#2 Beijing (Peking), China: Great Bicycle City Photo Tour

Umbrellas on bikes, to block the sun it seems…

“The bicycle had, and still has, a humane, almost classical moderation in the kind of pleasure it offers. It is the kind of machine that a Hellenistic Greek might have invented and ridden. It does no violence to our normal reactions: It does not pretend to free us from our normal environment.” ~J.B. Jackson

Fan on bike

Street cleaners on bikes

“Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which is perhaps the most fascinating feature of material life.” ~Frances Willard, How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle

Postmen on bikes

Image Credit 1: John Pannel via flickr under a Creative Commons license
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Image Credit 6: Constantin B. via flickr under a Creative Commons license

5 thoughts on “#2 Beijing (Peking), China: Great Bicycle City Photo Tour”

  1. Hi!I study industrial design at PUC-Rio University, in Brazil. I am graduating this year and my graduation project theme is about carrying things on the bike.
    So, I would like to hear from you, who have experience in this subject, what do you think about racks, what works, what doesn’t work and why?
    Your opinion would help me a lot!
    thank you a lot!

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