Velambulator
Velambulator: Yunxian 2010
by Malcolm Parker on September 14, 2012
I had not intended to go to Yunxian from Nanjiang on the second day of my bike trip in Dali, February, 2010; however, I had not read my Google Maps route on my iPhone carefully enough. I hadn’t seen that National Highway 214 split and was, contrary to Western ideas of roads, in two places at once. I was happily oblivious that morning under clear skies and in cool mountain …
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Velambulator: Close to Home
by Malcolm Parker on April 9, 2012
I live in the Haizhu district of Guangzhou, one of the four original districts of the city, and it’s old, some two thousand years old, though any remnants of that time have long been buried or carted off. But much of the recent past remains in the alleys and paths around our apartment. I set out Saturday morning on my bike to ride down the main road for at least …
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Velambulator: Restoring the Balance
by Malcolm Parker on September 14, 2011
On Saturday five of us headed to Nankunshan to ride the opposite way from last time and bring balance back to the P and K. Summer had not left. It was 39 Celsius on the road, sunny, and humid. The ride was lovely but 120km is a long distance in such heat, even on mostly flat roads. We rested in the towns, drinking, and Paul and I walking in socks …
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Velambulator: Lollipop Ride
by Malcolm Parker on August 10, 2011
A lollipop ride is an out-and-back with a big loop up top. In the area I like to ride, doing one gives me variety: I can do 80k or 100k easily enough, and though the ride back is along the same road, it doesn’t seem the same. There’s little riding along roads, and I finally found a way to avoid a village that riding through seemed the most hazardous part of …
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