Exploring Cities in the Saddle城市騎行

Wang You grew up in Beijing. She had long thought cycling was just a means of transportation. But she has changed her idea since a bike tour two years ago. She feels that cycling is a cozy way to see the city. “Neither too slow nor too fast， you can touch， smell， feel and use all your senses during a bike ride，” she said.

王友在北京長大。她一直以來都認為騎自行車只是一種交通方式。但兩年前的一次自行車旅行，使她改變了自己的想法。她覺得騎自行車是游覽這座城市的一種舒適的方式。“（騎自行車）既不太慢也不太快，你可以在騎行時觸摸、聞、感覺和使用你所有的感官。”她說。

In recent years， more and more people are cycling in cities in China. According to a report by Mafengwo， a Chinese travel service platform， the number of clicks on content related to cycling has gone up by 108 percent since 2020.

近年來，在中國越來越多的人開始嘗試“城市騎行”。中國旅游服務平臺螞蜂窩的一份報告顯示：自2020年以來，與“騎行”內容相關的點擊量增長了108%。

Allen Li， a cycling fan， started to cycle simply because he wanted to try a moderate exercise that was not so boring. “The best perfume we can use to flavor our lives is the scent of nature，” Li said， explaining how he fell in love with urban cycling afterwards.

就比如說艾倫，他最近就對自行車“上頭了”。起初，他選擇騎自行車是想嘗試一種既有意思又不太累的運動。后來，他愛上了城市騎行，他認為大自然清爽的空氣才是我們最好的香水。

More infrastructure has been built for cycling in cities， which helps to promote urban cycling. For example， Beijings first route for cyclists only was built in 2019. It is about 6.5 kilometers long from Huilongguan to Shangdi. By October 2022， 5，188 kilometers of Tianfu Greenway had been built in Chengdu.

越來越完善的基礎設施也在推進城市騎行運動。例如，2019年，北京市首條自行車“高速”——回龍觀至上地6.5公里的自行車專用路開通運行。截至2022年10月，成都已建成5188千米天府綠道。

Word Bank

moderate adj. 溫和的；適度的

infrastructure n. 基礎設施，基礎建設

promote v. 促進，推動