https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2015/09/silk-route-riders-speak-out/ TDA Global Cycling offers cross-continent bike expeditions ranging from 2 weeks to 5 months! Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:22:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2015/09/silk-route-riders-speak-out/#comment-171509 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:22:23 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=22437#comment-171509 I got back from riding Beijing to Gorno-Altysk about 4 months ago. It’s now Halloween and I look back and wonder how on earth did I mangage to ride across China, Mongolia and into Russia. The ride challenged my physical capacity and I succeeded and rode through many different landscapes. I did not expect to ride through a sandstorm but I did. In western Mongolia I preferred riding uphill to riding downhill because the roads were so challenging. In Russia I enjoyed the return to paved roads. I saw the countryside from a sedate pace and enjoyed the many changing and exotic landscapes. The ride lives on in my memory and stands out in my mind as an unexpected and exciting accomplishment.

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