TBR China Cruising

**TB-Racing** · 06-26-2013, 06:22 AM

Black Dragon Pool Valley Road GPS info for ShuBen: 40.6355 - 116.7461 great ride for the X5....

**TB-Racing** · 06-26-2013, 06:27 AM

Rolling back to Beijing, had my second puncture right on the expressway, must have driven over a lane divider reflector or reflector bolt mounted into the asphalt as the hole was a perfect round, shaped like a bullet hole, had to use two sticky ropes to seal the puncture perfectly and secure. Now the real danger was standing in the right lane (emergency lane), in China crazy drivers use the emergency lane as a regular driving lane all the time..... TIC = This Is China!

**TexasAggie** · 06-26-2013, 02:56 PM

The advantage of tubeless tires!

**ShuBen** · 06-26-2013, 03:05 PM

TBR: wow, what a scenery!! Will saddle my horse if the weather allows and discover the place.
Just one question: crossing the bridge in north direction, you went left or right?

**TB-Racing** · 06-26-2013, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by TexasAggie

The advantage of tubeless tires!

yeah, plugging a tubeless bike tire is a easy 5 minute job (longer piss stop) if you know what your doing with the right tools and yes, the joys of biking in the lovely motherland.....

Originally Posted by ShuBen

TBR: wow, what a scenery!! Will saddle my horse if the weather allows and discover the place.
Just one question: crossing the bridge in north direction, you went left or right?

Knew you will ask, see the gravel track behind my bike in the pic near the bridge, go down the track and you will see the first stream crossing to your left, only one gravel track / road into the valley and sure the X5 will get you further into the valley....

**TB-Racing** · 06-27-2013, 12:02 AM

The road to Weichang, through valleys with very little traffic.....

**TB-Racing** · 06-27-2013, 12:05 AM

Trail riding beside the main route to Weichang from Beijing and crossing a shaky suspension bridge just for the fun of it...

**TB-Racing** · 06-27-2013, 04:44 AM

Great Wall section up the mountains from the famous Mutanyiu Great Wall area, no crowds on a Wednesday late afternoon, perfect opportunity for some pics.....

**JayDee** · 06-27-2013, 08:01 AM

Thanks for sharing the pics and route.

Unfortunately Pingu is still 3 hours from Tianjin - or should I say "fortunately just..."? Not sure what else is around here, yet.
You guys didn't have any problems riding the jingping exwy? How to know which toll roads they let you enter, you just try and see what happens?

Regarding the "sticky ropes" repair kit, do you have a taobao link for this (if this is available here)?

**TB-Racing** · 06-27-2013, 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by JayDee

Regarding the "sticky ropes" repair kit...

Own my tire repair kits (various plug + go tools and compressors) for quite a few years and bought overseas, not really into cheap tools as they can leave you stranded in the middle of nowhere easily.
Do a search on Taobao and you might find some tire plug repair kits..... Slime has an importer / distributor in China based in Dailian: http://www.slime.com
Tire repair shops usually have sticky rope available but don't know about the quality.