A bad fall

awful

never ride into standing water!

this is obviously a drain grate or pothole.

also, looks like he was riding one handed to hold his silly umbrella..

wle.

wle said:

awful

never ride into standing water!

this is obviously a drain grate or pothole.

also, looks like he was riding one handed to hold his silly umbrella..

Bonus points for hanging onto the umbrella all the way down.

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Umbrellas make terrible parachutes.

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Good thing he had that umbrella to help slow him down.

Dave Tegart said:

Quoted message said:

awful

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Never ride into standing water! This is obviously a drain grate or
pothole. Also, looks like he was riding one handed to hold his
silly umbrella..

Quoted message said:

Bonus points for hanging onto the umbrella all the way down.

His fork got bent just the same. I find more interesting that the
photographer had the presence of mind to take the second shot after
taking the picture of a bicyclist with an umbrella in the first place.

Jobst Brandt

On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 22:48:52 GMT, [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Dave Tegart said:

Quoted message said:

awful

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Never ride into standing water! This is obviously a drain grate or
pothole. Also, looks like he was riding one handed to hold his
silly umbrella..

Quoted message said:

Bonus points for hanging onto the umbrella all the way down.

His fork got bent just the same. I find more interesting that the
photographer had the presence of mind to take the second shot after
taking the picture of a bicyclist with an umbrella in the first place.

Jobst Brandt

Almost looks like Mary Poppins though, doesn't he?

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Quoted message said:

Dave Tegart said:

Quoted message said:

awful

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Never ride into standing water! This is obviously a drain grate or
pothole. Also, looks like he was riding one handed to hold his
silly umbrella..

Quoted message said:

Bonus points for hanging onto the umbrella all the way down.

His fork got bent just the same. I find more interesting that the
photographer had the presence of mind to take the second shot after
taking the picture of a bicyclist with an umbrella in the first place.

Jobst Brandt

I remember reading about this photo a while back. It was taken to
demonstrate to the local gov't (in China) that the roads needed some
serious work. With that in mind, the photographer went out to the
location where he new there was a huge pothole that collected water
during big storm events. He sat there and waited for a cyclist (a
delivery worker in this case, IIRC) to ride into the trap that he knew
existed. For this, the photographer was heavily criticized.

\\paul
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Paul Hobson <[email hidden]> wrote:

:> I remember reading about this photo a while back. It was taken to
:> demonstrate to the local gov't (in China) that the roads needed some
:> serious work. With that in mind, the photographer went out to the
:> location where he new there was a huge pothole that collected water
:> during big storm events. He sat there and waited for a cyclist (a
:> delivery worker in this case, IIRC) to ride into the trap that he
:> knew existed. For this, the photographer was heavily criticized.

Amazing.....

Roger Zoul said:

Paul Hobson <[email hidden]> wrote:

:> I remember reading about this photo a while back. It was taken to
:> demonstrate to the local gov't (in China) that the roads needed some
:> serious work. With that in mind, the photographer went out to the
:> location where he new there was a huge pothole that collected water
:> during big storm events. He sat there and waited for a cyclist (a
:> delivery worker in this case, IIRC) to ride into the trap that he
:> knew existed. For this, the photographer was heavily criticized.

Amazing.....

I'll say... the bike roads (not "lanes", not "paths", though they are
in a true sense MUPs because they're used by horse carts, taxis, cars,
tractors and busses at times) in China can be "very exciting".

One of the problems they had in Bejing when I lived there was people
stealing the manhole covers. I remember one near where I lived that
was open for months, on a VERY dark road (well, at night anyway).

Finally some civic-minded citizen stuck a TREE in the thing (keep in
mind it's still in the middle of the road).

Other "interesting things" that you'd see included concrete blocks
that would stay in the middle of the bike road for weeks, open
trenches, and pavement conditions that would challenge most MTBs.

And this in a country where almost none of the bikes use lights at
night, and I swear half of 'em don't have working brakes.

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame

Mark Hickey <[email hidden]> wrote:
:> "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote:
:>
:>>Paul Hobson <[email hidden]> wrote:
:>>
:>>:> I remember reading about this photo a while back. It was taken to
:>>:> demonstrate to the local gov't (in China) that the roads needed
:>>:> some serious work. With that in mind, the photographer went out
:>>:> to the location where he new there was a huge pothole that
:>>:> collected water during big storm events. He sat there and waited
:>>:> for a cyclist (a delivery worker in this case, IIRC) to ride into
:>>:> the trap that he knew existed. For this, the photographer was
:>>:> heavily criticized.
:>>
:>>Amazing.....
:>
:> I'll say... the bike roads (not "lanes", not "paths", though they are
:> in a true sense MUPs because they're used by horse carts, taxis,
:> cars, tractors and busses at times) in China can be "very exciting".
:>
:> One of the problems they had in Bejing when I lived there was people
:> stealing the manhole covers. I remember one near where I lived that
:> was open for months, on a VERY dark road (well, at night anyway).
:>
:> Finally some civic-minded citizen stuck a TREE in the thing (keep in
:> mind it's still in the middle of the road).
:>
:> Other "interesting things" that you'd see included concrete blocks
:> that would stay in the middle of the bike road for weeks, open
:> trenches, and pavement conditions that would challenge most MTBs.
:>
:> And this in a country where almost none of the bikes use lights at
:> night, and I swear half of 'em don't have working brakes.

Hopefully they're fixies!

Roger Zoul said:

Mark Hickey <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

:> And this in a country where almost none of the bikes use lights at
:> night, and I swear half of 'em don't have working brakes.

Hopefully they're fixies!

I'll bet a lot of 'em were (but because of frozen freewheels only).

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame

Mark Hickey said:

Roger Zoul said:

Paul Hobson <[email hidden]> wrote:

:> I remember reading about this photo a while back. It was taken to
:> demonstrate to the local gov't (in China) that the roads needed some
:> serious work. With that in mind, the photographer went out to the
:> location where he new there was a huge pothole that collected water
:> during big storm events. He sat there and waited for a cyclist (a
:> delivery worker in this case, IIRC) to ride into the trap that he
:> knew existed. For this, the photographer was heavily criticized.

Amazing.....

I'll say... the bike roads (not "lanes", not "paths", though they are
in a true sense MUPs because they're used by horse carts, taxis, cars,
tractors and busses at times) in China can be "very exciting".

Definitely.

Quoted message said:

One of the problems they had in Bejing when I lived there was people
stealing the manhole covers. I remember one near where I lived that
was open for months, on a VERY dark road (well, at night anyway).

Despite having lived in China for more than three years I can't come up
with a reason for stealing the manhole covers. Selling them for scrap
metal perhaps?

Quoted message said:

Finally some civic-minded citizen stuck a TREE in the thing (keep in
mind it's still in the middle of the road).

ahh yes, when I lived in Shijiazhuang, they decided at one point to
widen the roads. However, they didn't want to cut down the trees that
lined the roads. Instead they built little decorative planters around
the trees and left them there. Now in the middle of the road.

Quoted message said:

Other "interesting things" that you'd see included concrete blocks
that would stay in the middle of the bike road for weeks, open
trenches, and pavement conditions that would challenge most MTBs.

But still they ride their single speed bikes calling out "wei wei wei"
to get the slower moving traffic to move out of their way and hope that
it does before they have to try to stop because the brakes don't work.

Quoted message said:

And this in a country where almost none of the bikes use lights at
night, and I swear half of 'em don't have working brakes.

Only half?

-M

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