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By Bicycle
China used to be called the sea of bicycles and in Beijing today the bike is still a convenient vehicle for most people. Renting a bike may be a better way for you to see this city at your own pace. You can rent a better bike in your hotel and pay 20-30RMB for a day's rent, with a certain amount of money for the deposit first.
Updated Feb 15, 2004
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Cruising the wide streets of Beijing is great on a bicycle and it gets you closer to the masses! You can get a good feel for the city slowly pedaling along. There are bicycle stands at many of the destinations as so many locals use bicycles too! I don't remember the cost of the daily rental but it's very affordable.
Written Sep 24, 2003
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Best way to see Beijing is by bike. The distance are great (trust me, I walked quite a bit) and a bike will aid you on your quest to the Forbiden City. Besides, if there is one thing that Beijingers do, it is riding bicycles. Notice the flow of traffic at Gongrentiyuchang Dajie and other streets. It has a few lanes for cars as well as others for bicycles.
Written Aug 26, 2002
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Many of the bigger hotels will let you hire a bike (with a hefty deposit) so, make sure it has a good lock because if it gets lost, you lose the deposit. If you park the bike, put something on it which CLEARLY shows you that it is yours (I used to put a red plastic bag over the saddle). Be aware of how to get punctures fixed and where some of the places are because you don't want to be pushing your bike back to the hotel. Beijing is very flat and you'll feel more part of the city if you're riding around the outside of Tiananmen Square.
Updated Aug 25, 2002
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You'd better want to consider buying a bike if you are in Beijing for an extended period of time. Biking around Beijing is a fun way to get to know the city. Also, there are rarely bike jams. You haven't really experienced Beijing until you have ridden alongside a three-wheeled platform bike loaded sky high with chunks of styrofoam, or had a near miss with a guy in a three- piece suit pedaling furiously to get to work. Amazingly enough, nobody wears bike helmets, except for Domino's Pizza guy on his way to a delivery! There are all different price ranges for bikes. Cheap Chinese-made bikes go for around US$ 30,but you also can get American mountain bikes like Cannondales or Dianmondbacks for several hundred US dollars.Mountain bikes are cool, but actually unnecessary as Beijing is an extremely flat city.
Bicycles can be rented from large repair shops. Chung-Yo Department Store at Xidan has this service: 10 yuan/day, deposit needed, 800 yuan for mountain bikes, 500 yuan for common ones.
Written Aug 24, 2002
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Good bikes` renting advice: http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/974/2005/08/18/63@10604.htm
Written Oct 17, 2006
Bike's a quick and handy way of moving around in Beijing. Apparently you can also transport more things on the bike than you could fit in a normal car. Is it wise? Well, up to you.
Updated Jan 18, 2004
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Despite the huge increase of cars, bikes have always been the most used vehicle in Beijing.
Even during winter time...
Updated Dec 3, 2002
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One says the bicycles are disappearing in Beijing. When I see so many of them, I think it is a wrong idea.
Updated Oct 19, 2002
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