Cycling, Camping and BBQ in Hangul way - Day 2

Appointment was to meet at ten o'clock in the morning which gave more time to rest from what I needed most due to work. All my clothes all dried with the help of fan to circulate the air. Everything was packed and ready to go for another exploration. Loaded my stuff together with bike onto friend's car because he would like to show me the local street market. Had something light as breakfast from the market then moving to the campsite. Park the car then bring out the bike to roll.

It was suppose to be simple and leisure ride to the bigger city Chuncheon I didn't explore day before. We are still following bike path towards the city and my friend promised me the famous dish of Chuncheon, Dak Galbi. 
From Wikipedia "Dak Galbi consists of chicken, sliced cabbage, sweet potatoes, tteok (rice cakes), and scallions, mixed with a spicy sauce heavy on gochujang. It is usually cooked in a big iron pan in the center of the table, but the original method is over charcoal."

Passing by several bridges, river dam, university and some residential area then enter the city. With the help of the local search engine Naver, found one famous Dak Galbi store. With queue in front of the store we are sure getting into the right place. Had our bikes lock just outside the store then within minutes we are in the store.

After the yummy lunch, we are slightly behind schedule thus not going to explore in the city. As planned we will take a train ride back to the town where we will camp a night. Found the station and I am still not so sure if I could board the train with my bike. The moment I am reaching to train ticket vending machine saw many cyclists with their bikes gave me a peace in mind. Board the train last car which usually will have bike rack, unfortunately too many bikes. They are cyclist from many places, cycled to Chuncheon then take a train return to their city.

Arrived the station Gapyeong where we will go shopping for BBQ material then heading to campsite in Jaraseom. Setup my tent then start the fire for the BBQ. When it gets dark the temperature drop drastically and I have to rely on bonfire to keep warm.

The start of day 2 ride and the name of this bridge really makes me worry. To those who knew well of Penangites Hokkien will understand what it meant.

 My ride partner, no need to be solo (傻佬) anymore.

 Thought we might just take the train from here but no way....the weather was too good not to cycle.

 One of the famous activity in this region, ATV ride on the river.

Bike path include crossing bridge that was properly installed with rail to protect cyclist.

Another bridge was built to ease the traffic, and I really amazed that it was so clean though construction was ongoing. Looking back where I am coming from, a heaven and hell.

Not knowing what it mean but it was for the record of my visit.

Seeing this river dam remind me of the sickening government that restrict the wealth for them and those relate to them while the people on the other side were so "dry".

I can't find the edge of the river, can you?

Entering to the city Chuncheon. 

 Famous Dak Galbi store with most people on the queue.

Dak Galbi...yummy.

Shopping street called Myeongdong which is similar to the one in Seoul.

 University student art on display and the stuff stick on it was a gift from passer by as an encouragement.

 Almost to the train station and got attracted by these 3D feel clouds.

BlackBeauty was not alone in the station.

It was an usual way for cyclist in Korea to ride out of the city then return with a train. 

Pushing our bike towards the last car of the train.

Fully parked bike rack, I have to find another way to park my bike.

My piece of land only for tonight...lol

Tent setup and I resist to put on rain cover but later I have no choice to put on due to the weather was too cold.

Our dinner... 

Getting dark and we should get ready for dinner

 Table and chair ready, fire started....

Let's cook dinner.

Thought we bought too many wood but it was just nice for the night to keep warm.

Good night, with the bonfire outside my tent.

Actual ride route on day 2 with elevation profile and speed graph against distance.

Ride detail from my Garmin Edge 800.

Ride recording

When I first seen a cyclometer at the age of 14, it was an excitement to know that we could see how fast we are going. My friends and I were so happy and keep playing with the magnet and receiver which was then a wired system. We never know what else it does besides showing the speed for advance cyclist. I couldn't afford to have such luxury gadget and always keep my distance close to this friend who one the cyclometer. The reason doing so was to find out how fast I am going by check his cyclometer.

In recent day cyclometer was just a gadget which came along with bike. It cost nothing comparing to the price tagged to the bicycle sold. And you can either have wired (cheaper) or wireless depending how much you bought the bike. And for a folding bicycle most shop sales will recommend you a wireless cyclometer because you fold you bicycle without those tangling wire between your cyclometer and receiver.

My folding bicycle do come with cyclometer unfortunately it was wired type. I didn't had much problem with this wired cyclometer because I do fold my bicycle with care. Besides I am glad to have that cyclometer because I was not aware that a cyclometer is so cheap (still had the old memory 10th years ago). Not really know what this cyclometer can do but I basically use it to see my speed. Then later on I notice it could track my total distance travelled as well as top and average speed of each ride. And of course you need to know how to operate it...it took me a while to find out.

After few rides with fellow cyclist, I notice the differences between my cyclometer and other cyclist. I learnt new term like cadence, altimeter, temperature, etc in a cyclometer. Then I started to pay more attention to this gadget by surveying a better cyclometer for my rides. Since my brother's friend left his Gary Fisher Katana (MTB hard tail) in my house I could relocate my wired cyclometer to this bicycle for other use. More I look into cyclometer feature and specification I could not make a solid decision which to have it. It just got complicated by my greed......

Before continuing to conclude my cyclometer story, I would like to share another story which happened during my search for cyclometer. After joining a ride most cyclist would like to share the result of their ride by snap shot their cyclometer result. Some would just shows average speed, total distance (current ride) and time cycled. While other with much advance cyclometer would have more information which he/she could analyse and recap how he/she did. From this data it is possible to input to a website where you can can have history of your rides. And good news is these sites provide free App for GPS enabled phone with mobile internet which will perform like cyclometer. Then I was amaze and thought it would be an alternative for me to use these App without getting a full feature cyclometer.

Later these Apps that runs on GPS enabled mobile phone broaden my search for cyclometer. I have to include another feature to look far in search of cyclometer, Global Positioning System a.k.a. GPS. With GPS enabled we can get many information without actually having other sidekick (sensors) to incorporate to cyclometer. Speed, distance, elevation (altitude), temperature, time etc will be made available with the availability of GPS reception. These GPS enabled device commonly called tracker which will record every coordinate point with all possible information this device can retrieve from. Some of this tracker can incorporate gadget like cadence sensor, heart beat sensor, foot step sensor etc. Apart from those, everyone knew GPS enable device can lead us the way. I can pre-plan my ride with the application on web to route preferably road to go. Just download planned route to my device and it will be my cycling buddy on the road.

With so many choices that come with price that determine type and feature you will get from the device. It is hard for me to determine my liking. I have budget to control thus decision making will have to be tougher. Then came an angle from abroad.....friend (friend is what we need most when we are away, making more friend is part of my routine whenever I am abroad). This friend of mine could help me to acquire a full feature GPS enabled device. With friend's help I could get this device with an extreme good price which I cannot resist from buying. Using it every ride, everywhere, every time....