Problems with cycling:-

1) TIME - work is frm 9am to 8pm monday to friday.... after 8pm it is called night cycling...it is dangerous as drivers tend to drive faster at night and u r not tat visible to them compared to day

2) SUN  - even if u opt to cycle on saturday and sunday..after 10am the sun comes out..and u will become african in no time if u keep cycling after 10am say till 11am

3) RAIN- it always rain in this country. you will nvr know when the ur nicely planned schedule will be interupted

4) COMMUNITY - it seems difficult for me to get in touch with a group of cyclist who are willing to cycle on a regular basis say 2 nights per week and once during the weekend.... i just don't know whr to find cyclists besides my usual group who rides frm 730am to 11.30am every sat or sun

5) SAFETY - i ride twice long distance before... most of the drivers pretty much won't slow down when they spot cyclists on the road.. well may 1 or 2 out of 10 will actually slow down for u....u have to be really careful when drivers are sleepy and they might ramp into u eventho it's perfectly due to no fault of yours...roads are pretty narrow too...there is no cycling lane..

Another one from hong kong...
http://www.bullbike.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=6

silvy...cycling is undoubtedly one of the toughest sport that i have ever known or tried to date...

despite the fact that you have to brave mother nature at times, risk your gonads for a ride, and possibly ride in solitary... it is one of the most wonderful sport that i have also known to date despite the sometimes negative outlook it projects to outsiders... nothing in the form of an athletic, ball or team sport comes close to it..

where have you found another sport which brings you to far and remote places and allows you to be an adventurer exploring unknown terrains, enjoy beautiful scenery or engage in it with or without having to get together a bunch of people or book a venue for it?

so, out of no logical reasoning... my take on it

1) TIME - time is what you make out of it... if you have the will and interest to ride... be it 8PM or 3AM, you ride no matter what the time is...

2) SUN  - be an early bird or sunblock is your friend, and if you like to show that you are the gung-ho cyclist that you are.. you can show off your well formed tan lines...

3) RAIN- is sometimes an enjoyable thing... not so much when repair bills comes your way

4) COMMUNITY - as mentioned, cycling is a sport enjoyable whether done in a group or by one person alone...

5) SAFETY - nothing is ever safe... it's possible to get ran over by a car when trying to pick up a basketball that rolled out onto the road or get hit by a stray golf ball on a golf course... if safety is of the biggest concern.. we'd all have enrolled in Gym memberships or stayed at home rather than out riding our 2-wheelers...

if i am yet to be considered a sociopath... you find the enjoyment and appreciate the beauty of the sport itself from enduring it... such is true like how you enjoy the view from a high mountain top after you spend hours clambering on your bike to get to the top of it... or the sound of nature after riding 100's of kilometers away from society and the safety of your home on a breezy sunday morning...

like i said...nothing ever goes perfectly in life... you just make the best out of it...

that or you'd go apply for a gym membership with your buddies instead of buying an iron horse...

Too good to be trueeeeeee!

Here is something to ponder:

http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=136502

there goes my lunch appetite...

I found a really good article regarding bicycling.. but it's in mandarin
http://chcg416.pixnet.net/blog/post/25084538