Originally Posted by
azesty
I thought I might post a couple more pictures of riding in China, this time some of the denizens of the bike lanes. While they are called bike lanes, they vary a lot. They may have any combination of: three wheeled things, both electric and pedal, cargo and passenger, two wheeled things, electric, pedal and at times petrol, pedestrians, buses, taxis, along with the occasional car, and pedestrians, with wheelchairs, prams, dogs, kids, etc.
Shanghai bike lanes are pretty much the same. You see some pretty crazy and amazing stuff as a bike commuter here. I've been commuting by electric scooter to the nearest subway station for the past couple of years to get to work, but I just bought a Giant FCR (3200RMB) to commute all the way to work at least a couple of days a week. My one-way commute is about 22km, but it's going to take a little longer than just a straight ride because there's a ferry crossing of the Huangpu River that I have to deal with - bikes aren't allowed on the bridges over or the tunnels under the river here in Shanghai.
