www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
China
Home / China / Melting pot

Reflection of the world in a Beijing bicycle

By Matt Prichard | China Daily | Updated: 2017-03-17 08:11

One day recently, I was wheeling a very large box home on a cart when one of my Chinese colleagues passed by.

"What do you have there?" he asked.

"A bicycle," I answered. "My wife ordered it online."

"What? We don't do that."

Well, maybe not yet. But e-commerce is most certainly a trend, so much so that in some sectors, brick-and-mortar shops have suffered or closed.

Being able to go online and order what you want, without having to travel around town shopping, is an undeniable attraction. You can do it for an ever-widening group of goods.

Reflection of the world in a Beijing bicycle

But, to be honest, I still feel a tinge of guilt about buying from a disembodied entity on a screen. The experience of trying out your prospective purchase beforehand also is missing. Call me old-fashioned.

All this does not mean there isn't a place for physical stores and their employees. We asked a scooter store we like to send a mechanic to assemble the bicycle, which was missing assembly instructions or drawings needed for those of limited mechanical abilities.

The key is the right products at the right price with the right service.

Shortly after we arrived in Beijing, we bought a pair of bicycles from an independent shop. They had a variety of bicycles, lots of related products and a helpful staff. The bicycles, relatively simple models, seemed like a good value. We also bought helmets, locks, mirrors, lights and other accessories.

We would go back to get air in our tires, or have the bicycles serviced, and often buy something there. It was a big disappointment when we went back one day and the shop was gone, without a trace.

We started patronizing a mechanic who had started a business in a closet-sized space. We admired his pluck and he did good work. But not too long ago, his budding business disappeared, too.

Now we try to add merchants we like on our WeChat.

My wife just about rode the wheels off her bicycle, which she called her "mommy-mobile", taking it to work every day. She wanted to upgrade to a model with more than just a couple of gears. We found what we wanted in a good, Chinese-made bicycle online.

I'm pretty sure we would have given serious consideration to buying from our old shop, if it were still around.

I have a few leads from bicycle clubs on finding a full-service shop with a range of accessories and a friendly and helpful staff. In today's world, some of these shops are getting ahead of the pack by not only providing good products and services, but also becoming a good source of information for cyclists, even helping bring the cycling community together.

I suppose that to feel totally at home in such a shop, we need to get more serious about our cycling. That means we need to upgrade not only our equipment but also our athletic abilities.

Now, that's one thing that you can't order online.

Contact the writer at matthewprichard@chinadaily.com.cn

(China Daily 03/17/2017 page2)

Editor's picks
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
 
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产玖玖玖精品视频 | 九九99久麻豆精品视传媒 | 偷看各类wc女厕嘘在线观看 | 在线欧美视频 | 夜夜爱夜夜爽夜夜做夜夜欢 | 欧美精品hdxxxxx | 特黄日韩免费一区二区三区 | 成人精品在线 | 国产亚洲男人的天堂在线观看 | 亚洲欧美日韩精品久久亚洲区色播 | 欧美成人在线免费 | 日韩中文字幕免费 | 日韩国产欧美精品综合二区 | 精品久久久久久亚洲 | 欧美韩国日本一区 | 国产精品久久网 | 91精品成人免费国产 | 国产成人自拍在线 | 性欧美17一18sex性高清播放 | 99久久www免费| 免费三级毛片 | 日韩三级欧美 | 亚洲成人精品 | 狼人总合狼人综合 | 99在线观看精品免费99 | 欧美色大成网站www永久男同 | 国产精品热久久毛片 | 亚洲一区高清 | 久久精品香蕉 | 亚洲一区欧美 | 国产精品视频免费 | 亚洲高清中文字幕一区二区三区 | 最新国产三级 | 美女a毛片| 成人区视频爽爽爽爽爽 | 巨乳毛片 | 亚洲欧美精品久久 | 美女被免费视频的网站 | 97国产大学生情侣11在线视频 | www.久久精品 | 特级无码a级毛片特黄 |