This is a variation of the Seoraksan Mountains Loop (67km). This route has an extra climb as the course starts from Osaek Village Seoraksan National Park (설악산국립공원) is my favorite place to ride in all seasons. The mountainous terrain provides great views when going down the windy roads and also great distraction when going up [...]

Hanging out in a bus stop, toes frozen after a chilly early morning climb to 900 meters. Chance to dry tent too http://t.co/nXYiywSs # Katie fell off her bike at the end of yesterday. More sugar needed. Great little camp spot last night in the mountains. # Sitting in a small Korean restaurant after a [...]

In two weeks my close friends and a bunch of the Han River Riders cycling club will be leaving Seoul for the rugged mountains and fall beauty of Seoraksan National Park. This is my absolute favorite place to cycle in Korea offering spectacular views, challenging terrain, and beautiful valleys. As I am the one semi [...]

@familyonbikes @LilyLeung $47k, wow. You have to put a deposit of $10-50k just to rent a small apartment where I live in Korea in reply to familyonbikes # @travellingtwo Reading ur Turkey Highlights now. Breaking her in with 3 weeks on the road there from Turkey to Goreme via the Med & Cypruss # @travellingtwo [...]

Was going through this years cycling photos this evening looking for a couple of good ones for an article that I am writing about cycling in Korea, when I realized that I hadn’t put any of my photos up any on the Braking Boundaries site this year. So here are my favorite pictures from this [...]

I was reading a post last night called “10 things We’ll Miss” by ABikeJouney (http://www.abikejourney.com) which is the website of Guy and Freddie journaling their experiences as they traveled 18,000km from London to Point Lonsdale, Australia, finishing just a few days ago. Reading the post made me miss the open road even more. I always [...]

Flying with a bike and gear seems to be getting harder and harder these days with all the weight and baggage restrictions, and finding up-to-date information is even harder. Here is my personal experience with Qantas My Qantas Experience Flight: Seoul, South Korea -> Christchurch, New Zealand Date : November 2009 Weight Limit: 1 piece, [...]

Flying with a bike and gear seems to be getting harder and harder these days with all the weight and baggage restrictions, and finding up-to-date information is even harder. Here is my personal experience with Emirates My Emirates Experience Flight: London, England -> Seoul, South Korea Date : November 2009 Weight Limit: 1 piece, 32kg [...]

Turkey is on the cards for early summer 2012. Looking at airlines and dates now! I’m very excited to head back to Turkey after not feeling like I really got to experience the country last time when Tom, Tibbs and I road across in just 3 weeks. Not to mention it was Ramadan and local [...]

Brief Ride Notes: We started in Bundang. If you are starting your ride in Seoul the distance is more like 125 km for the day. Also on the first day we took a lot of side roads through the countryside. farms and rice paddies which also added quite a few km’s. In order to do [...]

Follow the progress of around 50 riders as they battle the heat and Korean mountains throughout the day with #CDC # 24hr crew left last night at 6pm. ‎230km reported at 1:45 am and going strong. I'm leaving to join the 12 hour team now #CDC #endurance # This weekend riders from all over South [...]

Raining harder now but its time to hit the road anyway. Peace Dam is todays goal. # It's a drizzly morning here in Baegun Valley where we camped. Time for some Turkish coffee to start the day. #cycletouring @Breakaway_Katie # I uploaded a @YouTube video http://t.co/rwnk5BJ Reason #1 why cycle touring with me might be [...]

Kiwi’s are known for their out-going adventurous nature, so it’s more than likely that if you are cycle touring somewhere in the world you will moot likely come across one in the wild. Unfortunately we “Kiwis” are not the easiest to understand so recently Lonely Planet put out a guide to help out General knowledge [...]

Seoraksan National Park (설악산국립공원) is my favorite place to ride in all seasons. The mountainous terrain provides great views when going down the windy roads and also great distraction when going up them. For more on where I stay and how I get there read: Seoraksan National Park. A Great Place to Cycle A longer [...]

Seoraksan National Park (설악산국립공원) is my favorite place to ride in all seasons. The mountainous terrain provides great views when going down the windy roads and also great distraction when going up them. For more on where I stay and how I get there read: Seoraksan National Park. A Great Place to Cycle Here is [...]