Another Bicycle Shot --PESO

[Polyhead]

On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 19:43:49 +0800
"Sandy Harris" <sandyinchina at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

Thats funny, because i wouldn't ride one if you PAID me $20.

> -- 
> Sandy Harris,
> Nanjing, China
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