"One of the advantages of commuting with a folding bike is that you can do 'bimodal' commuting. This is simply combining biking with another form of transport, such as trains, buses, cars, boats planes and others. This way one can go long distances efficiently without the worries of driving through traffic.
On this trip, we boarded at Roosevelt Station, heading towards Luneta Park, Manila. This station is around 3 km from where we live, too far for walking, too cumbersome to commute in helmets (2 rides), but easily reached by bicycle. We were pleasantly surprised to see that the train we rode on sported a rainforest theme, complete with poster artwork and stuff toy macaws and parrots. It was very relaxing.
We reached Kalaw station and biked the rest of the way, 2 kilometers to our meeting. Bimodal transport is really a great way to travel in the city!
Bikes used: Tern Verge P18 and Bickerton Pilot 1407. Both fold up easily and can be wheeled into the trains.
