Each week I daydream at my desk
about bicycles
and travel to distant places........
Flying Pigeon: China's bicycle since 1950.
The Flying Pigeon is the bike that has pushed forward not only billions of people, but also is at the forefront of the whole bicycle phenomenon in the People’s Republic of China. In 1950 revolutionary China the two-wheeled vehicle was the approved form of transport, and the nation became zixingche wang guo, the Kingdom of Bicycles. A bicycle was one of the three "must-haves“ of every citizen, alongside a sewing machine and a watch.
http://vimeo.com/alexandredevaux/hirondelle
Hirondelle was the name of the bike in the video;
made from Manufrance bicycles company in 1885.
This was France’s first modern bicycle.
