{"id":55895,"date":"2015-06-25T22:29:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T20:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=55895"},"modified":"2020-08-01T23:15:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T21:15:50","slug":"pros-and-cons-of-bicing-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/pros-and-cons-of-bicing-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Pros and Cons of BiCing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever walked down an incredibly busy street, let\u2019s say, Portal de l\u2019Angel, and heard an obnoxious and aggressive \u201cding\u201d behind you? That is the battle cry of the ever-frustrated BiCing rider, who very rarely wins the war vs. pedestrians for the sidewalk.<\/p>\n

If you\"BicicletaBicing\"<\/a> are a tourist in Barcelona and you hear that spiteful \u201cding\u201d, you might move and feel bad for being in the way. If you are a local, however, you will either change your direction ever so slightly without even checking, or you will just continue as if nothing happened.<\/p>\n

To obtain the\u00a0BiCing<\/strong> card<\/span>, one must be a resident, permanent or temporary, in Catalunya. This in itself makes us BiCing riders think that we have the right-of-way against pedestrians, because after all, we are locals and they are tourists<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I have been in both the rider\u2019s and the local pedestrian\u2019s shoes, and I can tell you first-hand that it is annoying. Like anything, there are always pros<\/strong> and cons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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