Etchy's Group Biking Trip - Taipo to Fanling... & Back

On Sunday afternoon Stephen, Marco, Kevin and I met up in Taipo and rented cycles and did a ride together.  Technically its my third group biking trip (after this one and this one). 

Since everyone was a pretty competent biker, we took a harder route,  from Taipo to Fanling... then we stopped and got some food and headed back right before it got dark.

Marco took a lot more pics than I did, but here's some of mine.

We rented bikes at the same place as last time.  The guys decided to splurge and rent some brand new dual suspension bikes.  i actually road my own bike, but i was tempted to switch, since i've never tried a real suspension. :-P


don't try this at home, but here's a group self-portrait while in motion...



when riding in a group we tend to go a lot slower than i do when i'm on my own.... and stop more often.  But that's OK,  you get to see the scenery more and jump a few curbs, etc.



From the top of one of the overpasses across the tracks,  Kevin enjoys the scenery. Its quite dried out now compared to the spring.


hey, how'd that get all the way out here? 


one last bridge before we get to Fanling...

normally i don't stop for meals DURING the biking trip,  but i understand not everyone is as hardcore as me, so we stopped at a 茶餐廳 for some grub:

what a bargain,  noodles + eggs + toast + lemon iced tea for just ~US$2.70!


I didn't notice it at first, but all that food weighed down my stomach a bit when we got back on the bikes to go back to Taipo...   next time i'll skip the noodle soup. :-P


shortly after i took this picture Marco asked me to demonstrate the 'Iron Cross' (aka 'The Jesus')... I then proceeded to ride off the road and crash...


We also took a somewhat closed road through a construction site between the highway and the train tracks...   it was good for just cruising and enjoying the scenery.

Last but not least:

random shot just before it got dark... 

lot of fun!  next time we'll try something harder.  ;-)