Tuesday, August 26, 2014

The Importance of Breakfast...

Most riders here struggle to eat breakfast before they ride and often run out of energy or have to stop for food on the way. This can hamper training. Breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day, esp if you are exercising for fun or for training. The common comment I get from our riders is that they don’t have food at home as they don’t have the habit for breakfast or the time to make it nor can they afford it. Most common is tea and biscuits which is hardly a fore-filling first meal of the day. Its also very True as breakfast is not huge part of the lifestyle here.

Breakfast is a key meal of the day. It kick starts your metabolism and sets you up for the day...not only that by eating it you can enhance both your mental and physical performance.

Here is a simple solution

Home Made Muesli

High in slow release energy and goodness and also quite affordable to make. Make it up once every two weeks and store in plastic container. Then you can a fast and full of energy breakfast before you go riding.

500grm Plain Oats Toasted                            200nrs
1 cup Dried Dates Pitted and Chopped            90nrs                    
1 Tray Dried Apricots Chopped                    190 nrs
200grm Raisins                                              110 nrs 
100grm Almonds  Chopped                          180 nrs
100grm Walnuts  Chopped                             250 nrs 
Coconut toasted                                               50nrs
1 Sml Packet Hemp Seeds                               60 nrs
1 Sml Packet Sesame Seeds                            60 nrs

Two Weeks Breakfast - @ 85nrs Per Serving….

Serve with a mashed Banana or Mango, Milk or Curd and some Honey if you like things Sweet.

Other Tips
Out of tourist season quite often super markets have buy one get one free offers on packets of Muesli bars...They are good as a snack on the go
Bananas range from 60 to 90 rupees a Dozen, two or three bananas are great "go" food.

Remember if you don't have the habit to eat breakfast then you might feel uncomfortable  or some stomach cramping for few days....but you will get used to it and you will soon see improved results in your stamina.

Be Healthy Wealthy and Wise... :) 
Enjoy your food and your riding.





Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Second Hand Bike Sale

In 2014 Himalayan Single Track upgraded our small homely workshop to a much bigger and better version. This new hang out for mountain bikers from all over the world is located just around the corner from our old workshop, in Satghumti, Thamel.

Now we have more space to stable our fleet of Giant full suspension and hard-tail hire bikes and better still, a fully decked out workshop with two service station and all the tools we need to keep your bike on the trails and running sweet.

Our team of mechanics are there to help you and your faithful bike through the hard times and survive the rigors of riding in the Himalayas. No problem is too big or too small for  our team to fix. We specialize in servicing all kinds of Front and Rear Suspension, Disc Brakes and all modern mountain bike components. In our workshop, we have everything you may need to repair your bike, spare parts including top brands like Shimano and we have the tools to do it properly.

To make way for our new fleet of hire bikes we are having a massive second hand bike sale. So if you are in the market for a pre-loved bike come on over to our workshop and check out these bikes.

SECOND HAND BIKES FOR SALE.

Giant  ATX Pro  17" (silver)
Full Acera 9 Speed Drive Train
Suspension - Suntour XCM
Shimano brake Hydraulic Disc Brake
PRICE - 45,000nrs

Giant  ATX Pro  17" (red)
Deore/Acera 9 Speed Drive Train
RockShox Suspension- Dart 3
Shimano brake Hydraulic Disc Brake
PRICE - 35,000nrs

Talon 3  2012 Model 16" (blue)
9 Speed Shimano Drive Train
Suspension-Rock Shox Dart 3
Hydraulic Disc Brakes
PRICE - 35,000nrs

Capic 17" ( black and white)
Shimano 9 speed Deore/XT/LX Drive Train
Suspension- suntour XCM
Magura hydraulic brakes
PRICE - 55,000nrs  (New Parts)

XTC  18" ( silver)
Shimano 9 speed Alivo/Deore Drive Train
Suspension- Suntour Epicon Air Suspension
Shimano hydraulic brakes
Super light frame
PRICE - 60,000 nrs

XTC  18" (silver)
Full Shimano 9 speed Deore Drive Train
Suspension- Suntour Epicon Air Suspension
Shimano hydraulic brakes
Super light frame
PRICE - 60,000 nrs

ATX Pro  19" (white and blue)
Deore SLX 9 speed Drive Train
Suspension- Rock Shox Reba
Shimano hydraulic brakes
PRICE - 60,000 nrs

Giant ATX 7 (White)
Shimano Deore/XT Drive Train 9 Speed
Novetec Wheels
Shimano hydraulic brakes
PRICE - 40,000 nrs

Giant  ATX Pro  17" (Black and Red)
Deore/Acera 9 Speed Drive Train
RockShox Suspension- Dart 3
Shimano brake Hydraulic Disc Brake
PRICE - 40,000nrs

ATX PRO BLACK/RED

ATX PRO BLUE/WHITE

ATX PRO RED

CAPIC

TALON 3

XTC