Riding a bike

Riding a bicycle is an option to save money from transport fee. Rather than complaining about world economic crisis. I choose to find a way to save money.

Besides, riding a bike makes me fit and helping others to breathe clean air.

Be very careful to ride a bike in Jakarta. Jakarta do not have any bicycle way yet. Mini and micro bus always cut me off and motorbike riders does it, too. Suddenly, I have to pull out my hand brake very hard to avoid collision with motorbike riders, mini and micro bus.

Use folding bike, if your office or your school does not have much parking lot. You can folding your bike and keep it in save place.

Put necessary bicycle lamp on your back. Let others know that you are riding a bike especially in night time.

Set up mirror on top of your bike handle on the left and the right, to watch your back from mirror before you are turning left or right.

Put on your bike helmet on your head. Keep your head save!

Use your eyeglasses to protect your eyes from road dust or fog.

Use a simple breath apparatus looks like masker to help you breathe clean air.

Wear bicycle costume to comfort your move. You can wear a tee shirt with jeans, dress pants or training clothes will do.

Wear bicycle shoes or other kind of shoes will do, to protect your feet from collision or hit the road.

Use a hand gloves to keep your hands stay on grip of bicycle handle.

Ride safely, use bicycle way as your local government provided.

Use traffic light to cross an intersection and…

Don’t forget, to use your hand while your are turning left or right. So other driver at back will knows where you want to go and take a good distance to you.