Just to be clear, I am planning to do this trip soon. I cannot be sure I am getting the correct weather reports from my end. S225 looks like it goes over 3000M high where I want to travel. I guess it will be pretty cold this time of year... just if there is snow then the bike is, shall we say, difficult on pavement. I do not know what to expect. Thus, what clothes to bring.
I am planning a trip past Lijiang on road S225 perhaps as far as Weixi. Is there a bus that I can take a bicycle in addition to my baggage, that I can get off at any point that I wish?