Biking from manali to leh fron 15th june 2007

hello..
friends i m planning to go for tour in laddakh from manali from 15th june onwards for 15 days. I will most probably travell on Enfield.. i will be happy if other couples can join us on the tour. i m planning to include nubra valley and pangong lake.

i hope road will be open by that time....

hello frens
i m planning mountain biking tour from manali to leh from 15th june.
will road open my that time..i cant postpone tour because school of kid will be open on 1st july.....
i have 15 days for my travel...i want to cover nubra valley and pangong also..

will it be fine...
is it safe to travel alone on this route

solo travel - no problem
mountain biking on that road - ONLY IF you are used to cycling distances. Not that that alone is enough but that road is going to take u close to heavens while crossing high altitude passes. No idea if you have taken care of the AMS stuff. There are some good threads here on what to do and what not to do.
I re-emphasize on ONLY IF


and 15 days....Manali-Leh and then Nubra....no way...unless u put a 150CC or more engine to your mountain bike. Reaching Manali itself will take a lot of days. I estimate at least 10 days... add 2 more days for the bad weather. You can only reach Leh in 15 days. No Nubra will be possible am sure.

Hey why not get ur cycle on a bus and reach Leh in just 2 days and then go cycling in the Nubra valley for 6/7 days. BUT AGAIN... ONLY IF. Cycling in Leh and above specially when u r going to Nubra by crossing the Khardong La is another activity one shud go for with utmost care.

Study ur physique well before venturing out.

BUT yes...if you are confident abt your endurance and taken care of AMS thing.....IT IS WORTH DOING for that experience!

A day by day plan for this route here.

I am guessing he is talking about motorcycle touring, not cycling!

yeah.. u r right..
i m going to ride Enfield or HH Splendor

Its pretty safe to cover this route solo, went to Ladakh last year solo on my pulsar 180 and was riding alone for 18 days. Take the Enfield it would be a better choice than Splendor

will rohtang pass will be open by that time?

it should be open by then, but all depend on the weather.

Rhotang will be open by May end this year.

finally some one who can predict pass openings

What classic mix up on my side!
But NO! You did say mountain bike...Never heard anyone using this term for a motorbike.

whatever.......so....Enfield!! You will zoom pass! No worries! Moto-bikes not my territory so no more from my side. Yogesh will be of great help. Stick to him and of course to IM. u together will work out a good plan for urself!

sorry amy for using wrong term....

is there any body else riding on bike during that time? i would like to join some other fellow travellers...

Hi Alok,

I will be in Leh during the same time ;-) But I will be reaching there by air; let's catch up there.

\N

sure ntomer catch u there in leh... i will be with my wife..

can somebody tell me what are the beautiful places on the road to leh from manali so that i can click some beautiful pics. i m ready to divert for 3 to 6 k.m. from the main road...