為什么這輛被遺忘的自行車可能是中國未來的關(guān)鍵？飛鴿自行車傳奇
Why this forgotten bicycle may be key to China's future
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多年來，我一直試圖找到機會騎一輛曾經(jīng)是世界上最受歡迎的自行車，但在我生活的地方卻極為罕見。為什么我想騎這輛標(biāo)志性的飛鴿自行車？因為它可能掌握著中國城市未來的關(guān)鍵。
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多年來，我一直試圖找到機會騎一輛曾經(jīng)是世界上最受歡迎的自行車，但在我生活的地方卻極為罕見。為什么我想騎這輛標(biāo)志性的飛鴿自行車？因為它可能掌握著中國城市未來的關(guān)鍵。
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I have been trying for years to finally get a chance to ride a bicycle that was once the most popular in the world, but has proven exceedingly rare where I live. And why do I want to ride the iconic Flying Pigeon? Because it just may hold a key to the future of China's cities.
多年來，我一直試圖找到機會騎一輛曾經(jīng)是世界上最受歡迎的自行車，但在我生活的地方卻極為罕見。為什么我想騎這輛標(biāo)志性的飛鴿自行車？因為它可能掌握著中國城市未來的關(guān)鍵。
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Just two minutes in and I can't help but think after seeing a picture of the Flying Pigeon, that it reminds me quite a bit of the Buffalo Bicycle... Anyways: bicycles for the masses, for the win!
剛看了兩分鐘，在看到飛鴿自行車的圖片后，我不禁想到它與Buffalo自行車非常相似……無論如何：為大眾服務(wù)的自行車，必勝！
I am 85 and still ride my bike most days doing 30 kms . I have ridden a bike all my life. Joined Cycling Club at 14 and cycling has been my life. I also do many daily errands around town here in B. C. Canada. Enjoy any bike.
我85歲了，我仍然每天騎騎行自行車30公里。我一生都在騎自行車。我14歲時加入了自行車俱樂部，騎行一直是我的生活。我還在加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞省的小鎮(zhèn)上做許多日常差事。我享受所有自行車。
I was filming a Rock and Roll tour in China in 1986. One of our crew bought one of these black “British” bikes and shipped it from city to city.
I got to ride it for a few days in Guanshou (Canton).
What a blast! The bike was very low quality, made with soft steel. But joining thousands of Chinese in the bike pack was priceless!
The most interesting sight was at the concert venue. Outside were parked at least 10,000 black bikes. If you’ve ever forgotten where you parked at the shopping mall, imagine if every car were the same make, model, and color!
1986年，我在中國拍攝一場搖滾巡演，我們團隊中的一個人買了一輛這種黑色的“英國”自行車，并從一個城市運到另一個城市。
我在廣州騎了幾天。
太棒了！這輛自行車的質(zhì)量很差，是用軟鋼制成的，但與成千上萬的中國人在自行車隊伍中騎行是無價的！
最有趣的景象是在音樂會場地外，外面停著至少1萬輛黑色自行車。如果你曾經(jīng)在購物中心忘記停車的地方，想象一下如果每輛車都是相同的品牌、型號和顏色會怎樣！
This was interesting, as I (an American) was briefly a student in Tianjin in 1981. Most of us in our group bought these bikes and sold them when we left. It was THE way of blending in and seeing the city when we had free time. Bikes were king then. As to quality, all I can say is that the cotter pins on my new bike sheared off not long after I bought it. I think the material used was some alloy of steel and cheese.
這很有趣，因為我（一個美國人）在1981年曾在天津短暫學(xué)習(xí)。我們小組中的大多數(shù)人都買了這些自行車，并在離開時賣掉了它們。這是我們?nèi)谌氤鞘胁⒃诳臻e時間游覽城市的方式。那時自行車是王者。至于質(zhì)量，我只能說我的新自行車的銷釘在購買后不久就斷裂了，我認(rèn)為它使用的材料是某種鋼和奶酪的合金。
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I rode a flying pigeon once when I was in Beijing, heavy and slow, so I bought the cheap $50.00 mountainbike most people were riding at the time, and it got the job done. When it inevitably had a hiccup, the roadside kiosk bike repair person fixed it in a jiffy and cheap.
我在北京時騎過一次飛鴿自行車，又重又慢，所以我買了當(dāng)時大多數(shù)人騎的50美元的山地自行車，它完成了任務(wù)。當(dāng)它不可避免地出現(xiàn)問題時，路邊攤的自行車修理人員很快就修好了，而且很便宜。
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I acquired a Flying Pigeon with rod brakes on a visit to Minneapolis in 2012, and it’s now in storage in Manitoba. It was one of those things I was excited to acquire as a novelty, but then never really figured out what to do with.
