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Triumph of the e-bike in China
"Amidst Beijing's gridlock and pollution, many commuters have become nostalgic about the days of riding to work or school on a bicycle. But those that have hopped back on a saddle, have found that riding a bike today is much more difficult than it was all those years ago. Bicycle lanes have vanished, and bicycle parking lots are full of cars. "It's so dangerous and tiresome to ride a bicycle now," complains Li Mengyao from the eastern part of Beijing. He finally gave up cycling after 20 years of using his bicycle. Private cars and construction trucks are parked in the bicycle lanes around his home and work place. On the way to work, he has to battle against buses, cars, and scooters." http://www.womenofchina.cn/Issues/OPINION/225180.jsp |
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Squashme wrote:
"Amidst Beijing's gridlock and pollution, many commuters have become nostalgic about the days of riding to work or school on a bicycle. But those that have hopped back on a saddle, have found that riding a bike today is much more difficult than it was all those years ago. Bicycle lanes have vanished, and bicycle parking lots are full of cars. "It's so dangerous and tiresome to ride a bicycle now," complains Li Mengyao from the eastern part of Beijing. He finally gave up cycling after 20 years of using his bicycle. Private cars and construction trucks are parked in the bicycle lanes around his home and work place. On the way to work, he has to battle against buses, cars, and scooters." In other words, he has finally realised that a push bike, like a skateboard, is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport. -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike, like a skateboard, is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport. |
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On 29 Oct, 23:55, "The Medway Handyman" davidno-spam-
wrote: Squashme wrote: "Amidst Beijing's gridlock and pollution, many commuters have become nostalgic about the days of riding to work or school on a bicycle. But those that have hopped back on a saddle, have found that riding a bike today is much more difficult than it was all those years ago. Bicycle lanes have vanished, and bicycle parking lots are full of cars. "It's so dangerous and tiresome to ride a bicycle now," complains Li Mengyao from the eastern part of Beijing. He finally gave up cycling after 20 years of using his bicycle. Private cars and construction trucks are parked in the bicycle lanes around his home and work place. On the way to work, he has to battle against buses, cars, and scooters." In other words, he has finally realised that a push bike, like a skateboard, is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport. -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike, like a skateboard, is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport. Dave - too stupid to realise that a push bike, like a butterfly, is a beautiful, delicate and efficient thing, not an armoured bulldozer. |
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Squashme wrote:
On 29 Oct, 23:55, "The Medway Handyman" davidno-spam- wrote: Squashme wrote: "Amidst Beijing's gridlock and pollution, many commuters have become nostalgic about the days of riding to work or school on a bicycle. But those that have hopped back on a saddle, have found that riding a bike today is much more difficult than it was all those years ago. Bicycle lanes have vanished, and bicycle parking lots are full of cars. "It's so dangerous and tiresome to ride a bicycle now," complains Li Mengyao from the eastern part of Beijing. He finally gave up cycling after 20 years of using his bicycle. Private cars and construction trucks are parked in the bicycle lanes around his home and work place. On the way to work, he has to battle against buses, cars, and scooters." In other words, he has finally realised that a push bike, like a skateboard, is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport. -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike, like a skateboard, is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport. Dave - too stupid to realise that a push bike, like a butterfly, is a beautiful, delicate and efficient thing, not an armoured bulldozer. "beautiful, delicate and efficient thing"? Don't make me laugh..... -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike, like a skateboard, is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport. |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote:
"beautiful, delicate and efficient thing"? Don't make me laugh..... There speaks a handyman for whom stilsons and a lump hammer are precision instruments ;-) -- Tony |
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Tony Raven wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote: "beautiful, delicate and efficient thing"? Don't make me laugh..... There speaks a handyman for whom stilsons and a lump hammer are precision instruments ;-) Neither of which I carry on the van..... -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike, like a skateboard, is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport. |
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Hash: SHA1 On 30/10/2010 15:44, The Medway Handyman wrote: Tony Raven wrote: "The Medway Handyman" wrote: "beautiful, delicate and efficient thing"? Don't make me laugh..... There speaks a handyman for whom stilsons and a lump hammer are precision instruments ;-) Neither of which I carry on the van..... Obviously not, they would scratch and dent the roof. We know that you can't afford to **** away what little you make on constant repairs. I'm sure you carry them /in/ the van just like rational people do. - -- Guy Chapman http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk The usenet price promise: all opinions are guaranteed to be worth at least what you paid for them. PGP public ket at http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/pgp-public.key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMzDDYAAoJEJx9ogI8T+W/zmcH/R0iHu07K7yqGUgxKtqBQOpw 9Yr29IhgYUtIg0H9ZUGHnPsWhOmBRNEaDDVWXfjiMJhMCg39Nj vL24sMPYs+OGwC 9Vr4xaAYjGFeT0uLV4Y8vBXOikUNFlGz7gP9lKU0/+tPEubF/pQpCbqSgljtoqQc NgrqBIiU7ESqKOP61TiX3eciLICwck1mJ5ft1SfG2b9oF0Hi2T CjYNr5ngIdkcyk AYLvsQ3WDSxHFmFU6qzKfM/IaU5POckNlL5vCpEKvxQarRtxLo+rePEEBzRnc+Ed bbgMdH006X0W7pGI1TCoro4MHq1YLctALV0QMpSZlxrQuv5Zhp Xzo9IN9uS5SJU= =iNGN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 30/10/2010 15:44, The Medway Handyman wrote: Tony Raven wrote: "The Medway Handyman" wrote: "beautiful, delicate and efficient thing"? Don't make me laugh..... There speaks a handyman for whom stilsons and a lump hammer are precision instruments ;-) Neither of which I carry on the van..... Obviously not, they would scratch and dent the roof. This is an excellent example of overgrown schoolboy humour. We know that you can't afford to **** away what little you make on constant repairs. Ah the old 'attack the profession' ploy. That other thick **** mole****** often trys this one. I'm sure you carry them /in/ the van just like rational people do. What would know about being rational ****wit? -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike, like a skateboard, is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport. |
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On 29 Oct, 23:32, Squashme wrote:
"Amidst Beijing's gridlock and pollution, many commuters have become nostalgic about the days of riding to work or school on a bicycle. But those that have hopped back on a saddle, have found that riding a bike today is much more difficult than it was all those years ago. Bicycle lanes have vanished, and bicycle parking lots are full of cars. "It's so dangerous and tiresome to ride a bicycle now," complains Li Mengyao from the eastern part of Beijing. He finally gave up cycling after 20 years of using his bicycle. Private cars and construction trucks are parked in the bicycle lanes around his home and work place. On the way to work, he has to battle against buses, cars, and scooters." http://www.womenofchina.cn/Issues/OPINION/225180.jsp What does this have to do with e-bikes, which I gather is responsible for a revival in cycling in China? Seems though that Chinese cyclists have similar problems as us. Doug. |
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