Sometimes we also ride bikes in the desert…at night.
Full moon night rides are great. Riding the same trails in the dark is like riding new trails. There is also a certain magic to the whole experience of being on a bike in the middle of the desert at night.
One of the most frequently asked questions new mountain bikers in Egypt (or bikers new to Cairo) ask is: How do I get to Wadi Degla? We have had directions posted on our Wadi Degla page for a while now, but it wasn’t as clear or illustrated as the nice document that Antoine, a fellow cyclist and avid mountain biker, put together with help from other riders and thought it would be a good idea to share it with the rest of us.
Download it here (PDF, 150kb):
Name: Mohamed Kandil
Age: 25
Where are you from?: Obour City-Cairo
What do you do for a living? : Marketing Manger
When and why did you start cycling? : I’ve been cycling for as long as I can remember.
Road, off-road, or both? It was not until recently that I started off-road cycling and it’s really fun but before it was mainly road biking.
Tell us about your bike(s)!: Renault Eclaireur , all aluminum with Shimano Acera , It’s a good entry-level bike that one can start mountain biking with.
Favorite ride(s) (road or off-road): In 2008 I made a bike tour for 4 days in Switzerland and it was like a dream, I love mountain biking in Wadi Degla. Anyway I love biking anywhere as long as the air is clean and the scenery is nice.
Do you practice other sports?: swimming , running, I’m thinking about taking Triathlon seriously
Tell us about your cycling-related injuries/accidents: Once I had a head-on collision with another bike, the funny thing is that I could see the other bike coming meters away , but every time I took one side of the road the girl on the other bike took the same side , so we kept swinging like this until we eventually crashed .
But mountain biking-wise I’ve been cautious till now.
Anything else you want to tell us about yourself? I love astronomy , night sky watching and I build model airplanes.
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