"Life is short, and it makes sense to do something you love." Gong Zhiwei said while maintaining his beloved antique bicycle.
Master Gong, who is nearly 70 years old, has been collecting old bicycles for 31 years. Out of love, he taught himself to study the repair and maintenance techniques of bicycles, and also established his own "studio" in the basement of the community. At present, Master Gong has hidden nearly 70 old bicycles and is a veritable "bicycle player".
"People have no self, people have my essence, and people are fine and I am lonely" is the principle of Master Gong's collection. The antique bicycles in the collection are divided into three categories: Western cars (mainly British and Dutch brands, mainly produced before the 1950s), Japanese cars (produced before the 1980s) and domestic old cars (permanent, Phoenix, Flying Pigeon and other brands, mainly produced before the 1960s). Among them, the "treasure of the town hall" is a British car from the 1930s, which can be called the Rolls-Royce of british bicycles, which is unique in the whole of Shanghai.
During a ride, a friend who drove a Harley motorcycle once wanted to exchange his motorcycle with Master Gong's bicycle, but he refused. "Every car is my brainchild, I can't buy it with money, and it took me years to accumulate it." Every car brought by Master Gong will be meticulously decomposed, cleaned, and inspected; the whole network seeks high-quality scarce parts and even some self-made maintenance tools. He and every car have their own story, lamenting that time is like a white colt passing through the gap, not enough for him to write this story longer.
When Master Gong and his riders once again rode on antique bicycles, the citizens picked up their mobile phones to record the style of this group of old Keler. Bicycles, as part of the Culture of Shanghai School, have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in these decades. As a collector, Master Gong was excited and excited to see this scene: "My wish is that there will be a bicycle museum in Shanghai, so that these antique collections sleeping in the basement can be shared with everyone." ”
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Thirty years after the wheel of time,
Seventy collections of the HaiPai.
Text: Li Weixin
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