Sunday, November 14, 2010

Bicycles

"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race." H. G. Wells

Beijing is synonymous with bicycle riding. The bike lane in this city is as wide as the car lane and can be found on almost every major avenue. There are bicycles everywhere you go. Zipping by you as you walk down the street, trring trring trringing their bells. Parked in neat rows, or thrown into piles one on top of another left alone to rust under a thick blanket of yellow-grey dust. The bicycles keep the city in constant motion and as soon as we got here, we followed suit...

Beijing es sinónimo de andar en bicicleta. El carril bici en esta ciudad es tan amplio como el carril de coche y se puede encontrar en casi todas las vías principales. Hay bicicletas por todos los lados vayas donde vayas, pasando rapido por tu lado trring trring trringeando sus campanas, aparcadas en filas ordenadas, o arrojadas en montones unas encimas de otras dejadas tiradas para oxidarse bajo una espesa capa de polvo amarillo-gris. Las bicicletas mantienen la ciudad en un movimiento constante y nada mas que llegar, nos sumamos al follón...

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