Two wheels good: India falls back in love with bikes after Covid-19
A bicycle boom has seen Indians swapping cars – the ultimate status symbol – for a more humble mode of transport
With cases of Covid-19 surging past the one million mark, Indians are shunning crowded buses and trains to travel on what has traditionally been regarded in this status-conscious society as the poor man’s mode of mobility: the bicycle.
At Bike Studio in Bhopal, owner Varun Awasthi is almost out of stock. Sales are up by 30% and he expects them to rise to 50% once he gets more bicycles.
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