ciclovia

went on a night bike out last night from my house to the fort ... to eat at mcdonalds - haha! well, i didn't really eat (yeah!), but i did order that "wild watermelon sprite float"! (super good! its watermelon flavored sprite with sundae on top)

anyway, biking around the city in all that pollution and traffic reminded me of the ciclovia in bogota, columbia, where over 70 miles of city streets are closed to traffic every sunday so people could come out on the streets to bike, run, walk, picnic, exercise, come together. its like a giant UP acad oval on sundays. you should see this....


what a dream :)

and here is perhaps one baby step toward a more bike-friendly manila.... free bike parking at robinsons galleria!


props to the Gokongwei's! (and to the Lopez's because rockwell has one rack, too! ) i hope more buildings and malls follow suit :)

and on to more bike news, "pedala" bikers mendel and ruel start their 10-day bike ride today from manila to davao.... here they are at kilometer 0

good luck guys! :)