Have you been biking to and from work? What's the experience like?
From my home to my place of work is just under 15 kilometers—not exactly a jaunt, but well within reasonable cycling range.
But you can ride to work in any kind of roadworthy bicycle. Cyclists are the original rainbow coalition. On the way to the office I see people riding mountain bikes, Japanese surplus mamachari or “mom bikes,” small-wheel folding bikes, BMX bikes, fancy expensive-looking road racing machines, bulletproof long-distance tourers and battered “rat” bikes cobbled together from odds and ends.
In my messenger bag are the essentials: my work stuff as well as bicycle tools, a tire pump, patches and a spare inner tube. Hard to say. There are only intermittent lines of paint which, I gather, show where the future bike lanes will be. Between Ortigas and Shaw where I will make a right turn, the paint markings disappear and reappear at puzzling, seemingly random intervals.
Until then, reality bites. And the reality is, you’re on your own. This is the inverse side of the freedom and independence that bicycling offers—you need to take responsibility for your own safety.
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