Bicycling, a way of life

This photo was taken in front of the supermarket.

There are no parking spaces. Just sidewalk space!

This one is taken in front of Building 2, the Foreign Languages Department

at Inner Mongolian University for the Nationalities.

Right before class, there are usually 3 or 4 rows of bikes parked here

with a lock around the back tire.

A man with his small son just looking for a place to park.

This is the way all babies ride, on the back of bikes
without a helmet. Nobody wears a helmet. There are none.

This moto is transporting brooms. Other large loads are commonly seen

on small motorcycles or bikes, such as families, bags of rice, furniture,

or practically anything you can manage while driving.

God save the planet the day the Chinese trade in their bicycles for cars.