Tollers
Guru
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- San Francisco, California
I've a few hours to kill before heading to Lan Kwai Fong for a few beers so i thought i'd put a small but slightly off-topic report in here.
I don't have my bike with me and my original plan of a cycle holiday in vietnam ended up being a city break in HK. However, i thought i'd give a general view of the city for cyclists.
Hong Kong is not a bike orientated city. Whatever problems we have in London, they are worse in HK...much worse. I think after 4 days here, i have probably seen maybe 5 cyclists! The roads just aren't geared for them and although doable, it just doesn't seem part of the culture. Tubes, buses and ferries are cheap clean and getting about in public transport is easy, so i guess that might explain it.
There are lots of parks north of HK with nice trails leading up to the various peaks, but i havent tried them yet and thats more mountain bike territory. Tomorrow i think ill take the ferry to a roadless island and hire a bike to get my fix.
On the shopping front...i visited a few cycleshops today in the hope of finding a bargain. Sadly, that was not to be. As it's not a racing city, bikes and european bits are at least as expensive as home. However, there are cheap chinese brand carbon bits etc available.
I wish i had my bike here! I would se so much more and explore further off the beaten track and not anxious about getting lost. Bikes really are an amazing invention!
Tollers
I don't have my bike with me and my original plan of a cycle holiday in vietnam ended up being a city break in HK. However, i thought i'd give a general view of the city for cyclists.
Hong Kong is not a bike orientated city. Whatever problems we have in London, they are worse in HK...much worse. I think after 4 days here, i have probably seen maybe 5 cyclists! The roads just aren't geared for them and although doable, it just doesn't seem part of the culture. Tubes, buses and ferries are cheap clean and getting about in public transport is easy, so i guess that might explain it.
There are lots of parks north of HK with nice trails leading up to the various peaks, but i havent tried them yet and thats more mountain bike territory. Tomorrow i think ill take the ferry to a roadless island and hire a bike to get my fix.
On the shopping front...i visited a few cycleshops today in the hope of finding a bargain. Sadly, that was not to be. As it's not a racing city, bikes and european bits are at least as expensive as home. However, there are cheap chinese brand carbon bits etc available.
I wish i had my bike here! I would se so much more and explore further off the beaten track and not anxious about getting lost. Bikes really are an amazing invention!
Tollers