Bicycle shop in Lhasa?

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Bicycle shop in Lhasa?
Nov 16, 2004 06:45
CJACK Points: Join Date: Nov 16, 2004 Status: offline	Hi! I'm Mauro from Italy. I'll go to Tibet in apr-may 2005 and I want to visit it using a Mountain Bike. I want to buy one in Lhasa. Someone can tell me if in Lhasa I can find a bicycle shop that sells mountain bikes??? Someone that go to Tibet in moutain bike in apr-may 2005?? Thanks! Greetings from Italy

Nov 16, 2004 11:20

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Purchase Nowadays it is possible to buy a Chinese made or Taiwanese-made mountain bike in Lhasa for about Y500. Shop around in the area near the Potala on Deyi Nub Lam.
Also, you can rental a bick there.
Rental The only place in Tibet where you can easily rent bicycles in Lhasa. Rates of Y2 to Y3 per hour or Y20 to Y30 per day prevail, and the bikes are usually Chinese Flying Pigeons. Test the brakes and tyres before taking the bike out onto the streets.

Long distance cyclists are once again appearing on the roads of Tibet. Most pack their bikes onto their tour to Lhasa and then cycle back along the Friendship Hwy. Others buy mountain bikes in China and bring them up to Lhasa.

Nov 22, 2004 14:55	#2
CJACK Points: Join Date: Nov 16, 2004 Status: Offline	Thank's for your answer Dave, hope to find some decent mtb near the Potala .... hope that it has good brakes!! Greetings from Italy. If someone will go to Tibet to make a mtb tour in april-may 2005 and want a friend for the travel mail me at: poste.it\|mauro.bollini. Byeeee

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