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Sold. Just gave it to Ian.
Chris, if you are interested I bought it from a shop up near HongXingLu. Their name is: 永久C轻客生活馆 and their address is: 五世同堂街59号附6
Honestly your bike from Natooke is going to ride better but obviously costs more, get = pay for. These bikes are a lot of fun though for just cruising around in the city and sitting very upright. They have a “touring” model that is super sweet but the sizes are limited and I couldn’t get one big enough for me so I bought the cruiser.
Wow lot of people. Sorry I didn’t check PM’s last night. Ian beat you Chris by minutes with the PM so I just sent him a message. I guess that is fair. If he doesn’t want it I’ll get in touch. It is the orange and white ride.
I already got a couple PM’s but I thought I had posted a picture with the original posting, used the attach feature. Assume I did something wrong?
Hey just a couple other things. There are two universities in Dujiangyan that are actually located at QingChengShan. Like Charlie said expats are few out there but those campuses at QingChenShan are right next to some very nice mountains. So kind of isolated but green and not polluted. There is also a high speed train connect from almost the university gates to Chengdu, 45 minute ride.
Also I would suggest contacting the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC). I used to work there and I hear they are looking for teachers right now. Great university job, staff, location, students, are all good. PM me if you want contact info.
What Larry said. I wouldn’t stress too much, most things are done more last minute in China than in the US but I wouldn’t wait.
I’d suggest contacting the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China UESTC (longest name ever) here in Chengdu. I used to work there and from what I have heard most of the teachers are leaving this year, not because the school is bad, just most are leaving China so they should have spots to fill. It’s about as good a gig as any university job in China, students are generally nice, and the staff is good to work with (huge plus). Also they have great Chinese classes for beginners that you can go to as well. Here is their website: http://en.uestc.edu.cn/
Good luck!
Ray has got a very valid point. Unless you want to teach little kids it will probably suck your soul right out. The location isn’t bad in Chengdu though, it is on first right road and fuqing lu on the northeast side of the city.
18in. is way too small. I’m 5’11” and would ride something about that size.
Quick comment on sizing. May be obvious but in case not, road bikes are measured in centimeters and mountain bikes in inches as well as having different geometries so that 60/62 size won’t translate directly to a mountain bike. Also that measurement is from the bottom bracket (the spot where the pedals turn around) to the top of the seat tube (the tube going straight up from there). This means that this measurement doesn’t really measure the important fit which is reach (how long the front of the bike is).
This is why most modern mountain bikes have the number sizing thrown out in favor or s/m/l/xl type of labeling. Also why companies post all of the measurements in the catalogs/websites. That said if you are just buying a cheap hardtail you can rely on the old number sizing as those bikes haven’t changed too much. For someone of your size you will probably just want to by the biggest bike you can get 🙂 23in. is usually the biggest for a mountain bike.
If you are buying something more expensive, full suspension, do some googling about big guys buying bikes and maybe go try to do a test ride, probably really hard in China though.
I rode by JiuYanQiao at about 2:30 and I didn’t see any kind of protest, just lots of police. Anyone go earlier in the day? Be interested to hear if it never materialized or got disbanded really quickly.
Hi Natasha,
About bringing the bikes I would also recommend bringing them as extra baggage on the plane. It is pretty standard procedure for anyone traveling with a bike so the airlines are set up to handle it. BUT check before hand, in the last couple years some airlines have started charging flat fees like $200. Otherwise there is usually a weight allowance and then a fee per kilo if you go over. I have paid anywhere from $35-75 to get a bike from Seattle to Chengdu.
Any shop in the US can box your bike for you or you can just go to a bike shop and get a box, they all have extras from new bikes coming in, and pack it yourself. Whenever I do it I always use clothes for packing material so I can get more stuff over here. Obviously my clothes aren’t that nice.
I have never been asked about the bike at Chinese customs and even if they do if it isn’t new it is fine. Can’t say the same for Bolivia, unpacked my bike in the customs line on the way in and out!
Anyhow the Respros are great, I also got mine from the Natooke guys. Rode today with it, lungs feel fine. Got mine a couple months ago and have not changed the filter yet, probably should soon though.
According to FP updates one suspect is dead the other is at large. They are believed to be Chechens, Tamerlan (dead) and Dzhokar (at large) Tsarnaev. And yeah an MIT security guard was killed as well. Going to be interesting to see how this all plays out.
I heard about this rule a couple years ago when I first came here. A teacher at the school I was at had to leave because he had been here for five years. From what I understood it is special to Sichuan. I remember him saying he was going to ChongQing for a year and then coming back. Probably doesn’t help but just an added bit of info to confuse the discussion.
Hi Dries,
Looks like you are more interested in using WordPress but this guy http://danbyrnedesign.com/ is a local web designer who does Drupal sites. He built the website for a company I was working for before. Awesome guy to work with, helped us a lot by getting me to do a lot of the stuff on the website myself (saved us money). Last time I talked to him a couple months ago he was super busy but worth contacting him to see if he can do what you guys are looking for.
I agree it would be good to see more people wearing helmets. In 13 years of riding I have broken two helmets and had three concussions. Admittedly those were all on a mountain bike but if you consider how much worse crashes tend to be on the road then it seems pretty reckless not to wear one. Put your brain bucket on kids!
Definitely not. I study at Southwest University for Nationalities and I’m 27 and I think the youngest in my class. The lower level classes do tend to have more younger students but it is still fairly mixed.
Just another thing to think about, if your goal is to study Mandarin maybe think about going somewhere in the north where it is spoken. While Sichuan dialect is closely related it can be pretty tough, it adds another difficulty to an already difficult language. That said if you really like Chengdu then come here, it isn’t impossible to learn Mandarin here, just harder.
Definitely not. I study at Southwest University for Nationalities and I’m 27 and I think the youngest in my class. The lower level classes do tend to have more younger students but it is still fairly mixed.
Just another thing to think about, if your goal is to study Mandarin maybe think about going somewhere in the north where it is spoken. While Sichuan dialect is closely related it can be pretty tough, it adds another difficulty to an already difficult language. That said if you really like Chengdu then come here, it isn’t impossible to learn Mandarin here, just harder.
Hi Horac. Sounds good, definitely bring your stumpy back with you if/when you come back. I ride a Transition Covert, 150mm in the back and a Fox 36 Van up front. There is nothing requiring a DH bike but most of the trails are pretty steep and rough, nothing purpose built for bikes, so something a little slacker is nice. Any of the 120-160mm travel trail bikes would be good.
Will keep my eye out for any kind of rental shop.
Hi Horac. Sounds good, definitely bring your stumpy back with you if/when you come back. I ride a Transition Covert, 150mm in the back and a Fox 36 Van up front. There is nothing requiring a DH bike but most of the trails are pretty steep and rough, nothing purpose built for bikes, so something a little slacker is nice. Any of the 120-160mm travel trail bikes would be good.
Will keep my eye out for any kind of rental shop.
