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SternAAlbifrons wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:37 pm Would you consider cycling further up into Cambodia?
I dont normally do long distance cycling, and dont plan to. I take my bike on the back of a minivan. However:

Narrow roads with a lot of traffic are the most dangerous. Roads with very little traffic are not a high risk. Wide roads are much safer than narrow roads, even with traffic.
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explorer wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 6:35 pm
SternAAlbifrons wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:37 pm Would you consider cycling further up into Cambodia?
I dont normally do long distance cycling, and dont plan to. I take my bike on the back of a minivan. However:

Narrow roads with a lot of traffic are the most dangerous. Roads with very little traffic are not a high risk. Wide roads are much safer than narrow roads, even with traffic.
What kind of bike do you use?
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SternAAlbifrons wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 6:50 pm What kind of bike do you use?
If you read the other posts you would have seen I ride a fat bicycle.

It is ideal for cycling in and around Cambodian villages, particularly when you come across sand and mud.

I am also fat challenged, and it takes my weight without breaking.
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explorer wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 6:56 pm
SternAAlbifrons wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 6:50 pm What kind of bike do you use?
If you read the other posts you would have seen I ride a fat bicycle.

It is ideal for cycling in and around Cambodian villages, particularly when you come across sand and mud.

I am also fat challenged, and it takes my weight without breaking.
Sorry E, ' dreaming distracted disjointed. All three.

Truth tell, I wasn't really paying attention to the authors just then - just humming along to the tune of hard rubber over the different tarmacs/sands/gravels/clays and muds. Good posts.
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andy_morris wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:16 pm I've cycled most of the highways in Cambodia and at 35km/hr +/- feel pretty safe. Many locals on motos appreciate that you are going at it pretty hard as you can often keep up with them. Car and van drivers are less sympathetic but still, rarely had any too close for comfort experiences. It is often partly my fault too as going from high speed (for a road bike anyway) to tight, slow traffic past a market area causes impatience or frustration, and a keenness to get back up to a good speed.

Bokor is a different animal. They do regularly overtake on the hairpins going up and down. Absolute idiocy pretty mu h guaranteed every time.
Was that your top speed or average speed?
That’s pretty fast for a mountain bike but a proper focused road bike it’s achievable, if you’re super fit (my mate just told me. He’s 32yo fit and his average speed on a 120 min run is 26kmh on fairly flat roads. I hate him. He’s also done Bokor and he said it killed him! He does have a $4k Cannonball though. Idiot)
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phkachhouk wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:27 am If you added “Micheal” at the end like “I have had a 70 kg = 155 lb man on the back, making the total 190 kg = 420 lb, Michael” you’d could be KITT from Knight Rider.
Or add "Dave" at the end of each question.
I’m 135kg. Beat that!
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phkachhouk wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 9:35 pm
andy_morris wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:16 pm I've cycled most of the highways in Cambodia and at 35km/hr +/- feel pretty safe. Many locals on motos appreciate that you are going at it pretty hard as you can often keep up with them. Car and van drivers are less sympathetic but still, rarely had any too close for comfort experiences. It is often partly my fault too as going from high speed (for a road bike anyway) to tight, slow traffic past a market area causes impatience or frustration, and a keenness to get back up to a good speed.

Bokor is a different animal. They do regularly overtake on the hairpins going up and down. Absolute idiocy pretty mu h guaranteed every time.
Was that your top speed or average speed?
That’s pretty fast for a mountain bike but a proper focused road bike it’s achievable, if you’re super fit (my mate just told me. He’s 32yo fit and his average speed on a 120 min run is 26kmh on fairly flat roads. I hate him. He’s also done Bokor and he said it killed him! He does have a $4k Cannonball though. Idiot)
yep, doable on the flats an a smooth paved road with a good bike an in great condition.
my last trip in August from Kep to Koh Kong, DRIVING a car, I barely manged 40 kms /hour....:-)
Over the last several years, the winner of the tour de France has posted an overall average speed of right around 25mph (40kmph)–but that encompasses an entire tour. Uphill, downhill, time trial, flatland, it’s all averaged at 25mph. .
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I took a taxi from Kohkong to Kampot then mini van Kampot to PP recently but trips scared the shit out of me crazy driving overtaking etc.
I'll stick to riding my motorcycle slowly as much as I can
I'm standing up, so I must be straight.
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atst wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:24 am I took a taxi from Kohkong to Kampot then mini van Kampot to PP recently but trips scared the shit out of me crazy driving overtaking etc.
I'll stick to riding my motorcycle slowly as much as I can
I don't boat just for pleasure, beauty and sanity.
As much as I have been grooving along with all these road trip stories, highways scare me s***less.

I do appreciate the road warriors tho' - Brave and fearless total nutters, all.
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StroppyChops wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:10 pm
phkachhouk wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:27 am If you added “Micheal” at the end like “I have had a 70 kg = 155 lb man on the back, making the total 190 kg = 420 lb, Michael” you’d could be KITT from Knight Rider.
Or add "Dave" at the end of each question.
I’m 135kg. Beat that!
Literally off the scales when we arrived (most medical scales are considered inaccurate beyond 165kg) because reasons, now around 110kg. Moving to Cambodia has literally saved my life.
Or even The Hoff.

This heat is killing me.
Drink water like a crazy man. Sweat like a sweaty thing.

It’s making me sick.
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