Never too broke for marriage ... Chinese couple’s bike-sharing wedding transport costs less than US$7
College sweethearts decided to save money by using public bicycles instead of renting a car at high cost
A bride in northern China was escorted to her wedding on an unusual form of transportation – a fleet of 50 cycles from a shared bike scheme.
The bride was greeted outside a hotel in central Zhengzhou in Henan province on Tuesday morning by a sea of green bicycles, the Dahe Daily reported.
Each of the bikes was adorned with five or six different coloured balloons, ridden by people wearing red T-shirts.
The bride and groom - aged 26 and 28 - hopped on to wedding bikes decorated with fresh flowers and the congregation of bicycles cycled together to the wedding location, another hotel a few blocks away. Many pedestrians stopped to take photographs and cheer on the young couple, according to the report.
The newlyweds were college sweethearts who had been dating for six years before they got engaged last year. Both had moved to Zhengzhou to work after graduating from university.
