Most of us know the things that we should bring on every ride. Safety equipment, lights for riding at night, and our roadside repair items with that minipump, a spare tube or two, tire levers, and patch kits. There is even a secondary set of...
Cyclists are no strangers to wet weather. Bike commuters will tell you that you can’t let a little (or a lot of) rain stop you from getting around, and even enthusiasts know that riding in the wet is part of the life of a cyclist. We’ve already...
Students of history will be quick to tell you that what we know of the past is based on what we can find of its fragments. We scour archives for documents, photos, correspondences, scripts, journals, publications, and manuscripts; and, like...
In the past months, there has been a push, both within and outside the cycling community, for protected bike lanes. There are local government units that have heeded the call and established bike lanes along certain roads. Recently, however, there...
Being a bicycle and clean air advocate, I’ve always espoused that biking, whether as a hobby, a sport or as a practical means of commuting need not be fancy or expensive. Heavy Metal Red I’ve been using my 2nd hand “Specialized” generic bike, “Red”...
My heart sank after reading Mayor Isko Moreno’s opinion piece on bike lanes in the Manila Bulletin and for quite a few reasons. It’s one thing for a city mayor to be half-hearted about setting up bike lanes in his city, but quite another for him to...