Tour de Tanzania

Early in the morning, they line the roads: Heavy loaded Chinese bikes, with a single gear only, made of solid steel, and, most important, a very stable luggage rack. One can transport ones wife and children on it, sitting sideways, usually over passing us on our bikes when the road goes downhill, however with no helmets on…But early in the morning, the bikes are transporting goods into town: 30kg heavy charcoal bags, three at once; baskets full of tomatoes, bananas, coconut...carefully covered with banana leaves and stitched together. They bike in little groups, and when encountering a tree big enough to give shade to all of them, so go for a stop. It is incredibly hard work, and we always think if given the latest model of light weight street bike all of them could compete for the maillot jaune in the Tour de France!