stephenhoward
- Member since Jul 18, 2010
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Chengdu , China - Male / 27
Live in Chengdu and ride bikes!
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stephenhoward mikekazimer's article
Apr 8, 2013 at 2:06
Apr 8, 2013
Transition Covert 26 - Tested
I did the exact same thing, sold my Trek Fuel EX and Giant Glory and got a Covert. Don't feel like I lose anything on the Trek when climbing (just switch the pro-pedal on) even with the extra weight and while it will never be a DH sled for where I ride I don't think I am much slower going down. Awesome bike for someone who doesn't have the time/cash to have multiple bikes.
stephenhoward home-team's article
Mar 20, 2013 at 7:38
Mar 20, 2013
Taipei Show Day 1 Randoms
Glad to see The Dude abiding! He's actually a legend in the Seattle area bike scene. Owe him a ton of thanks for putting on cross-country races that got me into mountain bikes way back when I was a skinny little junior racer rocking spandex and bar-ends!
stephenhoward Trailsrider's article
Feb 18, 2013 at 15:22
Feb 18, 2013
Vietnam on Two Wheels
@leelau - you should definitely plan a trip to any of those spots, Laos, Yunnan, or Vietnam. I live north of there in Sichuan, which has some pretty good riding as well :) and have traveled in that area quite a bit over the last couple years. Unfortunately each time I didn't take my bike, but I was wishing I had. Spots that I thought looked like they had great potential were Dali in Yunnan, Luang Nham Tha (spelling?) in Laos, Sapa in Vietnam (this article), and it looks like cuberider could hook you up as well. Go in the winter as it is the dry season and all of the spots I just mentioned are actually pretty dry and cool (not a sweaty jungle like many people think). Just my 2 cents!
stephenhoward Trailsrider's article
Feb 17, 2013 at 1:21
Feb 17, 2013
Vietnam on Two Wheels
Very cool! Went through Sapa last winter and was wishing I had my bike the whole time, tons of trails heading out to villages all over the hills.
stephenhoward mandil's article
Jan 23, 2013 at 21:20
Jan 23, 2013
Video:Colours of Kathmandu
Definitely, I live over in China and mountain biking is really growing here. It's really becoming global. And those trails in Kathmandu looked great!
stephenhoward SniperWZ's video
Dec 20, 2012 at 0:11
Dec 20, 2012
Cool! riding out your way looks awesome. I'm down in Chengdu actually but if I get a chance I would love to get out there. Unfortunately been riding the computer chair at work a lot more than my bike recently :(
stephenhoward SniperWZ's video
Dec 16, 2012 at 18:59
Dec 16, 2012
很好！Madwheel你们在哪里？乌鲁木齐？我去年看过天山的照片，从当时很想去！
stephenhoward mattwragg's article
Nov 30, 2012 at 1:15
Nov 30, 2012
KS Bike Festival 2012 - Shenzhen, China
Hey SniperWZ I wasn't trying to disagree with you, riding mountain bikes on the road isn't something I find interesting either. I just wanted to help out tanglin as I thought what he said was good, positive, and thinking about the future. And I agreed with it. Keep looking for big mountains and riding big. I assume you are in Turpan or somewhere in XinJiang? If I get a chance to head out that way I'll contact you, hopefully you can show me some fun stuff.
stephenhoward mattwragg's article
Nov 27, 2012 at 21:09
Nov 27, 2012
KS Bike Festival 2012 - Shenzhen, China
What tanglin said is great, help him out with my best translation: "Be patient, it is developing. Outside of China many people have had contact with the sport for a long time but it is not like that in China. But more and more people are going out to the mountains and this is a good sign. Also there are some people riding AM/FR bikes in China, and ride pretty good and a few years ago there were none."
I definitely agree. More and more people are riding trail. Just give it time and have fun riding your bike. China doesn't need big races and famous events (or the UCI), just more people having fun on their bikes at events like this one in ShenZhen.
stephenhoward mattwragg's article
Nov 25, 2012 at 22:48
Nov 25, 2012
KS Bike Festival 2012 - Shenzhen, China
This is great to see! The riding scene in China is growing super fast. How do articles get published like this? We have some events out in Chengdu 成都 where I and it would be cool to get some articles up about them.
