Author: johnwatine

  • Suzhou – Intermediate with JohnW

    Suzhou – Intermediate with JohnW

    Suzhou route by JohnW The Suzhou ride is one the most smooth and fast route. It doesn’t required too much navigation. Depending on where you want, that is always more or less straight on the G312.

  • John’s little extension – Tongli

    John’s little extension – Tongli

    Tongli route – JohnW The Tongli ride is very smooth ride that. It is not too complicated, just don’t miss the three important turns. The version shown here is the long one (220km) but this can be shortened to 170km if you keep on Huqingping after drink stand, I am going to explain the short version.…

  • Creation of the HQM Intermediate Group

    Creation of the HQM Intermediate Group

    English version, scroll down. 虹桥万豪至佘山线的骑友们,我们建议成立一个新组,方便大家以持续的稳定的棒棒的速度一起骑行和玩耍。 集合点:虹桥路万豪酒店门口 路线:虹桥万豪-沪青平公路-奥特莱斯-佘山-补水休息点,原路返回。 距离:来回80公里左右。 时间:每周六早晨6点半准时出发,不等。 注意事项: – 不允许挑衅、竞速、超越本组大集团。 – 匀速每小时30至32公里(快组是每小时35至40公里)。 – 达不到此速度的骑友建议不要参加。 – 能以30至32匀速骑100公里,中速组不代表骑得慢。 – 有集团骑行经验,了解基本规则:分两列骑行,遇到障碍/危险向骑友示意提醒,红灯停绿灯行,不允许Aerobar。 – 知道路线。 – 自备补给、备胎、气筒、工具等 -在38km处,也就是在Drinkstand前的最后一个桥,这座桥中间有一条缝,请尤其注意保持右侧骑行,以免你的车轮卡在这条缝里面。并及时打手势提醒周围或身后的车手。 声明可能这里会没有初次前来的新人,所以友情提醒: – 请提早在集合地点几何,因为630我们将准时出发。 -请仔细阅读以下重要信息 -如果你在团队骑行时感觉不适,请处于团队的后方,不过请注意你前方其他小伙伴的后轮。 -请从左侧超车。 -请不要将你的前轮与前面小伙伴的后轮相互重叠,因为当前面的小伙伴突然转向时这将非常危险。 -如果大集团骑行,一旦发生爆胎,一小部分人留下,其余人继续骑行。这点基于多少小伙伴参加。 -准备一点现金,一旦你觉得有点坚持不下去,那么你可以打车或者掉头。 -在38km处,也就是在Drinkstand前的最后一个桥,这座桥中间有一条缝,请尤其注意保持右侧骑行,以免你的车轮卡在这条缝里面。并及时打手势提醒周围或身后的车手。 其他: – 在集合点会碰到很多骑友,请先加入微信群,混个脸熟,以分辨中速组,避免混入其他快组或慢组。 – 如果这个组壮大的很快,我们也可以考虑发展其他路线。 Here is the new group at HQM for riders who wanna do the drinkstand ride at…

  • Spring ride 300 SH to Nanjing

    Spring ride 300 SH to Nanjing

    CONTEXT: In 2015, Audax races, Pocari Boys 400 or F5 Challenge 400 tempted me to do more long distance rides this year. You always want more, don’t you? So when Alex suggestion came up to ride 300km to Nanjing with Shaun, it did not take long for me to say yes. Plan is riding on Saturday and running the Nanjing…

  • Five new comers for long distance triathlon in Asia for 2016

      2016 will see coming five new comers long distance triathlons for half distance in Southeast Asia. These look promising. 1. Challenge Nusajaya in Malaysia, 13th of August http://www.challenge-family.com/challenge-nusajaya/ 2. Challenge Nha Trang in Vietnam, 11th of September http://www.challenge-family.com/challenge-vietnam/ 3. Challenge Kanchanburi in Thailand, 23rd of October http://www.challenge-family.com/challenge-kanchanaburi/ 4. Ironman 70.3 Xiamen in China, 6th of…

  • Challenge Laguna Phuket

    Challenge Laguna Phuket

    After 70.3 Danang in May, with Stéphane and Servaas we are looking for another half long distance at the end of the year. So, why not trying Challenge this time, known for being a bit different from IM events. Eventually, we were all convinced and had lots of fun. Challenge Laguna Festival takes place at…

  • Some climbs in Simingshan

    Some climbs in Simingshan

      31st of October 2015 Matteo, Servaas, Stephane and I wanted to have some climbs for a one day trip from Shanghai, but where to go, the usual packed Moganshan or somewhere else? Finally, we choose Simingshan area, between Hangzhou and Ningbo. Pictures of Bjorn ride look amazing and comfort us that we choose the…

  • The day we cycled 400km – Factory 5 Challenge – Shanghai-Moganshan-Shanghai

    The day we cycled 400km – Factory 5 Challenge – Shanghai-Moganshan-Shanghai

    In September, there were Taihu Lake 240km and Huangshan Shanghai 400km races, I was very tempted but somehow I found excuses not to do it and I regretted when I saw performances and pictures of the guys, it looked just awesome. So when Factory 5 Challenge came up, I registered instantly and we did in…

  • Puxi HQM – Why make it after drinkstand?

    Puxi HQM – Why make it after drinkstand?

    As introduced in the Puxi rides section, the HQM ride (Hongqiao Marriott) takes place every Saturday and Sunday 6.30am. Usually the biggest crowd shows up on Saturday and couples of guys for the Sunday one. According to the weather, sometimes that is the other way around. The normal ride consists by riding to the drinkstand…

  • [Race] JiuJiu VGT Anting Triathlon

    [Race] JiuJiu VGT Anting Triathlon

    5th September 2015 The race took place at the Shanghai Auto-Expo Park in Anting. JiuJiu VGT Triathlon Race offered three distances: VGT (100m-10km-2.3km), a Sprint and an Olympic. There were more than 600 people registered but it didn’t feel like much on the course, maybe the rain that was forecasted few days before already discouraged…