Safety comes first for cylists

Drain covers with grates parallel to the road can trap wheels. This can be easily fixed by making sure grates run 90 degrees to the road direction.

THE main concern of cyclists who commute to work are road conditions and traffic safety.

Gregers Reimann, a Danish eco-friendly buildings consultant who commutes daily between Bukit Bintang and Bangsar (about 8km each way) in Kuala Lumpur, says: “Motorists are used to looking out for motor bikes in traffic, and as a cyclist, I fall into that same category. When selecting the smaller roads, bicycling is actually quite OK, even though people always look very frightened when I tell them that I commute by bicycle.