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Next to safety, sweating is the most frequently cited barrier to biking in the Philippines I've heard from my friends. "Mainit. Pagpapawisan ako."
Because I use an electric bike, I sweat very little, even in inclines. E-bikes are the best!
Because I use an electric bike, I sweat very little, even in inclines. E-bikes are the best!
I invested in an e-bike bec I have a low threshold for switching travel modes.
I wanted to replace the expensive, time-consuming, unpredictable trips I'd take on Grab.
It's been a success so far: I now regularly bike from Makati to Katipunan via EDSA. I'd get there in an hour.
I wanted to replace the expensive, time-consuming, unpredictable trips I'd take on Grab.
It's been a success so far: I now regularly bike from Makati to Katipunan via EDSA. I'd get there in an hour.
Biking has also been good for my mental health.
Biking allows me to travel in open air, putting me more at ease and at less risk for covid infection. Covid is airborne.
I get quite nervous when I'm in enclosed spaces. Sadly most buses, trains, UV, cars don't open windows.
Biking allows me to travel in open air, putting me more at ease and at less risk for covid infection. Covid is airborne.
I get quite nervous when I'm in enclosed spaces. Sadly most buses, trains, UV, cars don't open windows.
[THREAD: On moving people, not cars]
1/ I recall my own "conversion" from the moving cars to the moving people perspective in public transport.
It was uncomfortable. I had to admit that whenever I rode a private car, I was slowing down other commuters who took public transport.
1/ I recall my own "conversion" from the moving cars to the moving people perspective in public transport.
It was uncomfortable. I had to admit that whenever I rode a private car, I was slowing down other commuters who took public transport.
2/ My riding a car slowed down the poor: 88 percent of households cannot afford a car. My riding a car also slowed down other cars. My riding a car slowed down EVERYONE.
3/ I had to admit I was wrong. That I made a mistake. That my earlier view of measuring traffic as the flow of cars, and not as the flow of people, was anti-poor.
