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I just came across an interesting website of another fellow Korean cycle tourist who has also extensively cycled the Korean peninsula. His website can be found here and provides useful tips for cycle touring in Korea. http://user.chollian.net/~boonstra/korea/cycle.htm

I had my GPS on the whole cycle trip from Seoul to Busan which makes for a really cool map of the route I took through the country. The flags on the route represent the places I spent the night either camping or staying in a motel. Download KMZ File

Trip Statistics Distance : 25km Ride time : 1hrs 21min Daily Budget Food : 24,000 원 Travel : 29,000 원 Route : Busan city using GPS & the Tancheon in Bundang Traffic & cities are overrated. Last night my good friend Jasmine took me out for dinner in Busan to an upscale seafood buffet and [...]

Trip Statistics Distance : 146km Ride time : 6hrs 55min Daily Budget Food : 22,000 원 Lodging : 50,000 원 Route : HWY 7 Gyeongju tonight? Ah why not go all the way to Busan. I awoke early morning on Chilpo (칠포) beach to a peaceful and absolutely beautiful morning. It’s been just over 4 [...]

Trip Statistics Distance : 121km Ride time : 5hrs 56min Daily Budget Food : 14,000 원 Lodging : Free – Camping Route : HWY 7 a.k.a AH6 with a slight detour on the 20 It’s OK to be lazy….. sometimes. After the day I had yesterday I was in no rush whatsoever to leave the [...]

Trip Statistics Distance : 131km Ride time : 8hrs 19min Daily Budget Food : 24,000 원 Lodging : 40,000 원 Route : 595 -> 88 -> 36 Hills and Corners that never end. What started as a pleasant early morning ride through Namcheon valley (남천계곡) with one goal in mind (to make it to the [...]

Trip Statistics Distance : 97km Ride time : 6hrs 12min Daily Budget Food : 24,000 원 Lodging : FREE (camped) Route : 517 -> 36 -> 5 -> 59 -> 522/595 It’s always harder to get up on the second day of a ride, especially knowing that I would be riding all day again by [...]

Trip Statistics Distance : 133km Ride time : 6hrs 12min Daily Expenses Food : 31,000 원 Lodging : 50,000 원 Route : Bundang -> 45 -> 42 -> 17 -> 38 (east) -> 3 Finally the day had come, a chance to ride a fully loaded bike and tour around Korea. Gone are the days [...]

It’s early Saturday morning, the weather is overcast and I am about to start my first solo bike tour around South Korea (what am I thinking). I thought I’d post some before trip stats before I leave. Gear Weight Front Panniers : 2.9kg & 3.4kg Rear Panniers : 2.8kg & 3.2kg Rear Top Bag : [...]

It’s the end of August and I am lucky enough to have a week off work, so I thought that this would a good time to go on and extended ride around South Korea and test out all the new gear that has been arriving over the past few weeks. This will be my first [...]

That’s right! I just finished creating a video of our bike antics here in South Korea. Check it out at http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=s4sfHxC6C9Q or watch it on our site.

I’ve had a very productive week, Braking Boundaries site wise that is. Most if not all the design has now been completed. I’ve also finally gotten around to adding images from our previous cycle trips around Korea. Here are some links to the new albums. Braking Boundaries Team – Thought I’d chuck together some photos [...]

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. [...]

Distance: 92.23km Average: 20km/hr Actual Cycle Time: 4:36 Weather: Sunny, cloudy Issues: Kath – 2 flats, Kath bought new tires The final day! We knew we had about 90kms to go before Bundang, and David and I still had another 60 to go after that, so we got up early and found some coffee and [...]

Distance: 118km Average: 20.9km/hr Actual Cycle Time: 5:38 Weather: Sunny,hot Issues: Kath – 1 flat We woke up nice and early, feeling the effects of the previous evening’s celebration. For the Koreans, it was the Chuseok holiday, the day they remembered their ancestors and spent time with their families. For us, it was time to [...]