

**filipu** · 09-21-2011, 02:21 PM

Yeah I base my plan on the terrain map. just trying to modify the route to stay in mountains as much as possible. How many km per day is reasonable plan?

**felix** · 09-22-2011, 01:03 AM

Since this is your first big trip i'd say maybe start with 300km a day and see how you feel. Don't need to push too hard, that's when accidents happen.

When i ride i don't normally plan where i'm supposed to arrive in the evening. This takes pressure off and means you can stop wherever you want. If the roads are shitty you won't make as much mileage, if they're good you'll make more.

Be prepared to rethink your trip halfway. If you're not making enough mileage to get you to xi'an and back in 7 days then don't stress it, screw xi'an. Better to spend some quality time riding some good mountains that you may have stumbled into rather than taking shitty G roads just for the sake of making it to a point on the map.

**filipu** · 09-22-2011, 01:48 AM

good advice, I don't care about Xi'an anyway, just can't wait to ride.

**Lao Jia Hou** · 09-22-2011, 01:49 AM

+100 to what Felix says! Couldn't agree more.

**filipu** · 09-22-2011, 06:21 AM

I like extra 100km ;)
another question:

Is there any place where I could just go and buy tubes for my bike? Do I need to go to the dealer? There are some shops with scooters in my area, do you think it's worth asking them, or should I go somewhere out of 5th ring? The place where I bought my bike didn't have it. Same about spark plug