I can absolutely corroborate that experience of ‘soft braking’, but I also just love the aesthetic of those mechanical Rod brakes.
2012年，我在訪問明尼阿波利斯時買了一輛帶桿剎的飛鴿自行車，現(xiàn)在它存放在曼尼托巴省。這是我作為新奇事物興奮地買到的東西之一，但后來從未真正弄清楚該用它做什么。
我絕對可以證實那種“軟剎車”的體驗，但我也很喜歡那些機械桿剎的美感。
Wow, this brings back vivid memories of cycling around Beijing in the 1980s on a borrowed Flying Pigeon while studying there.
The sheer number of bikes and the near-total absence of private cars were striking, but the strangest thing was the TOTAL lack of batteries to power the lights.
As evening fell, you’d arrive at a busy intersection in near darkness, guided only by the urgent sound of countless bicycle bells. Collisions were common, but with such low speeds, damage was fortunately minimal. We’d simply untangle ourselves, and since all the bikes looked the same, most would be back on their way in no time.
That said, Westerners were a rare sight in China back then, and even fewer had the opportunity to cycle around the capital. Finding my bike was easy—I just looked for the tallest saddle, being over a foot taller than most locals. But if I was spotted untangling myself from the melee of bikes and bodies, the initial shock often turned into delighted curiosity, and I’d soon find myself waylaid for an impromptu English practice session.
Such innocent times—with many rides becoming an unexpected social event or adventure!
哇，這讓我想起了1980年代在北京學(xué)習(xí)時借了一輛飛鴿自行車在北京騎行的生動記憶。
自行車的數(shù)量之多和幾乎完全沒有私家車的情況令人印象深刻，但最奇怪的是完全沒有電池來為車燈供電。
夜幕降臨時，你會在近乎黑暗中到達一個繁忙的十字路口，只能依靠無數(shù)自行車鈴聲的緊急聲音來引導(dǎo)。碰撞很常見，但由于速度如此之低，幸運的是損壞很小。由于所有自行車看起來都一樣，大多數(shù)人很快就會重新上路。
話雖如此，西方人在當(dāng)時的中國很少見，更少有人有機會在首都騎行。找到我的自行車很容易——我只需尋找最高的鞍座，因為我比大多數(shù)當(dāng)?shù)厝烁叱鲆挥⒊叨?。但如果我被發(fā)現(xiàn)從自行車和人群的混亂中解脫出來，最初的震驚往往會變成愉快的好奇心，我很快就會被攔住進行即興的英語練習(xí)。
如此純真的時代——許多騎行變成了意外的社交活動或冒險！
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I saw an old bike in China that had a foot brake in front of the right hand pedal. I was told it was so traders could hold the bike still and leave both hands free.
我在中國看到過一輛舊自行車，它的右手踏板前有一個腳剎，我被告知這是為了讓商販可以保持自行車靜止并騰出雙手。
These videos of yours have gotten me to build up a utilitarian drop bar bike. I'm slowly making changes and adding things to make it nicer to run errands on. I live in a very rural area where biking doesn't make a HUGE amount of sense but there's still definitely stuff I can do on my bikes.
你的這些視頻讓我組裝了一輛實用的彎把自行車。我正在慢慢進行改裝并添加一些東西，使其更適合跑腿。我生活在一個非常偏遠的地區(qū)，騎自行車并沒有太大的意義，但肯定有一些事情我可以在自行車上完成。
Flying pigeon still makes a version of that original bike plus other newer models. easy to buy here online although these days a lot of new cyclists either are road cyclists or use share bikes in China. if you visit, it is really the best way to go around Chinese cities
飛鴿仍然生產(chǎn)那款原始自行車的版本以及其他新車型。雖然現(xiàn)在很多新騎手要么是公路自行車手，要么在中國使用共享單車，但在這里在線購買很容易。如果你來訪，這真的是游覽中國城市的最佳方式。
I had a step through Flying Pigeon over ten years ago in nyc. It was a lot of fun. I bought it cheap as a local pick up only on eBay - some young woman’s father bought it for her, but it was too much bike for her. Perfect for cruising to the beach and held up well on trails. I wound up selling it to make rent on Craigslist to an advertising production house; they wanted it for an Uber Eats commercial. It still pains me that this bike is most likely sitting, unridden, in a production warehouse in NJ somewhere…
十多年前，我在紐約有一輛飛鴿自行車。它非常有趣，我在eBay上以低價購買了它，只限本地取貨——某個年輕女子的父親為她買了它，但這輛自行車對她來說太大了。它非常適合騎到海灘，它在 trails 上表現(xiàn)良好。我最終在Craigslist上賣掉了它以支付房租，我賣給了一家廣告制作公司，他們想要它用于Uber Eats的廣告。這輛自行車很可能現(xiàn)在正閑置在新澤西州某個生產(chǎn)倉庫里，這仍然讓我感到痛苦……
Oh wow, that brings back memories! Working in the Sahel in the mid-1980s, the flying pigeon was a farmer’s workhorse for moving their harvest to market, everywhere from Mali to Uganda. I even recall a Flying Pigeon ‘showroom’ , pristine in Bouar, CAR. A double crossbar model, new, cost 90 000 CFA (180 UK pounds). I remember rod brakes too!
