I love Chinatown. I love manoeuvering on the sidewalk with the streetside vendors and parents with strollers. I love passing the elderly qui font leur marche, souvent en velo! I love love love fried rice, pho and bbq pork. And I'm lucky enough to live in a city with not just one, but two Chinatowns intra-muros.
There are days however, when I crave a different type of Chinatown. Sunday was one of these days. SerialJay and I hopped in the car and drove (*gasp* yes) up to Super-Mega Chinatown. It goes without saying that this Super-Mega Chinatown is in suburbia, aka the Kingdom of the Car.
Imagine our surprise to see not 1 or 2, but several bike racks plein a craquer! I'd never seen so many bikes here before, or at any mall for that matter, so I had to take some pix for proof!
Most of the bikes were of the typical household mountain bike variety, but there were a few vintage Raleighs poking about. There were other, more ingenious bikes as well...
Hmmm.
While it was inspiring to see so many bikes being ridden in the Kingdom of the Car, the way the bikes were locked up left a lot to be desired. If these same bikes were locked like this downtown, they would be ripe for picking! It's not enough to lock only your front wheel to the rack with a flimsy plastic chain! Don't believe me? Go see what Hal has to say.
Et parce que c'est lundi, and because we agree that cheese is delicious, cliquer ici.
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