Cycling To China
Pete Jones, the British cyclist, decided to visit China while riding his bike. This country is not completely new for Mr. Jones as he lived in Xinjiang for three years and visited the country many times.
Many people wonder why he spends lonely months on the roads, camps in rough places and cycles long distances through inhospitable terrain. Mr. Jones, being a veteran of extremely difficult expeditions, says it is his second nature.
Even though bicycle is still a favorite mean of transport (there are about 400 million bicycles in China), rapid economic growth made a lot of people buy their own car. That is why they can’t understand his passion when he can afford a car.
Edward Genochio is another British cyclist who cycled 41,000km trip to China and back. He said he wanted to “promote cycling as a safe, sustainable and environmentally benign means of getting about.”