哦，哇，這讓我想起了回憶！1980年代中期我在薩赫勒地區(qū)工作時，飛鴿自行車是農(nóng)民將收獲運到市場的得力工具，它從馬里到烏干達隨處可見。我甚至記得在中非共和國布阿爾有一個飛鴿“展示廳”，非常干凈。一輛新的雙橫梁型號售價90000 中非法郎（180英鎊）。我也記得桿剎！
I never knew this type of bike had a name but I've ridden one twice while travelling in Vietnam... In the town of Hoi An many hotels and homestays will have a bunch of these bikes.. or something similar to rent out.. I guess it's not a flying pigeon unless it says it on it.. but they were single speed, same brake levers, similar type of light on the front, a great stand slid under the back wheels and it was really heavy and looked about 30-40yrs old... but with all that it was still one of the most enjoyable biycles I've ridden and I created many great memories in Hoi An on it!
我從來不知道這種自行車有名字，但我在越南旅行時騎過兩次……在會安鎮(zhèn)，許多酒店和民宿都會有一堆這種自行車……或者類似的東西出租……我想除非上面寫著飛鴿，否則它不是飛鴿……但它們是單速的，有相同的剎車桿，類似的前燈，一個很棒的后輪支架，它真的很重，看起來大約有30-40年的歷史……但盡管如此，它仍然是我騎過的最令人愉快的自行車之一，我在會安用它創(chuàng)造了許多美好的回憶！
Thank you for this. I visited the port of Qingdao in 1988 with the Navy, and was surprised at how few bicycles I saw on their really broad roadways - I'd really expected to see more. Incidentally, the #2 bestseller: Honda Cub & variants, 100 million +.
謝謝你。1988年，我隨海軍訪問過青島港，我驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)在非常寬闊的道路上自行車很少——我本來以為會看到更多。順便說一下，第二暢銷的是本田Cub及其變種，它的銷量超過1億輛。
Interesting that they used 'The All Steel Bicycle' on the frx which was a slogan used by Raleigh in the post war period. Also thebasic Raleigh was usually black and the premium Superbe models were green. Clearly taken more than just a nod from a western manufacturer back then too. I must say as an owner of several pre and post war Raleighs that despite owning modern bikes which are lighter and more gear ratios I feel much more comfortable commuting on a shabby 1957 Raleigh Superbe as the thieves don't seem as interested. They aren't fast but not as slow as people think either. They are very comfortable. I leave the rod brakes ones at home if there is any chance of rain. The chrome rims are terrible in snow as you noted. Got caught out once and it was a steep learning curve. In the rain you can mitigate a lot of the scary stopping, or lack of, by priming the brakes before you need them removing the rain. Rod brakes not recommended for stop start cold wet commuting for sure. Perfectly adequate and low maintenance in hotter parts of the world though - no need to replace cables etc. Great episode as usual. Thank you. A three speed roadster is woefully underappreciated as a perfect commuter bike in modern age but they are much better suited to our cities than most other bikes. Low maintenance, hardy and can carry great loads.
