Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Bikes Lose as China Car Sales Outpace USA
In case you missed it. sales of cars in China, overtook those of the USA in 2009 per this report.
- Bicycles are to China now what gondolas are to Venice where ridership has gone from 80% to 18% in last 10 years.
- China's vast infrastructure of bike lanes is now clogged with cars
- BMW sells more cars in China than in USA
- Average speed on a bike in China is 18 km/hr
- Average speed in a car in China is 12 km/hr
For a bit of worthy background on what bikes once meant to the Chinese, versus what they mean now, go HERE
And here is the way most of us remember China:
And here is the way most of us remember China:
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
59 y.o. McNatt Completes Hi Wheel ride Across USA
59 yr old Kevin McNatt rode the 54 inch Victory HiWheel you see pictured here, from Lewes, DE to Florence, OR. Finished 8/7/12, his trip was 3,389.48 miles - 66 days!
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