Getting Produce to Market: Bike Designs Page 1 of 5

Farmers and resellers still mainly use bicycle carts to bring their produce into the free market centers.  Even today, there are virtually no motorized vehicles performing this function.  I was surprised to see that each city has it own unique way of modifying a standard 2-wheel bicycle to transform it into a market cart. Follow the route from Beijing to Mudanjiang to see how much the designs differ from city to city:

      
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