Blog Tag - Bikes

Throwback Thursday: A Look at the Hopeful Waiting for Luxury Bicycles
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our 14-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
No Didi No Problem, Use a Share-bike Instead!
Yesterday afternoon, it was announced that taxis and other cars for hire including Didi would not be allowed to take fares from within or going from...
Talking Travel: Time to Book Dragon Boat Train Tix, Second Ring Bike Lanes Widen
Talking Travel: Your semi-regular roundup of Beijing's latest transportation-related news. Dragon Boat Ticket Bookings Start May 29 Those of you...
Nature's Steel: How (and Why) to Make a Bamboo Bike in Beijing
In many ways, Beijing is my dream city. I’d always wanted to live somewhere that young and the old alike flooded the streets on their bicycles,...
Lock It Down: Keeping Your Bikes Safe from Theft
You would think, from the constant bombardment of images in the media showing Beijing’s numerous traffic jams, that this would be an almost...
Suits, Bikes and Art: Three Offbeat Caffeine Havens
It's official: coffee is now mainstream in Beijing, with specialty shops serving cupfuls of fancy imported brewed beans popping up left and right...
Cyclists Craving Coffee Should Pedal Over to This New Bike-Themed CBD Cafe
Gone are the days when the CBD was a generic wasteland of nondescript chains, when feeling hungry or groggy in that neighborhood pined for the far-...
China's Bike Rental Consolidation Begins With Reported Mobike Acquisition of Unibike
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. Tencent Tech (in Chinese) is reporting that China’s top bike rental startup Mobike has...
Mandarin Month: How to Get Your Bike Fixed
In the lead up to our Mandarin Month mixer on June 24 June 25, where you'll be able to meet with Beijing's best Mandarin schools, we'll be dishing...
DP Beicology: Can Beijingers Pedal the Pollution Away With Futuristic Smog Cleaning Bikes?
Though bikes have long been touted as a cleaner way to commute, Daan Roosegaarde hopes to shift such cycling into an even higher ecological gear. The...
DP Will Mobike, OFO and Other Shared Cycles Leave Old Fashioned Bike Shops in the Dust?
Chen spins the front wheel to see if it turns smoothly, watching the spokes blur together. Satisfied, the Beijing Wujiaxing Bicycle Sale Centre...
Stuck in a Jam? Hop Onto a Bike: Didi Chuxing to Add Bikes to Their Portfolio
Latest word from the Didi Chuxing office is that they are planning to add bicycles to their popular ride sharing platform which already includes cars...
OFO Bicycles: The Miracle Answer for Wudaokou's Broke and Bikeless Students
They came, they saw, they conquered! No I’m not talking about the Euro Cup. Instead, I’m referring to the invasion of the Ofo bikes, also known as...
A Beijing Bike Mystery
Recently, a mysterious thing happened. I came out of  my apartment and couldn’t find my bike. It was just after returning from the holidays and I...
Are They Scooters? No, They Are Electric Mules.
Mules are often used in Chinese as a generic reference to vehicles. An "iron mule," for example, does not mean a miniature mule made of iron, but...