Adventures in China on a £15 folding bike: A Cycle Tour along the Yangtze River Gorges and Cycling Microadventures in Wuhan

Tom Bruce

Tom Bruce Cycling

2015

70 páginas

2h 20m

ISBN-10: B012ZYT1RG

Round the world cyclist, Tom Bruce, travelled to China with work but obviously couldn't live for a month without a bike. He purchased Valentino, an ancient rusty folding bike, for a price of £15 from Ebay. After a quick makeover, Valentino was ready to go to China so was stuffed into a suitcase and let loose on the city of Wuhan and the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.

This short book contains two parts. The first part contains the story of a cycle tour along the Yangtze River, where Tom cycled 160 miles on the ancient bike, climbed high mountain passes, ate with locals and travelled by bike, train and boat. The second includes five cycling microadventures, exploring the parks, lakes and the city center of the giant city of Wuhan, that Tom had never heard of before travelling there.

This book provides a great insight into Chinese life in both rural and urban areas and contains over 50 photos of the journeys.