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Filmed in and around Edinburgh, this video of Inspired Bicycles team rider Danny MacAskill features probably the best collection of street/street trials riding ever seen. There’s some huge riding, but also some of the most technically difficult and imaginative lines you will ever see. Without a doubt, this video pushes the envelope of what is perceived as possible on a trials bike.

Thanks to XW for sending me this awesome video!

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For all the bike lovers, don’t miss the Specialized Riders Club China Launching Party on May 7th (from 7pm).
Live music performance, free gifts, free food / drinks and more!

Address: Specialized Pudong store
1192 BiYun Rd, near Hongfeng Rd

Hey! I know what you’re going to say!!! "Pudong is too far awaaay!"
Don’t worry, there is a free mini-van waiting for you at 6:30 at the Specialized Puxi store (221 West Jiangguo Rd)

Hope to c u there!!!

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GPS is great when you’re doing outdoor activities, but coming back to your computer, it’s sometimes a little bit tricky to use the output data, in my case, namely the KML / KMZ file.

Indeed, the GPS terminal records coordinates, altitude & other info each X seconds. It means that if you record your track for a time with a high rate recording frequency, your KML file is going to include thousands of points…

Everything is fine with Google Earth when you import your KML file, but some issues appear when you wanna import it in Google Maps (for instance, the tracks will split in several parts).
Indeed, if your KML polygons have too many points, the file will be too big for Google Maps.
Only one solution: reduce the number of points (and coordinates).

Here comes GPSBabel.

GPSBabel converts waypoints, tracks, and routes between popular GPS receivers and mapping programs. It also has powerful manipulation tools for such data.
For instance, in order to reduce the number of coordinates, you just have to apply one of the filters:

It’s free and it works under Windows, MacOS and Linux!
 
 
Source:
http://www.gpsbabel.org/download.html
 
 
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As I can’t throw away traditions, I write this post… very late
For our second rollerskating trip, we’ve chosen to go back to 莫干山 (Mògānshān) on the first day, and then to try two new places around 天荒坪镇 (Tiānhuāngpíng village).
It was on October 11th and 12th.

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十天以前我们去过奉化为参加梅的朋友的婚礼。

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Ok, this video is talking about skateboard, but it could be enlarge to rollerskate, BMX & MTB, stunt…

Hope that one day, local authorities (I don’t speak specifically about China, but everywhere all over the world!…) would understand what is said on this video
The narrator is true: when you’re a rider, you look at the cities as an experiencing environment: stairs, walls, handrails, gaps, …
"Public space" just doesn’t have the same meaning.

taken on: July 7th, 2007
at:  厦门观音山 (Xiamen, GuanYin mountain)
by: Diablotim
with: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
comment: 不外卖土鸡，鸭每斤十八元 (No take-away for free-range chicken, duck price is 18rmb/500gr)
original file: download link

I’m once and for all late in publishing all the bike trips pictures on my website… 该加油！！！
So, two months after (it was on March 16th), it’s time for 太湖西山董其昌墓 (Tàihú  Xīshān Dǒngqíchāngmù) MTB session report!

"Au menu": pictures, track map, short movie
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Three weeks ago, on Sunday, November 4^th, we’ve decided to go to 无锡 (WúXī) for a one day trip by mountainbike in Sēnlín Park (森林公园).

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