cycling and climbing in leh manali

taz lawrie

hi guys im planning to climb stok kangri in august and cycle leh to manali in aug or sep,isanyone interested in joining me ,i am 40 with good equipment and need someone with good skills on a mtn bike and lots of determination,i live in delhi and work for an airline,only serious adventure seekers give me a call this is not an easy trip

andre

Hi Taz.
Just saw your post and am planning exactly the same trip in July / August. I am an Aussie traveller (30) in Kathmandu leaving for Delhi next few days before heading up to Ladakh. It would be awesome to join you since i was hoping to find a climbing partner for Stok kangri when i arrived and doing the ride alone is becoming complicated.

I am an experienced rockclimber (ACIA quals) with some high altitude experience yet limited technical mountaineering experience. I am also a mad keen mountain biker and adventure racer bake home and can't wait to get back on the bike after two months of trekking across Nepal from the eastern border over Mera La and Tashi Labsha passes (5500/5700m)climbed mera peak.

So if you a keen for me to join you, I am flexible with dates and we could even travel from Delhi together? Hope to here from you soon...

Andre

taz lawrie

andre ,hi i glad to see ya ,well what dates u arrivng roughly in delhi,im working but we have to plan the dates ,i think 5 days to acclimitase in leh and 6 day s to do the trip ,i will send u email shortly and we can plan some details,stand by i get back to u very shortly

Nanette74

Hi Andre. If you fancy cycling up to Leh on your way from Manali, you'll probably meet some independent travellers you can join. That'd give you great acclimatisation. Though after 2 months trekking in Nepal, you should be doing great already. We are cycling Shimla - Spiti - Keylong - Manali, starting around July 6-8. A couple of friends are doing a similar trip 2/3 weeks later. But I'm not sure you can find a decent bike in Delhi to do the trip. You can definitely find cheap ones, not sure how good they are. As for racks and panniers... Taz lawrie can probably tell you more on that particular point. Don't count on finding anything worthy in Leh. Easier to find MTB in Katmandu, though with all the pbs in Tibet, noone is coming from that side (quite a few people resell the bikes they bought in Lhasa, usu decent Giant MTB with shimano gears plus racks and sometimes even panniers).

taz lawrie

nanette, i have leave from work on 5th july for 8 days ,any chance of joining u on your cycle journey,i have giant xcr mtbike and rear rack,i'm really impressed with the spiti area i think u have chosen a great area for cycling,where can i contact u,do u have email? u can email me on tazlawrie(at)gmail(dot)com

dashduff

Hi

Merida have just opened a mega shop in delhi. A59A, Central Market, Lajpat Nagar II, New Delhi. they make great bikes.

dashduff

oh. i'm doing the same trip exactly so i will see you on the road. have fun

andre

Hi Nannette and Taz.

Thanks for your replies and the advice. I have just arrived in Delhi today felling very sticky! Was not able to bring a bike from Kathmandu. I had to fly since there was a transport strike?! But thanks for the the post about the Merida shop. I will go check it out tommorrow. Nannette and Taz, it would be really great if we could all get sorted to start in Shimla (that was my original route plan to Keylong then heading up to Leh) as the timing (5 July would be ideal for me). Maybe Taz if you have time the next days we can meet up in Delhi to make some plans for climbing etc... you can email me directly avkombi(at)hotmail(dot)com.

Take care hope to see you guys soon. Andre