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Trip Preparation: Travel Issues
Travel issues | Maps | When to go | Costs & budgets
There are also tour companies in Kathmandu that run organized and authorized mountain-bike tours from Lhasa to Kathmandu. The operators will arrange all permits and visas and transport you to Lhasa. You then cycle back to Kathmandu, followed by a support vehicle, which will carry your gear - and you if required. A reliable operator in Nepal is Himalayan Mountain Bikes.
Alternatively, you can 'go it alone'. Independent cyclists in Tibet are still rare enough for the Chinese authorities not to pay them too much concern. Therefore, unless you do something particularly stupid to draw attention to yourself, the likelihood is that you will be left alone to quietly meander through the countryside. The downside is that if you run into any trouble with the locals, or become involved in an accident or medical emergency, you may find that the authorities are not particularly sympathetic. The risk is relatively small and if you are properly prepared in terms of equipment, safety and local political issues, it should not be too difficult to minimize it even more.
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