Bicycles and metro trains

illbient

  Does anyone know if you are allowed to take your bike into the metro trains? I've asked a few locals and no one seems to know for sure. Thanks.

fastjudy

Try to avoid getting on the metro during peak hours with your bike, Beijing has already started to ban bikes on trains and metro hence we'll have to do our best to steer clear from the authorities.

I usually board the first or last coach with my bike because there are fewer passengers and you can park your bike against the bulkhead's door.

sv_ironhorse

Try dismantling the wheels... then you have the excuse of transporting goods instead of bikes. I believe they go by the letters of the laws not the spirit of the laws.

fastjudy

Dismantling the FRONT wheel will suffice . Usually they won't borther you if you travel during non peak hours.

illbient

Thanks for the replies. They don't make it easy :( with bike, wheel and ticket going through the turnstyles!

fastjudy

Hehe...certain balancing acts are required!

bazzer

is this thread dead or alive???

went to pudong and back to my place in weining road mrt station today...

my brother and i + another guy... all 3 bikes went into the train without problems from those clowns.

so i guess its alright as long as its off peak.

oh yes, we had to remove the front wheel when we went in... but after the clowns werent looking, we put the wheels on and didnt bother.

fastjudy

It depends how you interpret "dead"..

anyhow.... during non peak hours... those jokers couldn't be borthered to stop you..

xprobe

please advise if a road bike can fit into the back of a VW Santanna 2000 taxi?

fastjudy

no worries, take off your front wheel and stuff it behind the back seats. Most Santana taxi runs on natural gas hence there's a large gas tank located behind the trunk...