So we`re back in Kathmandu, staying at the Florid hotel for 12$ a night. Not a bad price for a room with a bathroom attached, but the scampering nightime cockroaches leave a bit to be desired.
Yesterday I went on another ride with Jenny and crew from Himalayan Singletrack (Kiersten was feeling a little ill from something she ate so she didn`t come). This ride wasn`t quite as long as last Saturday`s but it was a lot of fun nonetheless. Our destination this time was the southern hills of the Kathmandu valley. After riding through Kathmandu and Patan (a suburb of Kathmandu), we turned off the road onto a sweet singletrack trail that wound around a small valley of rice fields, before crossing a river via a large suspension bridge. From there we rode some doubletrack through small villages and farming communities, before climbing a dirt road up to the top of one of the nearby hills. From the top of the hill we decended down some of the slippiest singletrack I have ever road in my life back down to Kathmandu. It was basically like trying to ride on ice; touch either brake and your wheel locks up and you lose the little control you previously had. The wet slickrock that we have at home has more traction than this trail. It all had to do with a small moss like substance growing on top of what seemed like rockhard clay. I think everyone but Rajan bailed at least once and a lot of walking was involved. Anyways it was another great day of riding in nepal. I was wearing my SPOT locator beacon thing for the ride so if you want to get an idea of where we were riding click on the SPOT link located on the sidebar.
Yesterday I went on another ride with Jenny and crew from Himalayan Singletrack (Kiersten was feeling a little ill from something she ate so she didn`t come). This ride wasn`t quite as long as last Saturday`s but it was a lot of fun nonetheless. Our destination this time was the southern hills of the Kathmandu valley. After riding through Kathmandu and Patan (a suburb of Kathmandu), we turned off the road onto a sweet singletrack trail that wound around a small valley of rice fields, before crossing a river via a large suspension bridge. From there we rode some doubletrack through small villages and farming communities, before climbing a dirt road up to the top of one of the nearby hills. From the top of the hill we decended down some of the slippiest singletrack I have ever road in my life back down to Kathmandu. It was basically like trying to ride on ice; touch either brake and your wheel locks up and you lose the little control you previously had. The wet slickrock that we have at home has more traction than this trail. It all had to do with a small moss like substance growing on top of what seemed like rockhard clay. I think everyone but Rajan bailed at least once and a lot of walking was involved. Anyways it was another great day of riding in nepal. I was wearing my SPOT locator beacon thing for the ride so if you want to get an idea of where we were riding click on the SPOT link located on the sidebar.
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| Some sweet singletrack winding around the rice paddies |
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| Can you spot the rider |
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| Crossing the suspension bridge. I watched a motorcycle cross this thing when we were already across. |
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| Fixing a broken chain |
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