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groups working tirelessly to promote
bicycle riding as a healthy, fun and
ultimately beneficial activity.
THE CYCLING
MOVEMENT
“
At the moment, bike advocacy has
a long way to go before [we] can
bike safely and have clean air in
metro streets,” says Jun Salaveria,
president of CYCAD Philippines, a
group that “espouses cycling as a
low-cost, healthy, non-polluting,
alternative mode of transportation for
the Philippines.” CYCAD was formed in
1996
and has since been taking people
“
for a ride” in their annual Century
Ride. With other groups such as The
Firefly Brigade, Montalban Cycling
Club and Makati Cycling Federation,
they also organize the
Araw ng Siklista
(
Day of the Cyclist), now on its third
year, a bike caravan that takes riders
around Metro Manila’s 16 cities while
promoting bike-safe streets, clean air
and a livable future.
While there are many bike advocacy
groups active in the Philippines, each
continuing their efforts in order to make
riding Metro Manila a safer prospect,
The Retronaut Rider
They prefer their rides from the near past, picked up from
junk shops and meticulously restored to former glory. Unlike
pure collectors, these guys actually ride their vintage bikes.
If only Manila were colder, they’d be sporting tweed jackets
while riding.
Bike of choice
The vintage Beniharu Yamaguchi aka Benny is
a spruced up, custom-made, old-style clunker, complete with
Brooks leather saddle and bike bell.
Easy rider
Toti Dalmacion, homegrown music producer and
founder of Terno Recordings.
Some city
slickers prefer
foldables
B I K E T H I S C I T Y
PHOTOS
AT MACULANGAN
TheUrbanCommuters
For the Urban Commuter, the bike
serves more a utilitarian purpose than
an instrument of me-time. That’s not to
say that these folks don’t have fun on
two wheels. It’s just that there are more
important things at Points A and B than
there are during the points in between.
Bikes of choice
Easy-to-transport
foldable bikes (Limited Edition Dahon
for Courreges for Candy)
Easy riders
Candy Reyes, one of the
founders of Pedala, a couriers-on-bikes
service; and JP Alipio, founder of the
Cordillera Conservation Trust
