Another Bicycle Shot --PESO

[Sandy Harris]

Bob W <pdml at web-options.com> wrote:

> Despite its humble utilitarian ordinariness this type of bike can
> usually go more or less anywhere, and do more or less anything. For
> all that we in the West spend zillions of pounds on fancy bikes to
> cycle around the world on, the people in places like Africa, India and
> the Far East are dealing with the same difficult terrain day in, day
> out, year after year on this type of roadster.

Yes. China has been called "the bicycle kingdom". It is not unusual
to see many bikes in a clump, many dozens at a time on the roads
and several hundred parked outside a school or factory.

There are all kinds, but the vast majority are single gear, rather plain
if not downright ugly, and fairly heavy. Prices start around $20 US.

-- 
Sandy Harris,
Nanjing, China