Cycling Proficiency
24th September - on bikes spanking it around Beijing.
Cycling around Beijing is so stupid that it is fun.
We picked up our bikes from the hotel, nice old school brutes not dissimilar to the model that I had back at college. Once aboard, myself, Helen, Caroline and Maxine hit the streets and began what can only be described as a 6 hour game of chicken.
Recently, China has toughened up laws on running down cyclists and it is probably much safer than London. However over here, no one pays a great deal of notice to traffic lights and you often find yourself having to cross 4 lanes of moving traffic by just going for it. Awesome fun (although Helen has asked me to mention that it was scary), and you cannot beat riding down a 20 lane road, with a cycle lane that is 3 lanes wide, as you pass Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.
Cycling around Beijing is so stupid that it is fun.
We picked up our bikes from the hotel, nice old school brutes not dissimilar to the model that I had back at college. Once aboard, myself, Helen, Caroline and Maxine hit the streets and began what can only be described as a 6 hour game of chicken.
Recently, China has toughened up laws on running down cyclists and it is probably much safer than London. However over here, no one pays a great deal of notice to traffic lights and you often find yourself having to cross 4 lanes of moving traffic by just going for it. Awesome fun (although Helen has asked me to mention that it was scary), and you cannot beat riding down a 20 lane road, with a cycle lane that is 3 lanes wide, as you pass Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.
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