Buying a bike

Even though I already have 2 news posts this week I did something today that I must tell people about. Brian and I have been looking for a good place to buy a bike around here for quite a while. We looked at new bikes and they where too expensive and we looked a old bikes and they where not good either. So we asked around until we finally got someone to tell us where we could buy good used bikes. This afternoon we went there and the bikes we got I cannot for sure say that they where stolen but mine still had some plastic on it from when it came out of the box. There where virtually the same bike as we could find in the new bike store but it was about 150 Yuan($20) cheaper. I am sure we probably still paid too much for them but what the heck we did it ourselves using our own Chinese skills so we figured all in all we came out ahead. We ended up paying about 250 yuan($35). As if buying the bike on the stolen bike street was not enough the street just happened to be about 3 miles from where we live. So we had to bike 3 miles in rush hour traffic all the way back home. Let me tell you, you have not lived until you have ridden your bike down a busy road during rush hour as fast as you can. I saw my life flash before my eyes at least 3 times. You had to dodge cars, people, other bikes, and scooters all at the same time. It was one of the funnest things I have done since I have been in China. Every street has a bike lane so that is relatively safe but the bike lane is even more crowded than the street since there are about 3 times as many bikes here as cars. For example one time while riding home today we came around a corner and there where was a bus stopped where we were supposed to ride so being the geniuss that we are we just road out to the middle of the street and went around them. That might not sound that scary to you but trust me it made me pretty nervous. Anyway the whole way home no one honked at us or yelled so we figured we did prety well. Because if you are anyones way here they will not hesitate to honk at you or let you know they are coming and that you better get out of there way. Anyway I hope I was able to express how fun it was to buy and ride my bike home to you but I have a feeling that I was not too successful I am getting tired and probably and I am basically rambling at this point. thanks for reading. Goodnight.