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Kathmandu KORA 17

Kathmandu Kora Cycling Challenge is an annual cycling event. Basically this is a Kora of Kathmandu, of the three main religious sites of Soyambhunath, Boudha and Pashupatinath. It has that religious significance, but it is also meant to be a circulations of the power centres of Kathmandu. So many of you may thing why and how was this event started? In 2011, Maxim Jones and Shashank Lama, both 16, took this challenge, in the first ever Kora organised by socialtours and Chain Bikes, and raised awareness amongst the 35 riders and raised close to half a million Rupees in funds that were given to a school and an orphanage in Kathmandu. 2012 was around 300 riders who raised close to Rs. 1m for Rukum. 2013 was around 800 riders who raised close to Rs. 1.7m for Baitadi 2014 was around 1700 riders who raised close to 1.5m for Pyutar 2015 with 2500+ riders raised around Rs 7 lakh. I have been a part of this ride since 2015 and I will be riding this year too. This year the mone

Tour de France

This blog is totally different from mountain biking. Its about one of the biggest cycling event of the world " Tour de France ". 2017 Tour de France is the 104th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. PC: Google.com PC: Google.com This grand tour is 21 staged race which started from July 1st and will complete on July 23rd. This race starts takes place different cities in France occasionally making passes through nearby countries. The Tour de France was created in 1903. The roots of the Tour de France trace back to the emergence of two rival sports newspapers in the country. In those days they were only allowed to use fixed gear bike in the race. They thought it represent the manly hood with the change in time and development in the bike they have switched to geared bike but still  considered to be one of the most difficult race. Rider cover about 3500km in 23 days with total elevation gain of  21,125 . It is an time trail race which