there are no rules in China, I think its the new Wild West, the Chinese are all outlaws. On city buses no bikes, can barely get on and sumtimes not at all, hiway buses would probably take anyting you got, even yo momma

It depends on the mood of the guards on the day you travel.

Sometimes the guy who happily waves you by for weeks on end, will suddenly decide to tear you a new one.

thanks for your answers so far but

what about when i want to take a bus out of the place i live, and need a bike for when i get there i have a way to get around.

Jiliu he, are you living in China or what? I remember you once said in one of the posts here you want to come to China to find a job in summer.

They hardly have the room to fit anymore people on the bus let alone a bicycle. Although in Shanghai, I saw a bus that you could put them on a rack in the back of the bus.

I did once....cuz I had a flat tire, for one stop, driver was cool enough to let me, most of em are a-holes

Jiliu

I understand what your are asking and why

we have a similar system here where you put up to 4 bikes up on the front of a bus.

But China is nothing that you are trying to imagine.

before you come to China

You need to set up a place to to stay

read the packing suggestions we posted the other day

and keep an open mind .

when you leave the airport take a deep breath 

second thought don't do that the pollution will kill you.

take a moment to get your thoughts then

try not to talk for a few hours just let your mind absorb the new planet you have come to

please make sure that you have some one you can stay with that can give you some guidance .

Even I had some help the first time I went to China and I have been to some very different places in my life.

Take care

I seen the driver chase a kid away once for trying.

Prams seem ok though.

China has rental bicycles in every main city area. You use your phone and go to wherever the bikes are locked and parked and use Alipay and scan the code on the bicycle. It's then unlocked and you ride the bike to ever you want to go. When you get to your destination you park the bike and scan it again to pay for it. It's very simple. You can buy your own bicycle but as I remember buses don't carry you bike. You can also rent very small cars doing the same thing. You go to where the cars are parked (many parked on the sidewalks), scan the code on the car using Alipay and you get in the unlocked car and drive to in the city to wherever you need to go. Near your destination you find a drop off point and park the car and scan it again to pay for the use of the car.