Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Despite its humble utilitarian ordinariness this type of bike can > usually go more or less anywhere, and do more or less anything. For > all that we in the West spend zillions of pounds on fancy bikes to > cycle around the world on, the people in places like Africa, India and > the Far East are dealing with the same difficult terrain day in, day > out, year after year on this type of roadster.
Yes. China has been called "the bicycle kingdom". It is not unusual to see many bikes in a clump, many dozens at a time on the roads and several hundred parked outside a school or factory. There are all kinds, but the vast majority are single gear, rather plain if not downright ugly, and fairly heavy. Prices start around $20 US. -- Sandy Harris, Nanjing, China -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
