Where we hang out in front of coffee shops and pubs, these two chill at a roadside market in India. Ya know watching the world go by and the occasional tourist with a camera.
More photos from the India stop in our Mobile Social Worldwide are in this photoset. Scroll down to the bottom photos. Videos and huggacasts to follow.
In our travels and Mobile Socials, we’ve seen bikes used as transportation, but not to this extent. Bikes at India truckstops are used to deliver goods and services and form a trucking ecosystem. They build trucks with bikes.
As we walked around the stop, various bikes would pass us with their loads. Need a new pair of pants or have your pants ironed? The merchants with bikes and carts have it.
... Read more »The truck stops in India form an ecosystem that builds, repairs, and services trucks. They also provide community for the drivers. The parts for the trucks, including body steel, are delivered by bikes like this Premium Gold Appl.
The owner added a lucky charm to the front fender. He makes his living with this bike.
NGOs work very hard at teaching the drivers and sex workers at these stops about preventing STDs. I’ll cover that in another post.
Read more about the Mobile Social Worldwide and view the photos.
Freeriding in India is when your bro on a scooter pushes you along to the market.
A still from riding in Delhi video shot yesterday. We’ll publish the video and other huggacasts from the Mobile Social Worldwide once we’re back in the States.
Riding in Delhi was safer than it looked because of a curiousity bubble around me. A folding bike and helmeted rider was a spectacle with cars, scooters, buses, carts following to get a closer look. Wasn’t my intent to create a scene, but then felt I’d added something to India. Bikes aren’t status symbols in India or something a business person would ride to work.
That’s an opportunity for change here and the businessmen I talked to in the hotel lobby were very curious about the bike.
Like riding in China, I just rode right into the flow. Wish I had a huge horn though. That’s what they do in India: honkity honk, honk.
Note this is another in a series of posts from the Mobile Social Worldwide.
Building materials are delivered by bike in India — brick, pipes, steel girders anything you can imagine.
For some of us the bike is the religion. Others find religion on the bike, just as they're cresting a mountain pass, or finishing a long ride. This Hindu holy man uses his bike for pilgrimages. He's on his way to Vat Savitri Purnima festival in Allahabad, India.
Photo: AP Photos
The photo is haunting, like you'd see the holy man on a difficult day riding across the country. He'd hand a salty nut bar, sip of water, and say something like, "hold your line in the turns," while a didgeridoo played.
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