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Very cool. He did not say, but I assume, he was totally alone? That is very brave. And those skinny tires? I would have assumed a mountain bike or something sim
by pcunite 11y ago
Very cool. He did not say, but I assume, he was totally alone? That is very brave. And those skinny tires? I would have assumed a mountain bike or something similar?
I would like to do something like this with a group of people.
- santoriv 11y agoWhy is it very brave? There are tons of people around. It's not like biking through an uninhabited wasteland.
- knz 11y agoIt's been 8 years since I was in Vietnam, but just crossing the street on foot was an adventure. I can only imagine some of the near misses you would have on a bike.
- santoriv 11y agoIt's really not that bad. You just have to move in a predictable manner so all the motorbikes can judge where you're going to be. It's like a school of fish. You only really have to worry about the big trucks and buses that drive like they own the road. Generally motorists are much more aware than they are in the US.
- knz 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r... would suggest that Vietnam is more dangerous.
- maximilianburke 11y agoI spent a few weeks in Vietnam. At one point I saw, within the span of two days, the immediate aftermath of two separate incidents of motorcycle riders crushed under buses. I know it's anecdata but it shook me enough to never want to be there on two wheels.
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- daxfohl 11y agoNo need to go with a group. Really it's just like biking around your neighborhood, but then staying overnight where you end up, and then continuing on the next day. http://daxfohl.blogspot.com/ http://daxfohl.blogspot.com/ Note I'm not particularly in shape, not "brave" by any traditional sense of the word, and hadn't ridden a bike in 15 years before my first bike ride, from Poland to Turkey (the above is my second). I have traveled quite a bit before then though. I'd recommend knobby tires. There are a good number of other riders I met along the way, but only one was using a road bike.
- crc321 11y agoCraig here. Thanks for reading! Yup, I was alone. I think a cyclocross bike with slick tires would be the best choice, assuming you want to do 100+ mile days. The 28mm tires were fine–the issue was fork clearance when they started to pick up dirt on the wet sections. If you wanted to ride on the dirt (mud) roads here you'd want at least 35mm.
- anhtran 11y agoIt seems that you ate a lot of egg bánh mỳ on the trip :)