a Ride to the Huangshan Mountain Aerea

[Jimbosidecar]

Last MayDay Holiday I rode from Beijing to Huangshan (Southern Anhui Province) These are the stats for the ride. I think it's valuable because many times you set unrealistic goals as to how far or how fast you can ride on China's secondary roads. Motorcycles are not allowed on the hiways outside of Beijing. You can see from the hours ridden each day I'm not wimping along, and if you asked me I would have said my average speed was around 80-90 kph which it was when riding, but taking into account gas stops, meal stops, and other stops, it brings the average way down low.
So here it is.

Mon - 14 hrs, 454 kms, 32 kph (Beijing to near Jinan)
Tue - 13 hrs, 448 kms, 34 kph
Wed - 12 hrs, 426 kms, 36 kph
Thur - 12 hrs (minus 2 hours lost in Hefei) 378 kms, 38 kph
Fri - 9hrs, 373 kms, 41 kph (Arrive at Taiping Lake)

2079 kms Beijing to Huangshan.

Return:
Mon 12 hrs (From Shanghai heading North)
Tue 10 hrs } 1488 kms, 37 kph
Wed 18hrs

Total:

3567 kms in 8 days. 12.5 hours a day.
100 hours in the saddle. 35 kph.446 kms a day.

Regds,
Jim
www.bmwsidecar.com