Cycling in Mumbai has its great pleasures, any Mumbaikar would always contend, though it may not be seem to be so for people from other cities. “What! Mumbai? …….where you can barely walk on the streets, save the done-to-death Marine Drive,” they would rejoin. Wait. Bombay (Mumbai’s earlier name) has been a cyclists’ city [...]
Let’s talk about the mindset of a city cyclist. It is complex, but it springs from the simplicity of a machine called the ‘city bike’, bicycles used in cities as a means of transport or recreation. Roshan Aibara* is a 28 year old UX (user interface) designer living in Bengaluru. Roshan is a true [...]
What defines a city? Is it the buildings, or the monuments? Should a city be known by the trees in its parks and gardens or by the birds and animals that welcome every morning? What is it that represents all that a city is? Ask the poets, the writers, the artists and they’ll say [...]
Cycling has so many health benefits that it’s often astounding to just go through the list of health risks that it addresses. Science has already proved that regular cycling reduces the risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity and even cancer, and considering how convenient it is, it’s no surprise that citizens of most developed [...]