而這正是 Raleigh 在戰(zhàn)后使用的口號。此外，基本款的 Raleigh 通常是黑色的，而高級款 Superbe 則是綠色的。很明顯，這不僅僅是當(dāng)時西方制造商的一個nod。作為幾輛戰(zhàn)前和戰(zhàn)后 Raleigh 的車主，我必須說盡管我擁有更輕、齒輪比更大的現(xiàn)代自行車，但騎著一輛破舊的 1957 年 Raleigh Superbe 通勤，我還是感覺舒服多了，因為小偷似乎對它不感興趣。它們速度不快，但也不像人們想象的那么慢,它們非常舒適。如果有可能下雨，我就把連桿制動器留在家里。正如你所說，鍍鉻輪輞在雪地里非常糟糕。我就遇到過一次，教訓(xùn)深刻。在雨中，你可以在需要剎車之前先啟動剎車，這樣就可以減輕很多剎車時的恐懼感。在寒冷潮濕的通勤環(huán)境中，不建議使用桿式制動器。不過，在世界上較熱的地區(qū)，桿式制動器完全夠用，而且維護成本低--無需更換電纜等。這期節(jié)目一如既往地精彩,謝謝。在現(xiàn)代，三速跑車作為完美的通勤車被嚴(yán)重低估，但它們比其他大多數(shù)自行車更適合我們的城市，因為它們的維護成本低、耐磨、載重量大。
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Great video! I saw a lot of these bikes in 2011 in China in the city of TianJin (next major city below Beijing). The 2 cool things about cycling in Tianjin was that on major roads, the bicycle lane was 2 car lanes wide in both directions, so excellent city planning Tianjin! And it was full cyclists. Outside of rush hour it was full of people aged 60+ cycling, it was a beautiful thing to see. There was also paved parks every few blocks. So people did group Tai Chi exercise in the morning, cycled during the day, and then group line dancing at night; basically every day. Great example for the rest of the world!
很棒的視頻！2011年，我在中國天津（北京旁邊的一個主要城市）看到了很多這種自行車。在天津騎自行車的兩個很酷的事情是在主要的道路上，自行車道是雙向兩車道寬，所以天津的城市規(guī)劃非常出色！而且到處都是騎自行車的人。在高峰時段之外，到處都是60歲以上的人騎自行車，這是一道美麗的風(fēng)景。每隔幾個街區(qū)還有鋪好的公園，所以人們早上集體打太極拳，白天騎自行車，晚上集體跳廣場舞，基本上每天都是這樣。天津為世界其他地方樹立了很好的榜樣！
I grew up my first 10 years in China, and remember my family owned one, but I was too short. I remember seeing a lot of kids in the neighborhood riding their adult bikes by stepping one leg through the triangle frx and pedaling through it, because they weren't tall enough. I thought that's how bikes were all ridden at the time.
我在中國度過了我的前10年，我記得我們家有一輛，但我太矮了。我記得看到很多鄰居的孩子通過將一條腿穿過三角形車架并踩踏來騎成人自行車，因為他們不夠高。我以為當(dāng)時自行車都是這樣騎的。
What a time for you to make a video about these classic roadsters! I just became obsessed with these classic bicycles; I'm even preparing to buy all the pieces for one and build it myself in the next week! (frx, standard axle, 28 in wheels, rod brakes, the north road handlebars) after exploring some bike shops in my city and finding out that they're pretty, pretty cheap. Although the one I'm building is a double tube (I'd prefer a single tube like the pigeon but they seem to not be available in my city, at least not at the same price if they are). Researching the story of these bikes, it seems they're really common not only in china but in all of Asia, specially India and Pakistan, Africa (where they're known as black mambas) and Latin America (I'm from Mexico). Specifically talking about Latin America, they're known as tourism bicycles or baker's bicycles. Sadly, Mexico has become auto dependent in the last decades. My city had in the 60s and 70s almost 20% of all travels in its roads made by bicycle, every grandpa knows these utilitarian double tube bicycles, and all our parents saw our grandfathers ride one of these at least once. Today, is 5%. Traffic has become unwieldy, with 9km long travels taking upwards of 50 minutes in rush hour, yes, I can go faster than that on these single speed, 25 kg double tube steel behemoths in a lightly steep hill. We have the most dangerous roads in the country, the worst pollution and the desperately needed new subway lines got suspended after the incompetent government ran out of money. I hope we can follow the example of China and Europe, and make these beautiful bicycles a common sighting in our streets again.
