Riding the bicycle

In a time where riding a bicycle is almost becoming rare, I bought one. A real Chinese bicylce: black, old fashioned, and very very heavy. It's a "Forever" or "YongJiu" in Chinese.
Together with a colleague, I ordered a set of bicycles in Shanghai and shipped them to Fuzhou. The reason we ordered them in Shanghai, was that the size we needed was not available here.

Because the bicycles came as CKD kits, I had to assemble the bike myself, something I hadn't done anymore since I was a student. Nonetheless, all went well. However, during the assembling, I noticed that the quality of the bicycle was not that great; I destroyed the threading of one pedal. Since I could not get the part here in Fuzhou, I had to ask my father in law to get it for me in Shanghai.
After it arrived earlier this week, I could finally finish my bicycle today! And to make a test ride on it, I rode around in the neigbourhood for a while.

I also took my camera to make some pictures on the way. And then I noticed that some left-overs from the past are still present in China. A westerner ... with a big camera around his neck ... riding a bicycle ... and making pictures of what are definitely not tourist sites, was obviously suspicious.
On the 30 minutes ride, I was stopped three times by 'officials' who wanted to know what I was doing.
On such occasions, it's better to pretend not to understand any Chinese. In that way, the conversation remains short. And since the 'officials' did not find a proper way to deal with me, I could continue my ride.
'No problem, sir,' they told me.