Freely chasing the wind and traveling towards the mountains and lakes
Spring Blossoms "Cycling Fever"
Reporter Liu Kaihua
A bicycle, three or five riding friends, together to explore the corner of Yanchi, to enjoy the hidden scenery of the tourist highway...... Compared with the "slow" of walking and jogging and the "fast" of self-driving, cycling has the advantages of freedom, casualness and no anxiety about parking, and has the dual role of leisure and fitness, which has become an "immersive" way for many people to travel during the holidays.
Wang Zhuoran, a resident of Salt Lake District, recently discovered that many of his friends are obsessed with cycling, even if it is the middle of the day. In order to understand the charm of this sport, on April 4, the first day of the Qingming Festival holiday, he participated in a cycling activity called "Cycling" cycling group - starting from Dongguo Town and heading to Jiezhou Town.
During the ride, the mighty bicycle procession passed through Yanchi, Phoenix Valley and Zhongyi Street. Well-equipped professional riders and leisurely commuter riders form a beautiful landscape.
"A group of nearly 20 of us went west along County Road 826 from Dongguo Town, passing through Salt Lake and Phoenix Valley, Zhongyi Street, Changping Guandi Temple and other places. Wang Zhuoran told reporters that from Dongguo Town to Jiezhou Town, the distance is more than 30 kilometers, the lake is blue, rape flowers are yellow, pear blossoms, peach blossoms are blooming on the roadside, like a giant painting leisurely unfolding. On this trip, Wang Zhuoran and his riding friends spent half a day and gained a lot. "I've been to Jiezhou before, but the beauty I feel during the ride is irreplaceable by other ways of traveling, and when it comes to eating a bowl of hot mutton bubbles, not to mention how satisfying it is. Wang Zhuoran said.
The 30-year-old is a veteran cyclist, and he and his friends cycle two to three times a week. Xi Pei's family lives on Weifeng Street, and after joining the work, he chose to cycle to and from work and bought a second-hand bicycle. "It's about 5 kilometers from my house to the unit, and it's very convenient to ride. Xi Pei said that after half a year of cycling and commuting, he fell in love with the sport, and then, he bought a road bike of about 5,000 yuan in order to exercise better.
The experience of riding a bicycle allowed Xi Pei to complete the transition from cycling commuting to "enthusiastic rider". "It was summer, and three of my riders and I rode all the way from Hejin along the Yellow River No. 1 Tourist Highway to Linyi, which took 8 hours and rode about 120 kilometers. Xi Pei said that this was his first time riding the middle and long distances, and the journey was full of novelty.
Li Qing, from Taiyuan, rode in Yuncheng for the first time during the Qingming holiday and experienced the "Internet celebrity" bicycle path located in Yazichi. Along the way, she chatted with several local riders and learned a lot of practical travel "tips". During the conversation, she said enviously: "If I were in Yuncheng, I would definitely not go to the gym if I exercised every day, but I would ride a bicycle, and it was really comfortable to ride on this road." ”
However, Li Qing also has a little regret that the weather has just warmed up, and the "Colorful Salt Lake" lacks "color" along the way. After listening to her words, a local cyclist smiled and said: "In two months, riding here, you will be able to experience the beauty of 'the road is in the palette and the people are in the colorful road'." When they parted, the rider and Li Qing added WeChat friends to each other and sent an invitation: "If you have the opportunity, come to Yuncheng, let's ride together." ”
From the new trend of low-carbon travel, to the new way to open up the social circle, to the new events that have risen one after another in various parts of the city...... The "small wheels" that were once just ordinary means of transportation, with the blessing of the "cycling fever" that continues to heat up, not only bring fire to the bicycle industry, but also derive more consumer formats.
Wei Heng, the person in charge of the "Cycling" Riding Club, feels more and more obvious: cycling is "breaking the circle". As one of the earliest businesses in the city to sell professional cycling vehicles, Wei Heng said that this wind has also swept into the bicycle sales market, and it has been in the bicycle business for almost 10 years, and it is the first time to encounter such a hot market.
"We both organize several rides in the spring, and it was difficult to recruit so many people in a short period of time. Wei Heng said that in the past, cycling was a relatively niche sport, and most of the participants were old friends. "It's different now, every time we post an event recruitment, more new faces come, and there are more and more cycling enthusiasts. ”
With the development of cycling, riders are no longer limited to exercising, but riding while enjoying the scenery. Nowadays, many routes around the city are gradually becoming popular because of their comfortable riding and pleasant scenery.
Over the years, cycling enthusiast Du Peng and his riding friends have explored and recorded a number of routes suitable for cycling, "I usually pay special attention to the smoothness of the road and the scenery along the way, and often share my favorite high-quality cycling routes online." Du Peng said, "First of all, the duck pond this line, from the urban area to and from the duck pond, the distance is about 40 kilometers, the road surface is relatively flat, the traffic flow is not large, the scenery along the way is very good; followed by the 826 county road, the round-trip distance is about 60 kilometers, the scenery is beautiful all the way, there are many scenic spots and snacks; the other is from the urban area to ride to Sijiao Town, Xia County and even Qijiahe Township to Pinglu Caochuan, this mountain road riding intensity is large, but the scenery is very good; there is the Yellow River No. 1 tourist highway of each section, along the way there are villages, woods, The big river is a very popular route, and there are also events held from time to time. ”