Bikes and strollers are parked.
Baby seats on bikes are regular.
Tunnel for pedestrians.
Biker and cell phone in China.
Relaxing in the back of a bike.
Chengdu.
Slumbering on a three wheeled bike. Open lock, hand break in middle.
Cell phone and biker.
Not many guys wear shorts.
Bike and dogs. Worker in background with tools and rope.
All ages bike. This is in Chengdu at Computer Row
Close
Closer
depart
Bike racks near to a school in central Chengdu. See both rows.
Arm pedals on this bike. It has an electric motor too.
Sink
3 turn lanes, rickshaws, working bike with license on front.
I think he's got shoes in the basket.
Toilet on a bike
Fence splits traffic and helps keep pedestrians and bikes guided.
Chengdu, near apartment on way to People's Park.
Major landmark, Chairman Mao, in central square in Chengdu. We lived just 3 blocks away.
Crossing Guard in Chengdu. Look at the look we're getting from a fellow biker.
Bike shops like this are everywhere. In China one can fix a flat on the sidewalk. In Pittsburgh's South Side the police hassle merchants for working to change tires. I'm speaking of DUKES.
Shows rockets before a building in Changdu.
Electric scooters and bikes are popular in China. Pittsburgh is going to have such a shop too, http://www.envirobikes.com.
Chengdu, from out front of cab window. Biker with umbrella, to protect from sun.
bike repair, going under the hood in Chengdu, just outside our apartment.
Bike lane outside our apartment in Chengdu.
Bike lane and notice the smooth rolling curbs plus sidewalk with a brick pattern.
Our apartments.
Three wheeled motorized bike in Chengdu.
Water is put onto the pavement to wash down the dirt on the street.
Water was put on the pavement. Biker on cell phone.
Three got into a ride on a 3 wheel bike.
Bump.
Kids' Day - May 1, at an amusement park in Chengdu.
Bikes parked outside the park on May 1 in Chengdu.
We played with him at the park on Kids' Day in Chengdu.
Flowers on a bike in Chengdu.
Clean sweep advocates need all the tools at the ready: brooms, brushes, mops.
Clean sweeper on a bike in Chengdu.
Clean sweeper bike.
Trash bike
Bike with pump, tank, hose. Used to work near the entry of Peoples Park in Chengdu to clean.
Heavy bike load
Side view of heavy bike load.
Trash bike from side
Flat tire.
Clean sweepers.
Clean sweepers
Crossing guard
underpass
Curb cut
Bus stop
Rain gear
Rain
rain on scooter
Crossing guard and umbrella
Rain bike
Street crossing point.
Chengdu. Another rare sighting of a helmet, but on a motocycle.
Bike on the back of another bike.
Tickets for the bikes with the guard.
Bike parking
Hand powered bike.
My bike is in the front row.
Homeland security camera. I saw these on the second visit and not the first.
Panda park, with bigger work bike
Push cart with materials
Three wheels, cover passengers, outside of the Panda Reserve.
Three wheels, covered passengers.
Bad road, clean-up litter, worker three wheeler, convenience shop
Road to Panda Reserve
Worker bike with pick-up type back.
Playing cards by the side of the road.
Bad road, umbrella, entrance gate perhaps.
Hopping on or off the bike takes a bit of skill when you are lugging 160 rolls of Toilet Paper and more above the waist.
Clean sweeper
Clean sweeper on a bike
Back view of clean sweeper on a bike, complete with sign.
Headed into a market street. Black & white striped polls for haircuts.
Working with cardboard on the 3 wheeled bike.
Outside our apartment, with a load of glass.
Load of glass
Grandma and baby on a bike.
Walking dogs behind a fenced island.
Over the fence.
Only seven 5 gallong jugs on the back.
crossing guard
Gate to Chencdu Sport University
Bike shop
Zig zag in the middle of a major street, 2nd ring road.
License plate on rear, crossing 2nd ring road
Second ring road, curb cut in the back is missing as there is a lane for bikes, but watch for taxi cabs.
Computer row. Wide intersection.
Double fender.
Those guys are crossing the street now, in the other direction.
Getting in a cue to cross the street
Merge!
Scooters have licenses.
Feet, walking
close up
We got turned away from entry at this gate.
Wheel chair bike. This guy has a helmet.
Bike lane.
bike lane
Ramp to basement where bikes are parked.
It is still best to walk your bike on the sidewalk. Perhaps I'll make a whole campaign out of nothing else but good city-living guidelines. Forget about heavy subjects, such as freedoms or subsidization of rich people's housing for downtown loft apartments -- just don't burp in public nor play your car radios too loud.
Coming up.
Three ways of travel in the bike lane and sidewalk. 3 bikes, 5 kids, one basketball
Our apartment's bike rack, two deep.
Bike guard, with white gloves at our apartment.
Bike meets bus and person gets put on edge.
Bike path railings
Railings
Bike path railing
Wide street in Chengdu.
Overpass in Chengdu with bike lane.
Mops on sidewalk on left.
Overpass
Near overpass
Grocery bags at feet of scooter
Biking in Chengdu, China, along a pathway at the edge of a busy street. But, bikes go along with some protections with that guard-rail fence. The fence isn't everywhere.
Hospital, and you don't want to get sick here.
Humanity on sidewalk in Chengdu, China. Bike rider on phone.
On dragon boat day races. I was stopped for being on my bike here.
Working load.
I see 21 monitors on three wheels.
Nope. Its 22 monitors.
Computer Row
Biker girl and hand cart.
Taken from inside our favorite noodle shop to delivery guy departing on bike.
Behind the ear smoke. Chengdu.
Follow us.
Bike repair show, selling locks to.
Chengdu, between our apartment and the swim pool by sign shop.
Police bikes
Chengdu - river
Chengdu river
Chengdu, river with lock and dam
Chengdu, looking to our apartment
Cross traffic
Chengdu, headed to our apartments
Boat building in background, apartment is other way.
Side streets selling fire extinguishers.
Security row in Chengdu.
Lunch, not pizza delivery.
Narrow street in Bangkok. Bikes are not too big there -- as it is very hot.
Hong Kong smaller island, bike rack. Long ride on a short pier?
Bike at rail of pier, in Hong Kong's smaller island.
Boats and bikes. Hong Kong's smaller island.
In Hong Kong's hike island, a western looking guy.
Delivery guy to our favorite noodle house. My bike is parked at left/
Street corner with crossing guard.
Big intersection. Big country.
Sports store on sports street.
Police, bike guard