Comments on: Mobile again! http://benross.net/wordpress/mobile-again/2007/01/09/ Urban Sociology and Urbanism, in China and North America Fri, 04 May 2012 09:48:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ispewbull http://benross.net/wordpress/mobile-again/2007/01/09/comment-page-1/#comment-32246 ispewbull Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:09:55 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=4#comment-32246 I had 4 bikes stolen in the US within 4 years, I had 2 bikes stolen in China within 2 years, so the rates are about the same. I had 4 bikes stolen in the US within 4 years, I had 2 bikes stolen in China within 2 years, so the rates are about the same.

]]> By: dawarrg http://benross.net/wordpress/mobile-again/2007/01/09/comment-page-1/#comment-735 dawarrg Sat, 19 May 2007 11:19:58 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=4#comment-735 cool site for my mind its very good cool site for my mind its very good

]]> By: hrqnllk http://benross.net/wordpress/mobile-again/2007/01/09/comment-page-1/#comment-364 hrqnllk Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:28:35 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=4#comment-364 cool site cool site

]]> By: mmdytgq http://benross.net/wordpress/mobile-again/2007/01/09/comment-page-1/#comment-232 mmdytgq Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:23:28 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=4#comment-232 cool site cool site

]]> By: james http://benross.net/wordpress/mobile-again/2007/01/09/comment-page-1/#comment-12 james Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:17:52 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=4#comment-12 礼义生于富足，盗贼出于贫穷。 礼义生于富足，盗贼出于贫穷。

]]> By: T-bone http://benross.net/wordpress/mobile-again/2007/01/09/comment-page-1/#comment-8 T-bone Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:40:01 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=4#comment-8 I feel you pain as well as your joy in getting a new bike. Good luck with the new endeavor and I hope the bike thieves don't get their hands on your new aquisition, although I fear it is just a matter of time. If not, I too will make a purchase and begin riding around Fuzhou with you brother! I feel you pain as well as your joy in getting a new bike. Good luck with the new endeavor and I hope the bike thieves don’t get their hands on your new aquisition, although I fear it is just a matter of time. If not, I too will make a purchase and begin riding around Fuzhou with you brother!

]]> By: Michelle from Hangzhou http://benross.net/wordpress/mobile-again/2007/01/09/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Michelle from Hangzhou Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:48:52 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=4#comment-7 Hello,Ben. Good to see your new blog here,talking about the bike ,i have owned one cool bike too in Hangzhou when i studied at the Zhejiang university of science and technology ,i used to hang out to the West Lake ,shopping with my friends ,but after one semester, it was stolen and i decided to give up buying another one ,instead of it ,i take the bus everyday to univerysity(i live outside of the campus,a nice apartment ).Antil Jan,2007 i have currently garduated from the university and i have got some offers .Finally i come to this company which specilized in exporting Autoparts.it is located in HZ too,so i will properly go back Fujian Province during the Spring Festival. Michelle from HZ Hello,Ben.
Good to see your new blog here,talking about the bike ,i have owned one cool bike too in Hangzhou when i studied at the
Zhejiang university of science and technology ,i used to hang out to the West Lake ,shopping with my friends ,but after one semester, it was stolen and i decided to give up buying another one ,instead of it ,i take the bus everyday to univerysity(i live outside of the campus,a nice apartment ).Antil Jan,2007 i have currently garduated from the university and i have got some offers .Finally i come to this company which specilized in exporting Autoparts.it is located in HZ too,so i will properly go back Fujian Province during the Spring Festival.

Michelle from HZ

]]> By: Elly http://benross.net/wordpress/mobile-again/2007/01/09/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Elly Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:51:00 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=4#comment-6 Hve you got the conditional reflex that as soon as you look at the bike first instead of the person when you see a biker? Once someone "borrowed" my bike when I was in Xi'an, the next day I went to the "黑车市场" (dark bike market, literally) and saw my bike there. I went to the seller: "Hi, this is my bike, I think." He nodded his head and said: "Ok, take it." So I got my bike back. Hve you got the conditional reflex that as soon as you look at the bike first instead of the person when you see a biker?

Once someone “borrowed” my bike when I was in Xi’an, the next day I went to the “黑车市场” (dark bike market, literally) and saw my bike there. I went to the seller: “Hi, this is my bike, I think.” He nodded his head and said: “Ok, take it.” So I got my bike back.

]]> By: Matt Myers http://benross.net/wordpress/mobile-again/2007/01/09/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Matt Myers Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:30:25 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=4#comment-5 When I was in college, I knew a lot of people who would drop three grand on a bike and then would spend another $100 or so buying duct tape and stuff to make the bike look really bad. People would think it was some old and tired bike that wasn't worth stealing and they managed to hold on to their pricey conveyance. Wonder if that'd work in China? When I was in college, I knew a lot of people who would drop three grand on a bike and then would spend another $100 or so buying duct tape and stuff to make the bike look really bad. People would think it was some old and tired bike that wasn’t worth stealing and they managed to hold on to their pricey conveyance. Wonder if that’d work in China?

]]> By: Hu Jin Tao http://benross.net/wordpress/mobile-again/2007/01/09/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Hu Jin Tao Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:20:35 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=4#comment-4 "it was the radest and badest bicycle on campus", actually it was buttfuck ugly, and my erbaiwu 250 yuan bike was just as fast and absorbed front wheel shocks better. Now I have a Wolf brand bike that I paid around 650 yuan for. The seat was too low because the Chinese here have not seemed to figure out the principle of leg extension for getting maximum power in each stroke. Most of them putz around slowly like shriners on midget bikes. Anyway, I got this guy to give me a seat with a high base from one the new urban foldup bikes, which are designed for train and bus commuters. The seat is super soft and with its front wheel shocks, I've gotta say it's the best bike I've ever owned. I keep it in my living room. -Ben's old neighbor “it was the radest and badest bicycle on campus”, actually it was buttfuck ugly, and my erbaiwu 250 yuan bike was just as fast and absorbed front wheel shocks better. Now I have a Wolf brand bike that I paid around 650 yuan for. The seat was too low because the Chinese here have not seemed to figure out the principle of leg extension for getting maximum power in each stroke.

Most of them putz around slowly like shriners on midget bikes. Anyway, I got this guy to give me a seat with a high base from one the new urban foldup bikes, which are designed for train and bus commuters. The seat is super soft and with its front wheel shocks, I’ve gotta say it’s the best bike I’ve ever owned. I keep it in my living room.

-Ben’s old neighbor

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