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A week ago, on Saturday, the 17th of October, ElManouch & Keke planned to go to Tàihú for some mountainbike. As there were 2 empty seats, Thibaut & I joined the trip, but for rollerskating 
As usual, the rear bike rack intrigued many people…
I still remember, one day I was driving and, when I arrived at the tollgate in order to enter the highway, the employee guy asked me if I was sure that the bikes won’t fall on the road…
I’ve never explored the East coast North of the bike park, so that was our plan.
Uuuh… Actually we rode almost 55km, and that, that wasn’t part of my plan! hehehe but was good for my legs! (see the green track on the map hereunder)
I’m not used anymore to ride long distances, with big wheels, on almost flat roads… Anyway, the fact that I was riding with Thibaut motivated me. For him, it was a piece of cake for sure! You can have a look at his blog: http://desroutesquimontent.blogspot.com (censored in China…), and so you will understand that he is a crazy guy! For instance, 100km rollerskating uphill in one day doesn’t scare him!
So, we started our ride along the lake, heading North. The small roads are composed of smooth concrete plaques, and the larger roads are made of quite good tar.
Sunny weather, didn’t wear t-shirt all the day!
请勿嬉水 (qǐng wù xī shuǐ): Please don’t play with water = Don’t close with water
Good advice for the people parking their yacht here.
We’ve discovered a nice new road towards 冲山村 (chōng shān cūn).
It was also the first time I saw sailboats on Tàihú, I mean navigating ones.
Here are all the pictures and a slideshow.
Just read the news that to prepare for the world expo Shanghai will not allow people to wear their PJ on the street. I forgot the guys name in Moganshan that were wearing PJs. Could you kindly give me the address where I can buy those? I am going to wear them to come to work!
Comment by TonyLiu — 2009-11-02 @ 3:30 pm
These wondeful pieces of art, extremely confortable when doing extreme sports and just perfect for the soon-coming cold season; have been bought at Kitch & Cheum, small shop where you’ll find everything a real gentleman needs to rollerskate properly: colorful PJs, licensed Ferrari Y-fronts and loads of other well-tasted delicacies. Endulge yourself on Jiazhou Lu - You’ll find the shop on the "eastern sidewalk" of Jiazhou Lu between Beijing Lu and Xinzha Lu…
Comment by Pascal - PJs' shop owner — 2009-11-02 @ 4:25 pm
Tony, we support you & all the outdoor pajamas addicted people!
We should create a commitee in order to save this Shanghainese tradition…
Here are some other pictures of the good times, when wearing PJs outside didn’t mean to be an outlaw:
Shengsi trip: http://www.atomicskate.com/2009/04/28/rollerskating-in-shengsi-2/
24Skate: http://www.atomicskate.com/2009/08/31/skate-around-the-world-in-24-hours-shanghai-2009/
And of course, Moganshan: http://www.atomicskate.com/2009/03/04/rollerskating-in-moganshan-3rd
Comment by atomicskate — 2009-11-02 @ 4:45 pm
As a soft addicted to my pink pyjama but a huge fan of this tradition, I propose to support people who decide to wear whatever, whenever and most of all Wherever they want, to go to the expo wearing those wonderful suits ! Winter’s coming in Dafeng : 4C today — Arf.. Pyjamas coming up !
Comment by Sylvain — 2009-11-02 @ 5:40 pm