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HK Island Mass Ride

Contributed by Gillis Heller on Tuesday April 01 2008 @ 05:49PM

Submission by Gillis Heller

Mass ride on HK Island to press Government to build cycling path on the Hong Kong Island waterfront.

The ride is on Sunday, April 6. Meet at 10am at Cadogan Street Temporary Garden, Kennedy Town. There will be a short stop for lunch at HK Convention Centre. (Food not provided.) You can also join the ride here -- meet at Golden Bauhinia at 11.45am. It should all wrap up around 3pm.

From the 'end' of the ride at Shau Kei Wan, we'll all ride to the Planning Dept offices in North Point, to deliver a detailed letter in support of the cycle path proposal.

It's organised by Hong Kong Cyclist Information Net and the Hong Kong Cycling Alliance.

So - tell all the cyclists you know. Last time, we had around 100 riders. It would be great to have even more on April 6.

Spread the word! We need to show the government that this plan has lots of support.

Philip Heung

Message from new HKMBA Chairman, Bob Smith

Contributed by Gillis Heller on Sunday February 24 2008 @ 08:00PM

Submission by Bob Smith

Dear fellow mountainbikers,

As some of you may already know the Hong Kong Mountain Biking Association is preparing once again to take a leading role in mountainbike advocacy. Efforts to promote the sport have been going on for the last 10 years but for the last several years the efforts have fallen onto the shoulders of a few selfless individuals.

As a result of these efforts, the growing interest in the sport and the number of new riders, the time is right to once again organize ourselves in mass. We will organize and move forward with common goals, all for the purposes of promoting mountainbiking as a viable and safe sport within Hong Kong for Chinese and Westerners alike.

The Hong Kong Mountain Biking Association seeks to be the voice of all mountainbikers in Hong Kong, not just a select few.

Specifically, we will promote:

the interests of mountainbikers in Hong Kong
the opening of new trails and improvement of existing trails
access to public transportation
a limit on concreting of trails
a support organization for mountain biking events, both competitive and non competitive

What’s ahead? We will:

Re-apply to become an official Hong Kong Association
Become an official member of the International Mountain Biking Association
Redesign our website and will offer it both in Chinese and English
Continue to meet with as many organizations as we can, both private and public, to promote our cause and let the community know who we are and what we are doing

What we need:

We need officers for the association. We have 3 already and need 2 more. The task will be to take an active role in the advocacy efforts and decisionmaking--one monthly meeting as a group as well as your own time spent promoting the cause.
We need board members. The board will be less active but still will have input into the running of the organization. We envision these individuals offering their insights and advice but not having to attend meetings. We would even like local figure heads to be apart of this group. No limit on this group.
Members. This is easy. We are all potential members. We will have a membership aspect to the organization that can be accessed via the webpage. This will allow for easy communication and distribution of information.

What’s next?

We are going to send out several examples of web designs in the next few weeks and ask that anyone who is interested to vote on your favorite. The one with the most votes will get the node as the official site of HKMBA.ORG.
For all of you picture takers we need good photos of Hong Kong mountain biking to include in the embedded design of the webpage. So send them over. Limit your submission to 10 shots.
If you are interested in taking an active role in the organization please contact me. Even if you don’t want to take on an executive or board role, but want to help please contact us.

In Closing

Kenneth Lam will be our main point of contact for Chinese speaking members. If you have any questions, comments, ideas or thoughts please do not hesitate to contact me or Kenneth.

We have set up a temporary user group (until the new website is complete) that we will use for information distribution. You can sign up for this on Yahoo! The user group is HKMTB.

Thanks for your time and look forward to working with you, and more importantly riding with you.

Kind regards
Bob Smith
Chairman
HKMBA 9440-0154

Green Power Hike on HK Trail 3 FEB 07

Contributed by Gillis Heller on Wednesday February 20 2008 @ 01:05PM

A project officer at GreenPower.org.hk sent us the following, to warn us about possible conflicts during their annual hiking competition next month. It'd probably be best for us to just avoid the HK Trail (i.e., the Dragon's Back) on March 1!

