NEW DELHI, INDIA
Have Bicycle Will Travel
For those of us who live in congested cities with mass transport systems, bicycles have lost much of their value. We only ride our bikes on special occasions since we have so many other forms of transportation, whether it be a car, bus or mass transit system. So, it is always nice to see the bicycle being put to good use, whether for transport or as a display center for merchandise as seen here.

In India, bikes are the most common form of transportation and is second only to China in the number of bikes produced and purchased each year. According to the New Scientist magazine, One in a 100 Indian families has a car, 1 in 10 has a motorbike, and 1 in 2 has a bicycle.

The world also produces 3 times as many bicycles as cars (each year) and Indians buy 10 million bikes a year.



Photos courtesy of Dominique Cimafranca.
He can be reached at www.sketches.kom.ph