Tianjin Fixed Gear

4.11.2008 von Ines.

I met today with the whole Tianjin Fixed Gear scene: Mike.

He does not know anybody else in Tianjin that rides fixed gear so he usually rides with other cyclists. I brought my pink fixie on the high speed train (329km/h) to Tianjin so that we could ride together. It was awkward to ride through Tianjin at rush hour because the bicycle lanes actually got clogged up. I have never experienced a bicycle traffic jam in Beijing! Can you imagine that it took us 2 green light phases of the traffic light for us to make it across due to the bike congestion? I think there are more cyclists on the road in Tianjin than in Beijing. And the cycling lanes are more narrow.

When I was waiting for my 30 minute train back to Beijing we sat on the side of the train station piazza. Strangely enough it takes longer to get to the Beijing South train station from my house than it takes by train all the way from Tianjin. And the train ticket is not much more expensive.

After I rode on the back wheel and then surfed my bike and we immediately had a crowed around us. They left hardly any personal space - as always. They were all very interested in us two foreigners with the strange bikes.

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