Contrary to popular belief, not everyone in Tibet is Buddhist. In fact Lhasa has a substantial Muslim population. While perusing the vegetable market in front of the main Mosque, I spotted this bike store.
Out front was this Indian import. It's "World Famous", but I never heard of the brand before.
Inside, the store had a huge store of parts. But probably most interesting to westerners would be these forks made of rebar. I have seen these usually on heavy utility trikes, but once in a while, also on bicycles. These would seriously upgrade your carrying capacity!
Like most bike stores in China, the will also service lots of different forms of wheeled transport: Trikes electric bikes, scooters and mopeds. But this Tibetan shop goes even further!!
It's interesting to note in the photos of the rebar forks that there is an American OPC chainwheel in their parts case. Looks like a Cleveland Welding pattern - who knows how that got there?
Posted by: Mos6502 | January 22, 2010 at 03:27 AM