"We are writing to draw your attention to our coming annual large-scale charitable hiking competition—Green Power Hike. The event will mark its 15th anniversary this year and is expected to attract more than 3,000 participants.

"Details of 15th Green Power Hike are listed below:

Date: 1 March 2007
Time: 07:30 (1 Mar) – 03:45 (2 Mar)
Venue: Hong Kong Trail from The Peak to Big Wave Bay

"Since a certain section of the Hong Kong Trail within the Shek O Country Park (from Tai Tam Gap to To Tei Wan) has been designated as Mountain Bike Trail, in order to ensure the safety of the participants and the bikers, we would like to inform the potential users of the trail about our event in advance. As we know that your association unites all mountain bike lovers in Hong Kong by providing the most updated news and relevant information, therefore we would like to see if your association can help us by posting a special notice on your organization’s website or sending out emails to all members, informing them to kindly avoid using the specified route on the aforementioned date.

Buying a MTBike in HK

Contributed by Gillis Heller on Tuesday February 20 2007 @ 10:07PM

Submission by Mike

Hopefully someone can help with some advice. I am thinking about heading to HK in April and was thinking about buying a bike there. A friend bought one a few years back and saved some money. I am from Japan and it is expensive here but I will be in Canada in the summer and will buy one there if not in HK . I was wondering if anyone can recommend a good shop with a good selection and good prices. And can anyone actually tell me if it is worth my search; is it actually cheaper to buy a bike in HK? BTW I am looking for an all-mountain kind of bike - right now Cove G-Spot or Santa Cruz Nomad are leading contenders.
Thanks for any help.
Mike
PS If I get a bike I might need to take it for a spin around some of your trails I have been reading about...

downhill mountain biking

Contributed by Gillis Heller on Thursday February 08 2007 @ 05:22PM

Submission by chad hawse

I've been in HK for a year now and need to get out on the trails. I have a downhill bike and would like to ride with some people who are into the same. I would like to go with someone who knows the DH trails or some fun extreme riding. In need of downhill!!!!!

Information request re trail distances

Contributed by Gillis Heller on Saturday January 13 2007 @ 09:44AM

Submission by coldwater

Hey!
I'm new to riding in Hong Kong. Is there any information on the actual distances of the respective trails that are ridden in Hong Kong? Any help would be appreciated!
C.

Biking partners

Contributed by Gillis Heller on Saturday November 11 2006 @ 08:11PM

Submission by rajeev

I'm looking for a bike partner(s) to try out bike trails in the New Territories. I've just got into biking so am "amateur" level but reasonably fit to do most trails I think ! Please email me at r_suri@vsnl.com if anyone is interested.
cheers
Rajeev

Mountainbiking article in SCMP

Contributed by Gillis Heller on Thursday October 26 2006 @ 05:53PM

This article appeared in the South China Morning Post recently (sorry, it took awhile to get the .PDF). Enjoy!

Riders on real mtn bikes I see Saturdays on my way up the Peak

Contributed by Gillis Heller on Saturday October 07 2006 @ 09:02PM

Submission by Hard Core North Shore Rider

I've been on my way up the Peak a few times on Saturdays and to my surprise I've seen guys on REAL bikes (crosscountry/freeride/full suspension/DH) up there twice. I'm from North Vancouver Canada and seeing real bikes almost brings a tear to my eyes. Who are you guys, and when do you ride? I need to get back on a bike ASAP. Email me

Organizing a bike ride for 9 people in Hong Kong

Contributed by Gillis Heller on Thursday October 05 2006 @ 10:16AM

Submission by Linda Lam

Hi!

I'm organizing a bike ride for team building activity in Hong Kong. There are 9 of us, all are beginner level. Can anybody here recommend an appropriate route for our level, including the biking time, level of difficulty, transportation time, and information about bike rental.

Any information or comments are highly appreciated!

Cheers,

Linda