Eddiethelaowai
New Member
- Location
- Suzhou, China
Hi All
I'm Eddie, originally from Colchester (I'm an Essex boy) - fled from the recession last year and I'm now working full-time in China. My usual cycling includes a 6km round trip from my flat to office and back Monday-Friday, plus usually at least one longer ride at the weekend. I currently have 4 bikes:-
1. Commuter (Giant FCR 1.0) - my commuting 24-speed hybrid, gets me from A-B quickly. This is in my profile pic but has since been commutified with mudguards, saddle-bag, front/rear lights, computer etc.
2. Roadie (Specialized Allez 18) - never did road-biking back in the UK (I had a Dawes Discovery) but as there's some good quiet countryside roads within 30 minutes of my flat I like to get out on the weekends and explore at high-speed. No sportives or anything around here but it's good for the open road, not so good for riding around the city (mainly due to high bike-theft rate and poor roads).
3. Old hack (Yongjiu Mens Roadster) - absolute bargain picked up from the local bike market for 300 yuan (30 quid), based upon an old 1950s Raleigh design right down to the rod-pull brakes, sprung leather saddle (not Brooks) and 20kg pig-iron frame!
4. Scooter (Chinese-made Vespa style electric scooter) - e-bikes are very popular in China - mostly use this for either when I'm feeling lazy, or when I'm going out with the G/F, although I'll probably sell it soon because it's a waste of space and as my G/F is now into cycling i have no real use for it.
Hopefully I can get some more pics up soon and I can bore you all to death with my rants about Chinese taxi drivers and ridiculous pot-holed cycle lanes which are constantly blocked by parked cars and errant pedestrians...
I'm Eddie, originally from Colchester (I'm an Essex boy) - fled from the recession last year and I'm now working full-time in China. My usual cycling includes a 6km round trip from my flat to office and back Monday-Friday, plus usually at least one longer ride at the weekend. I currently have 4 bikes:-
1. Commuter (Giant FCR 1.0) - my commuting 24-speed hybrid, gets me from A-B quickly. This is in my profile pic but has since been commutified with mudguards, saddle-bag, front/rear lights, computer etc.
2. Roadie (Specialized Allez 18) - never did road-biking back in the UK (I had a Dawes Discovery) but as there's some good quiet countryside roads within 30 minutes of my flat I like to get out on the weekends and explore at high-speed. No sportives or anything around here but it's good for the open road, not so good for riding around the city (mainly due to high bike-theft rate and poor roads).
3. Old hack (Yongjiu Mens Roadster) - absolute bargain picked up from the local bike market for 300 yuan (30 quid), based upon an old 1950s Raleigh design right down to the rod-pull brakes, sprung leather saddle (not Brooks) and 20kg pig-iron frame!
4. Scooter (Chinese-made Vespa style electric scooter) - e-bikes are very popular in China - mostly use this for either when I'm feeling lazy, or when I'm going out with the G/F, although I'll probably sell it soon because it's a waste of space and as my G/F is now into cycling i have no real use for it.
Hopefully I can get some more pics up soon and I can bore you all to death with my rants about Chinese taxi drivers and ridiculous pot-holed cycle lanes which are constantly blocked by parked cars and errant pedestrians...