Riding free

He has cycled across most of China and plans to keep traveling anywhere he can reach on two wheels. Deng Zhangyu chats to a man who lives by the seat of his bicycle.

How much did your bicycle cost? Are you married? How many children do you have? These were the most common questions posed to Spaniard David Barrionuevo as he rode across China over the past five years.

Barrionuevo's friend who runs a bike shop in Madrid paid for the bike. And the cyclist has fallen in love with a woman in Beijing, but he is not married yet, so no children.