I know the feeling. While in China during February, I wanted to check out the city I was in transit in (Kunming) so I rented a bicycle from the hotel (the buses were too crowded to take in the sights) to check out the city. Little did I know that I was taking my life into my own hands. Crazy driving (and I've travelled enough to know that driving in places like that are pretty crazy--still I did it) and bicyclists nearly ran me down all the time. It was elbow to elbow bicycling, and sometimes elbow to door riding! However, I loved the city and obviously did survive. By the way, I met some Americans living there who bought some new Giant MTB's (at least that was the label) there for about 600 yuan (around 80 dollars) each. Either they were fake, or made there and the shipping/labor wasn't an issue.