你制作這個關(guān)于經(jīng)典自行車的視頻真是太及時了！我最近迷上了這些經(jīng)典自行車；我甚至準(zhǔn)備在下周購買所有零件并自己組裝一輛（車架、標(biāo)準(zhǔn)軸、28英寸車輪、桿式剎車、北向車把）！在探索了我所在城市的一些自行車店后，我發(fā)現(xiàn)它們非常便宜。雖然我組裝的是雙管自行車（我更喜歡像飛鴿那樣的單管自行車，但它們似乎在我所在的城市不可用，至少價格不一樣）。研究這些自行車的歷史之后，我發(fā)現(xiàn)它們不僅在中國很常見，而且在亞洲其他地區(qū)，特別是印度和巴基斯坦，非洲（在那里它們被稱為黑曼巴）和拉丁美洲（我來自墨西哥）也很常見。特別是在拉丁美洲，它們被稱為旅游自行車或面包師自行車。遺憾的是墨西哥在過去幾十年里變得依賴汽車。我的城市在上世紀(jì)60年代和70年代，幾乎20%的出行是通過自行車完成的，每個爺爺都知道這些實用的雙管自行車，我們的父母都至少見過我們的爺爺騎過一輛。今天，這個比例降到了5%。交通變得難以控制，9公里的路程在高峰時段需要50分鐘以上，是的，我可以在這些單速、25公斤重的雙管鋼鐵巨獸上在輕度陡峭的山坡上騎得更快。我們有全國最危險的道路，最嚴(yán)重的污染，而急需的新地鐵線路在無能的政府資金耗盡后被暫停。我希望我們能跟隨中國和歐洲的例子，讓這些美麗的自行車再次成為我們街道上的常見景象。
checked ebay just now and saw a black Flying Pigeon for 1.5k USD and a red one for 600. insane. cool to learn about, though. thank you for the history lesson! and stunningly funny that you happened to know a guy with not one, but two Pigeons!! congrats on knocking that ride off the bucket list!
剛剛查看了eBay，看到一輛黑色飛鴿自行車售價1500美元，一輛紅色的600美元。太瘋狂了。不過，了解這些很有趣。謝謝你帶來的歷史課！而且非常有趣的是，你居然認(rèn)識一個有兩輛飛鴿自行車的人?。」材阃瓿闪诉@個心愿清單上的騎行！
This brings back memories. I visited Beijing in 1988. The bike culture was amazing. Not only the Pidgeon bike, but large cargo bikes with single speed chain drives and entire families on a trike. 20 years later I saw footage of a much more modernized Beijing and conventional bikes seemed like they were forgotten. It's nice to see a resurgence of their cycling culture.
這讓我想起了往事。我在1988年訪問過北京，當(dāng)時的自行車文化令人驚嘆。不僅有飛鴿自行車，還有單速鏈傳動的大型貨運自行車和全家人都能乘坐的三輪車。20年后，我看到了一個更加現(xiàn)代化的北京，傳統(tǒng)自行車似乎被遺忘了。我很高興看到他們的自行車文化再次興起。
I was in China in the middle 90’s. The main bike in Shanghai was the “Forever” bike. Very similar to the Flying Pigeon. I even went to the factory. It was included in the book Life and Death in Shanghai. Remarkable was the width of the staircases! They could move thousands of people into the factory. They seemed 20 feet wide.
我在上世紀(jì)90年代中期在中國。上海主要的自行車是“永久”自行車，與飛鴿非常相似，我甚至去了工廠，它被收錄在《上海生死劫》一書中。令人印象深刻的是樓梯的寬度！他們可以讓成千上萬的人進入工廠，樓梯似乎有20英尺寬。
Very interesting, with many similarities with the Dutch Omafiets. The main differences being that the Omafiets typically had a single coaster brake and a fabric chain enclosure/guard.
非常有趣，它與荷蘭的Omafiets有很多相似之處，主要的區(qū)別在于Omafiets通常有一個單腳剎車和一個織物鏈條罩/護板。
Great video thanks. I live in a provincial capital in China, and although I own a car, I only do about 1500 km driving each year. maybe less. I ride a bike whenever I can, and only use the car when I have to. If I am with my wife and we need to go downtown, we use public transit, the metro services and buses are good here.
In China, not only is congestion a problem, but actually parking can be a nightmare too. Really I just cannot be bothered with the stress.
It is nice to hear that some cities are splitting bike lanes by speed of vehicle. Because the biggest danger on a push bike, is getting hit by a thoughtless ebike rider.
很棒的視頻，謝謝。我生活在中國的一個省會城市，雖然我有一輛車，但我每年只開大約1500公里，可能更少。我盡可能地騎自行車，只有在必要時才使用汽車。如果我和妻子需要去市中心，我們會使用公共交通工具，這里的地鐵和公交服務(wù)很好。
在中國，不僅交通擁堵是個問題，停車實際上也是個噩夢，我真的不想為這些壓力煩惱。
很高興聽到一些城市正在按車輛速度劃分自行車道，因為騎自行車最大的危險是被一個粗心的電動自行車騎手撞到。