Cross Country in Beijing by Mountain Bike (1)

Beijing is the capital of China for many dynasties. It's reasonable for choosing Beijing as the capital of the country. The first advantage is that the terrain of Beijing is very suitable for defense. Beijing is surrounded by mountains on three sides, so there are many mountain suitable for cross country, by mountain bike even road bike if possible, in the vicinity of Beijing urban district. I'll be here to introduce my experience of cross country in beijing by mountain bike in this series of posts.

First, the nearest, eden of mountain bike - Fragrant Hill (Xiangshan) (find it in Google earth).

The Fragrant Hill has many reasons to be eden of moutain bike for people lived in Beijing.

1. It has only a distance of about 14 kilometres from urban district (Zhongguan Cun, or West of 4th Ring Road) to the mountain. You can arrive at the foot of the moutain by bicycle in 30 minutes.
2. There are all types of terrain in Fragrant Hill for mountain bikes, ascents covered by cement with different road grade for climbing, very steep accidented freeride/downhill road, etc.
3. There many historic sites in Fragrant Hill, and the scene of the hill is very good.
4. There are interesting and exciting, but not dangerous.