Rambling Different Trails: Some Questions Answered.
In the past few weeks I’ve finally been able to find the answers to some questions that had been waiting to be discovered, such as: 1) What about that mystery …
Rambling Different Trails: Racing in Henan!
We decided to take advantage of a long weekend and check out Xinyang, in the south of our province of Henan. There are mountains and northern tea, rice, and even …
Rambling Different Trails: What Is There To See Out There?
People have different motivations for getting on a bike. For some it’s a fun thing to do with friends. Others are solitary commuters, still others seem to live to race. …
Rambling Different Trails: All Rides Are Local.
If “all politics is local” as the saying goes, certainly our rides are. For some, riding is a political statement as well as a form of transportation or avocation. From …
Rambling Different Trails: At The Bike Shop.
It’s aggravating not speaking Chinese, and needing to go to the bike shop while not speaking Chinese is even worse. I can say a few phrases and get us home …
Rambling Different Trails: Get To Know Your Own Backyard.
Recently we we were invited out to dinner by a “well-placed civil servant.” We never found out what he actually does, but he speaks English. Eventually the conversation came around …
Rambling Different Trails: Putting The Puzzle Together.
This past week I’ve been exploring the levee roads upstream from Zhoukou. The Yinghe and the Shahe rivers meet on the western edge of the city but I’d never found …
Rambling Different Trails: Fast Forward To The Present
I was reminded a few days ago just how quickly things are changing here in Zhoukou. I was commenting on the small village roads I’d been riding lately. Another oral …
Rambling Different Trails: The Thin Gray Lines.
First an update from last week. In Shanghai a task force has been rounding up bike shares off the sidewalks. Apparently there are so many that people were complaining that …
Rambling Different Trails: An Adventure In Bike Shares.
We are back from a week in Nanjing, Suzhou, and Shanghai, and are excited to see that bike shares are so common there. Nanjing is a modern city, heavily damaged …