Ever wondered where all those small river bike paths that join the Han start from or end up? Now you don’t have too. You might have seen the Korean symbols 자전거 along the Han river path. This is the word for bike in Korean, pronounced Ja-Jeon-Geo. The same symbols can also be found on the [...]

Obviously if you are using a smart phone you can look up your google map any time. So why use a GPS? Smart phone battery life has simply not advanced as quickly as most would like. I find that my Android phone is out of juice within a day. Ok for short rides but no [...]

Welcome to Part 3 – “Adding Details” of creating Korean cycle routes. In this section I am going to cover “looking over the route, marking hill climbs, using Korean websites Daum and Naver, and adding alternate routes. Previously on “Creating Korean Cycle Routes” Part 1 – Choosing a Place to Ride Part 2 – Creating [...]

In “Part 1 – Choosing a Place to Ride” I covered the basics of picking an area/distance to ride and types of roads out there. Now it’s time to get down to adding detail to the trip route. For this post I’m going to assume not everyone has used Google Maps so some of it [...]

I’ve always been a map guy, whether it be paper or computer. Staring at them for hours memorizing road numbers and town names. So ever since bought a bike in 2007 and started riding in Korea (off the Han River) I have been the guy that comes up with a route. I am the one [...]

Just got back from a weekend cycling with Tom and Cave over the mountains of Saraksan. Definitely a fun ride despite the rain in the afternoon. More about this trip later but for now I have just added information on how to create cycle routes using google earth to be used with hand-held GPS devices. [...]