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Jeongseon Rail Bike

10/20/2009

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The main reason we went to Jeongseon was to ride the rail bike!  What is a rail bike you ask?  "It's a pedal powered vehicle built to run exclusively on a disused railway track."  (Their words, not mine.)
 
Back in the day Jeongseon was a large coal producing town, but due to the decline in the coal industry Jeongseon found itself with empty tracks.  The people in the area didn't want to see the tracks go to waste so they concocted the 'Rail Bikes', and I am so glad they did!  This was a great day to hang out with the family! 

To make a reservation you need to go to the website listed above, but you will need to plan WAY in advance as they only make 50 reservations for each day on line.  If you want to go and you are not planning your trip in advance (like us) you will need to arrive at 8AM the day you want to ride to make your reservation for later in the day.  This is the part that stressed me out....."What if they are full?  What if I come all this way and I don't get to ride?"  Well, I need to relax.  (Which I find hard to do.)  Now, I don't think I mentioned this part  - my Korean friends booked everything for us - including our pension, which they were not going to make a reservation for, we were just supposed to show up...I will get to that  in another blog.  And they, along with Hubby were the ones telling me not to worry - everyone will all get to ride.  In fact, my friends left their house in Suwon at 4AM so they could arrive at the rail bikes by 8AM to make our reservations!  (They were also going - a total coincidence.)  We didn't leave our house till  6AM.
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Me and my friend Jeong-Hwan!
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Our friends that met us at the rail bikes and made all our reservations!
OK, OK, on to the bike ride!
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Getting ready to ride!
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Hubby & Boy 2 riding the rails together!
A couple of things you should know if you plan to do the rail bikes. First off -   If there are more than 2 of you, buy the 2 seaters.  You can connect the two seaters together with a bar and all ride together.  We didn't know this, so myself, Boy 1, Boy 3 and Girl were WAY far away from Hubby and Boy 2, so we didn't get to enjoy this together as a family.  On the flip side, Boy 2 and Hubby did get some nice one on one bonding time. Secondly, one person can pedal an entire bike, so no need to worry about people that don't pull their weight - there is no work out involved in this at all.  And the third thing I would like to mention - if you go in the fall, take jackets or blankets!!  This ride gets cold especially for the little people!

OK, here we go....
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The ride takes about 1.5 hours.
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We went through several tunnels.
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The country side was beautiful!
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My handsome boy!
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A man working the fields...
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Rice paddies in the background.
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Cute little old lady working in the field.
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They were freezing, so Boy 1 took off his sweatshirt and gave it to them!
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We found the moon!
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More women working the fields.
At the end of your bike ride, you can get a bite to eat in this big fish made out of an old train car.  (There are actually 2 big fish.)
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Then you ride back on a train that is jam packed full of people!  While you are riding the train is pulling the bikes back to the start location.
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The rail bikes are so much fun!  At one point Boy 1 said "Mom, this is SO much better than hiking!"  (And I thought he liked hiking!  ;-)
11 Comments
Jewel
10/20/2009 10:22:17 pm

We are definitely doing this before we leave the country. What fun.

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Gram
10/20/2009 11:08:13 pm

Looks like fun, I'll bet Boy 3 loved being on real train tracks! What a great idea and more tunnels!

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Gram
10/20/2009 11:10:04 pm

What a great idea,,,rail bikes, looks like a lot of fun. I'll bet Boy 3 loved being on real train tracks and more tunnels.

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kathie
10/21/2009 05:10:15 am

WOW!! Loved the pictures!

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Staci
10/21/2009 08:34:22 am

That looks like so much fun. They need to have those things here - what fun!!!! And we have plenty of unused train tracks!!

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neetu link
11/26/2009 08:12:39 am

hey i love ur blog.i am going to korea n i really wanna go here any help with dirction thaks byeeee n have fun

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neetu link
11/26/2009 08:14:06 am

also is there a palce to stay colse to the rail bike tahnk u so much for ur help plz write back

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Trish
12/5/2009 11:31:30 am

Neetu,
I am glad you left a message on my blog, I am lucky I saw it though because I didn't get an email on it. There are tons of places to say in Jeongseon, our pension was only 5 minutes away, but my Korean friends booked it for me. I will try to find information on it for you.

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neetu link
12/8/2009 04:07:32 am

thank you very much trish.i am going to korea next week for a month and really want to go here.alos your kids are 2 cute lol k bye and have fun n korea.also love ur blog

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bobber link
9/19/2010 04:00:28 pm

I would like to thank you for the efforts you have made in writing this article. I am hoping the same best work from you in the future as well. Thanks for the article.

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Ethan link
4/1/2016 09:16:10 am

This rail bike really help when you have going for a trip of nay tunnel. Because in this way you required low energy to operate this rail bike and you can cover more area.

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