Molo has it.

i took pictures of bike users passing by the Molo Bus Terminal. I was quite impressed the versatility that this non-motorized animal has become. i only hung around for less than half an hour, late afternoon of a Saturday and counted more or less 15-20 bike users, including the pedicab/cargo bike users. about 95% of what i saw were utilitarian and urban bike users. and majority of the pedicabs i saw were either junkers, for hire or peddlers. i saw men "junking" with their kids, about a couple of their wives--and in one of the two groups, the wife was pregnant.

there was one bike users that really caught my eye--unfortunately not captured on: they were 4 on one bmx bike. which is pretty insane because, WOW! where do you get skills like that? do they teach that in PhD college or something? do you need like a special course in physics to learn to balance 4 people on one small bike like that? totally blew my mind--and my phone camera was too speechless it didn't open its shutter when i clicked the "take picture now" button. I say to keep this creativity going, we should give them "special roads". I heard in other bike cities they call it "exclusive or segregated bike lanes". this exclusive bike lanes, i was told is a special lane for those who want to use their bikes. and no, it is not shared with cars and trucks and deadly things that run on four wheels (and sometimes two: remember the motorized bicycles? i think they call them overspeeding scooters). Yes, it is a road, and most run parallel to the deadly-four-wheels-only-roads but only that, it is for bike users. and just them. sometimes they also put a strip of green to separate them bike roads from motor-users roads. i was told some places were so far advance they call their special roads "cycle superhighway"-- yes, a highway for just bike users. anyone of ya ever heard of that? my mind is officially blown.

and before that even happens, let me present to you the humble snapshots of the beautiful and handsome bike users of Iloilo City.

Shade-y gents

One of the important accessories to have as a bike user is perhaps the sunglasses, or shades as we would normally call it. it very well keeps those glare late afternoon sun of our eyes, allowing us to concentrate on the road while pedalling to and from home--but mostly to home.

i have never been a shade user myself; i wanted to but i never really learned to get use to it like it was my second eyes. In that case, the cap with a wide visor is always second best choice. 

here are the shade-y gentlemen biker users of Iloilo City, going past the bus terminal in Molo, always looking cool in their main mode of transport. there were more bike users than i expected; my very slow phone camera couldn't keep up with them.