I had cycled to the Deck Bar and had a chat with Pamela there and a soft drink. When I went to leave I noticed the back tyre was flat. I hadn’t yet identified a repair place since I got the bike but I was advised to push it to the end of Chole road… Read More »
I hate being stuck without my own transport and I had to ditch my first plan to buy a bajaj due to 1) not having a bout $3,000 and 2) never likely to ever get any exercise ever again and get fat. But a bicycle is a good compromise. I have been walking everywhere which… Read More »
I eventually got around to registering myself on the Mobike app so that I could whizz along the streets like the other cool dudes on my orange wheels. I had to take a photo of my passport and then a selfie of me holding same passport and then pay a deposit using Wechat and then… Read More »
I have come to the attention of the police! I was cycling, as I always do, along Fuxing Lu towards Jaishan Lu when I was pulled over at the junction with Sha’anxi Nan Lu. The policeman pointed at the ‘No cycling’ sign and I apologised and got off my bike and started pushing it on… Read More »
3 Bikes, 2 phones and a purse, several travel cards and a pair of headphones – that’s what my five years in Nanjing cost me. My first bike lasted 11 days before someone helped themselves to it overnight but my current record is my new iPhone which lasted only two days before someone got their… Read More »
We’ve recently seen the arrival of the London (Hackney Carriage) taxi in Nanjing – got me doing a double-take when I first spotted one – forgot where I was for a moment. And what a welcome relief the big black beasts are from the cramped and often, knackered VW’s we usually have to squeeze ourselves… Read More »
I have decided to go on a health kick and start to eat more sensibly and to get some more exercise. So I went with Lynn to the back streets and alleys around Mochou Lu to where the second hand bike men hang out. There we found a small number of men with a couple… Read More »