Monthly Archives: September 2024
Ruyi bridge
If you were born in Western countries, you probably identify it as a massive treble clef, whereas if you are a Chinese, you will see it a special, well-known sign immediately. As time goes by, bridges designs have evolved into a more eye-attracting ones. If these bridges are bike and pedestrian friendly, they are better. This is the case of the Ruyi bridge.
This steel and reinforced concrete bridge is located in Chengdu, China, and was approved back in 2016 as a part of the High Technology Zone Principal Landscape Improvement project. It connects two concurred neighbors: Tianfu and the Dayuan Central Park. Their designers inspired in the panpipes, a traditional Chinese music instrument. It is 331 meters long and between 2.36 and 9.23 meters wide. It counts with two spiral staircase for pedestrians and two two ramps allow bikers to access it.

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Bicycles and songs
Bicycles are much more than mere machines. People have developed culture around them and this time I show some of the songs dedicated or related to them:
- Queen: Bicycle race
- Supergrass: Alright
- The Beach Boys: It’s a beautiful day
- Pink Floyd: Bike
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bicycle song
- Tom Waits: Broken bicycles
- Frank Ocean: Biking
- Boards of Canada: Happy cycling
- Kraftwerk: Tour de France
- Rostam: Bike dream
- Taking Back Sunday: Bike scene
- Autechre: Bike
- Xiu Xiu: Girl with basket of fruit
- Vampire Weekend: Obvious bicycles
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Bicycle
- Bombay Bicycle Club: Always like this
- Kimya Dawson: I like my bike
- Passenger: Riding to New York
- The Dirty Nil: To the guy who stole my bike
- St. Vincent: Bicycle
- Vybz Kartel: Bicycle
- Katie Melua: Nine million bicycles
- Nazareth: My white bike
- Filous: Bicycle
- The Mixturer: The pushbike song
- Shellac: Riding bikes
- Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.: The bike song
- Nat King Cole: On a bicycle built for two
- Purity Ring: Peacefall
- Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj: Side to side
- Mungo’s Hi Fi ft. Pupajim: Bike rider
- Hawkwind: Silver machine
- The Decemberists: Apology song
- Madness: Riding on my bike
- BC Unidos ft. Shungudzo: Bicycle
- Carlos Vives ft Shaquira: La bicicleta
- Nico Touches the Walls: Bicycle
- Skylar Grey ft. Eminem: C’mon let me ride
- Ugly Kid Joe: Bicycle wheels