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kiwikid
Joined: 28 Mar 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject: Bikes on Buses? |
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Can I take my bike on a bus, put it in the luggage compartment underneath? Has anyone done this? I want to get down to Goejedo to do some cycling there. Anyone got any advice or info on biking round Goeje? |
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Bibbitybop

Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Shouldn't be a problem unless there is too much luggage on board. I have a fold up bike I take on the subways, I know that would fit no problem in the bottom of a bus.
What about fold up bikes on city buses, has anyone tried that? |
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Chamchiman

Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Location: Digging the Grave
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:06 pm Post subject: Re: Bikes on Buses? |
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kiwikid wrote: |
Can I take my bike on a bus, put it in the luggage compartment underneath? Has anyone done this? I want to get down to Goejedo to do some cycling there. Anyone got any advice or info on biking round Goeje? |
Good question - I'm planning a cycling trip around Gyeongju and was also wondering about chucking a bike in the luggage compartment. Actually, I assumed it would be no problem. In my experience riding buses from city to city in Korea, people rarely put anything at all underneath. I was kind of worried about my bike getting banged around though. Anyone happen to have any tips on how to keep the bike safe under there? (I was thinking about taking off the front tire, turning the bars parallel to the frame and strapping them, and wrapping the forks.)
(As for Goeje information, think about PMing VanIslander.) |
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VanIslander

Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: Re: Bikes on Buses? |
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kiwikid wrote: |
Anyone got any advice or info on biking round Geoje? |
Start at Jangseungpo on the east coast, just south of Okpo. And from there head south along the coastal road, taking a couple of peninsular lefts upward to the scenic college and later to the more scenic cliffs (and lefts downward if you wanna go to beaches).
From Jangseungpo to the southern coast would be quite an accomplishment, as it is so hilly.
BTW, when a couple of around-the-world cyclists did Korea, they said in a Seoul interview that their favorite place in Korea to ride was the coastal road on Geoje Island, they hoping to do it once again someday.
Good luck whatever. |
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soy

Joined: 14 Jun 2007
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:34 am Post subject: |
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You can throw your bike in the luggage on the large buses, on the city buses however I wouldn't try it. It's cramped enough as it is.
You can however take in on the subway fairly easily, try to go at off peak hours and get in either of the end trains where there's a nice wall to stand against, or if nobody's using it you can stand in the handicap section.
You'll get some weird looks maybe but they'll get over it. |
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Yesterday

Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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Just last week - I saw a Korean girl get on a Seoul city bus with her fold up bike....
nobody batted an eyelid.... |
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pest2

Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, you can almost always put your bike in the under-storage compartments of intercity and express buses. I say almost always because once out of 30 or so times, now, the bus and compartments were too full and I had to wait for the next bus.
You can almost never take your bike on a regular city bus in any city... unless its a folding bike.
You can almost always take your bike on the subway as long as you go to the first or last car. |
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Pak Yu Man

Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Location: The Ida galaxy
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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If people can bring their pets and drunked old men on the bus...a bike shouldn't be a problem. |
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