Bucharest is a lovely city on first impression. It has wide boulevards, trees, lots of little parks and bigger parks and excellent cycle lanes. I am used to seeing sharing schemes in China but had never seen shared scooters before I got to Bucharest. The Uber and Splash scooters are all over the city, sometimes… Read More »
I was trying to make my way slowly and carefully from central Shanghai to Yangpu district on my bike when I found myself at the International Cruise Terminal metro station. There, I saw a really interesting derelict building and took a detour to cycle around it to see if I could get in for a… Read More »
We know there’s a war between the shared bicycle schemes in Shanghai. I have counted 8 companies but apparently there are many more. The pavements and roads have become choked with (predominantly) the yellow Ofo and the original orange Mobike. However, recently I have noticed that people have been going around damaging them, removing wheels,… Read More »