A Journey by Bicycle through Europe, Siberia, Mongolia & China

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My "blog"

• http://aidehua.blogspot.com/
  With snippets of all sorts of information, as explained here.
  

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Some other cycle-tour sites which I've found useful

• www.mark-ju.net
  Excellent website produced "on the road" by an English couple who are riding a route similar to the one I'm planning.
  
  
• www.bikechina.com
  Interesting travelogues centred on, you guessed it, biking in China. A semi-commercial site (they're selling bike tours) but some good informative stuff too.
  
  
• www.geocities.com/graydonandjoanne/yunnan-tibet.html
  How to cycle from China to Tibet "illegally" via Yunnan province.
  
  
• http://mrfelix.customer.netspace.net.au/bsa/index.html
  The author of this website has created a character called Mr Pumpy, whom I find quite endearing. The site is called "Biking Southeast Asia" so it's a little off my route, but I like it all the same.
  
  
• www.donixanta.ch/christoph/1995/
  A rather epic journey, with a beard to match, from Europe to Asia and back again, via almost everywhere in between.
  
  
• http://fred.ferchaux.free.fr/index.htm [in French]
  A number of interesting cyclogues, including several covering parts of China and Tibet.
  
  
• www.humanpowered.org/default.view
  And if you want more travelogues, you should find one to your liking here.
  
  
• www.alongride.com/
  London to Singapore...
  
  
• www.filabel.cz/lucie+michal/english.htm
  A Czech couple go RTW on their bikes (HINT: hit Escape to turn off the mind-numbing music....)
  
  
• ...OK this is getting out of hand - there are so many sites out there. (I wonder what proportion of globe-trekking cycle tourers create websites. If it's only 1 in 10, then there must be some crowded roads out there....)
  
  
• www.pennyfarthing.dabsol.co.uk/index.htm
  Penny Farthing World Tour - you gotta believe it..
  
  More bikologues are going on a separate page, to stop this page getting too heavy.

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Gear

• www.biketrip.org/docs2.php?docid=33
  There are any number of "what to take" type kit lists out there on the web. This is one of them.
  
  
• www.crazyguyonabike.com/journal/page/?pics=small&page_id=118
  ...and this is another.
  
  
• http://gorp.away.com/gorp/activity/biking/coldtour.htm
  Touring in cold weather - tips on how to keep warm and dry.
  

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Visas and Embassies

• www.rusemblon.org
  Russian Embassy in London
  
  
• www.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/lsyw/default.htm
  Chinese Embassy in London - consular section
  
  
• www.extmin.mn/missionsAbroad.htm
  Mongolia embassies and consulates overseas
  
  
• www.ukrainianembassy.org.uk
  Ukrainian embassy in London
  
  
• www.chinaembassy.ru/russian/index.html
  Chinese embassy in Russia (in Russian)
  
  
• www.embassyofmongolia.co.uk/visas.htm
  Mongolian embassy in London
  
  
• www.extmin.mn/consulInfo.htm
  Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs consular and visa information
  
  
• www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/2490/default.htm
  Chinese embassies overseas
  
  
• www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/2498/default.htm
  Chinese consulates-general overseas

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Bike maintainance

• http://sheldonbrown.com/repair/index.html
  A useful collection of bicycle repair and maintainance articles
  
  
• www.bitrot.de/bbook_intro.html
  Good stuff on bike repair
  
  
• www.battewell.freeserve.co.uk/bike.html
  Nice long article aimed at beginners (like me, then) but probably worth 20 minutes of most cyclists' time - if they're not busy. Focuses on commuting bikes but really gives you the once-over on how to buy a bike, ride a bike, look after a bike, fix a bike, and promote cycling.

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Cycle touring clubs

• www.geocities.com/TheTropics/8640/index.html
  Russian Cycle Touring Club, based in Moscow
  
  

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Miscellaneous

• http://www.russiantranslation.ru/bicycle-gls.htm
  English-Russian bicycle glossary
  
  
• www.china.org.cn/english/travel/40340.htm
  Law of the People's Republic of China on Control of the Entry and Exit of Aliens - some light reading...
  
  
• www.china.org.cn/english/travel/40344.htm
  Rules for the Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Control of the Entry and Exit of Aliens - in case you found the previous page inadequate.
  
  
• www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xwfw/jzfw/3635/Part%20V/t25151.htm
  The complete list of regions in China open to foreigners... from the horse's mouth
  
  
• www.tailwinds.org/1997/usa/handout.html
  An article on "Mobile Computing in the Outdoors". I've decided against taking a laptop with me, but some people do.
  
  
• www.biketrip.org/art_records.php
  Cycle touring records: serious stuff - in some cases... Look out for the "longest continuous wearing of single pair of underpants". Really want to know the answer?
  
  
• http://www.worldclimate.com/
  Type the name of the city, and see historical climate data including monthly average temperature and rainfall. Useful when planning what gear you'll need to stuff in your panniers.
  
  
• My LP Thorntree posts....
  
  
• More misc links....