Hats off to these guys cycling across China

We chose to “Storm Toll Gates.” In tight formation ready for battle the Braking Boundaries teams rockets toward the toll gate. Toll booth Willy looks on too stunned with events unfolding know what to do. 3 strange bikes and one even stranger looking contraption speed through paying no attention to the barrier, through to the other side and up the on ramp before he can shout out a few words that (I guess) mean “have a safe trip.”

SHOOT: Nothing like being on a bike to get to know a country, including one's own.

clipped from www.brakingboundaries.org By the time this post shows up on the website we should be well across the Northwestern China thanks in part to what I will call “Storming Toll Gates.” For the the past 5 days and most likely for the week ahead at the time I wrote this (written 27th of May) we have chosen to bend a few rules here in China and jump on the 312 Expressway which does not permit cyclists and where the cars can go at a speed of 120 kph. Now before you all get on your high horses and say “That’s dangerous and illegal” let me paint you a picture of roads here in Northwestern China. **Side note – For the 2 days following the time I wrote this we were denied entry by toll booth attendants jumping out of their booths and getting in our way. That didn’t stop us today though as we found a whole in the fence and jumped on the expressway. I’m not sure if that is exactly what the 6 toll booth workers were yelling the other day, but it works.