World Cup Bridge Night Ride on My Brompton T Line

Cycling · Published 3/11/2024 ·

아직은 덜 풀린 날씨입니다만 — here’s the natural English translation, with all markdown structure and image paths preserved exactly:

The weather still hasn’t fully warmed up, but I figured I’d grab the bike after work and head out to chip away at my weight. I started from Sangam-dong. If you follow Hongjecheon Stream down slowly, you hit the Han River confluence pretty quickly, and from there, if you head right toward Ilsan, World Cup Bridge is right above you. The north end of World Cup Bridge is set up so you have to push your bike up on foot. It’s not a long bridge like Haengju Bridge, so you cross it fast enough, but there’s no getting around the long uphill push.

It hasn’t been built that long, but it’s already showing rust. Not sure whether that’s something to worry about.

Here’s a night shot of World Cup Bridge I took partway up the climb. It’s a recently opened bridge and a real looker. Some of the construction still isn’t finished.

The area underneath the bridge is nicely kept too.

Once you get onto the bridge, there’s a crosswalk that changes when you press a button. After crossing, you see the sign posted on the bridge. You’re supposed to push your bike across safely, of course…

I made it to the south end of World Cup Bridge. The south side has both an elevator and a pedestrian walkway built in. Take the elevator down and you’re immediately on the bike path along the south bank of the Han. You can get straight to the Anyangcheon confluence — a popular gathering spot, “Anhap” for short.

World Cup Bridge as seen from the Anyangcheon confluence. The lighting’s gorgeous and the suspension bridge looks great.

A wide-angle shot of World Cup Bridge. It’s still early spring, so it was pretty cold out. I’d gone out in just a hiking mid-layer under a windbreaker, and even then there was a real bite to the air. For early-spring night rides, I think you really need to pay close attention to what you wear.

This is my Brompton T Line, the one I plan to ride hard until it’s ready for the scrapyard. In its stock setup it’s an ultralight Brompton that tips the scales in the 8kg range. It’s still not broken in, so it doesn’t roll as smoothly as it could, but I’m slowly working it in. I’m planning to take it in for a tune-up after 1,000km ^^. Will I manage to ride more than 10,000km this year? I’m going to give it my best shot.

Here’s the way back after doing a loop around Yeouido. The pedestrian bridge is wider than I expected. Even when a bike comes the other way you can give it room, and passing people isn’t much of a hassle either — that’s World Cup Bridge for you.

Looking toward Yongsan from World Cup Bridge. The Han is really wide and has so many bridges. Which is exactly why it gives you a night view this beautiful ^^.

Today I rode about 26km. It took a while, probably because I took it easy with lots of breaks along the way. Done nonstop, it’s a round trip you could knock out in an hour and a half.

I was trying to head out past the confluence, and that’s how the GPS log ended up in that shape. And with that, today’s cardio is done. I’m trying to keep up the exercise as much as I can, morning or evening. Today I worked out at dawn and again in the evening, so it’s been a really satisfying day. Tomorrow has its own workout waiting, and if I want to get to it I’d better hit the bed soon.

Thank you.

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