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Meeting some new cycling friends

29/7/2015

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Picture taken by Yongsok Choe
On 25 July 2015 I met 5 other Busanites to join forces and cycle together from Haeundae to Jinha Beach.  To be honest I'm not a big fan of Facebook, but it has it's practical uses, one of which made 5 strangers meet up at 08:00am in front of Starbucks to cycle together. 

The purpose of the cycle was social and not performance based, and so we ended up being a very diverse and interesting group.  And yet everyone's open mindedness and support for each other is what made the ride great!

Here's a slide show created by one of the participants:
Some observations from the ride:
  • Apply sunscreen to all parts of your body not covered by clothing!
  • Some new bicycle lanes have been constructed along Road 31, but it's narrow in many places and not always clean or safe 
  • The only area with East Coast Route signs were near Jinha beach
  • From Jinha beach there's a lovely cycling track, which we could not cycle to the end... 
  • This route is always more hilly than my memories try to make me think
  • We successfully boarded a slow train with bicycle racks at Namchan station.
  • Bicycle racks are in car 4, the snack car, seats in car 3.
  • If the racks are full there's more space around to just stand and lock your bike.
  • I have no idea how they will make a safe pleasant route from Jinha through Ulsan for the East Coast route, it's all highway or factories as far as I can tell.
  • Yes people are cycling the East coast route, but this ride just made me realise again, the route is not finished yet, I might wait till it is before I ride it. 
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Rorree link
9/9/2015 03:51:37 am

I enjoyed watching the clip. Gaining new friends of the same hobby is priceless. This has inspired me so much. Great job for an excellent post!

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