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Elvira try JZ88 folding bike
"I feel like flying!"

Elvira wants to try our bike because…

“I live in toa payoh and have an office there but am a freelancer and am mostly traveling round. Projects are mainly in the east at this moment”

Therefore she intended to combine JZ88 with MRT, Taxi or just ride all the way if weather and distance permit.
Apart from light weight and compact (within luggage limit of SMRT), she was attracted by the shopping trolley mode and really likes the theft-proof benefit.

When Elvira came over to collect the trial bike she told us that she lived in Holland for 12 years and just recently came back. Being exposed to how cycling can be part of everyday commute for most there, she feel strongly that she should be able to do so in Singapore. However, road safety has been a key concern here. Therefore when she read Francis’s blog post about cycling-to-work-in-Singapore (2004) she feel very strongly that commuting cycling can help her to keep fit and she should give our folding bike a try.

Elvira wanted to cycle back to Toa Payoh from Geylang East, which happen to be the same route as Francis took when he cycle to work. With a brief instruction she went off. 40 minutes late we got her SMS saying:

“I am back, thanks. I feel like flying!”.

How to bring JZ88 on Bus?

It’s really simple, if you spot the right bus.
A while back my friend ask me what’s the best way to bring a folding bike on bus, especially during the peak hours?
I am not a bus person, so that question actually caught me unguarded. I went on to experiment on a few buses in different situations. The very old type of bus with chairs on both sides along the whole length of the bus is the worst. The only location you can leave your bike in such bus is the space on top of the left wheel. Forget about bringing your bike on bus during the peak hour, it is not yet allowed anyway.
Newer buses especially those with wheel chair access are easy. There is a big space for standing passengers and and wheel chair in the middle near the exit, here you can put your bike (folded) just against one of the walls. As seen in this recent news on Channel U clip:

Tips for old bus: make sure your bike is really secured and not moving about when you leave it on top of that platform. If the bike slip and fall it may hurt others.

Jz88 folding bike on old bus in Singapore

Tips for new bus: open up the wheel base to gain more stability for the bike. Otherwise if the bus is crowded you can sandwish the bike between your legs and the wall to prevent it from falling.

Jz88 folding bike on new bus in Singapore

Watch another TV news of Jz88 folding bike on MRT

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Other related posts/links:
– How to bring Jz88 on to MRT?
– Bicycle? no, it’s a shopping trolley!
– Jz88 folding bike home
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