NAME: Ryan Branson
LOCATION: Whangarei, New Zealand
OCCUPATION: Retail Assistant

Where do you live and what’s it like riding in your city?
Whangarei, NZ has been home for 15 years now. No cycle lanes and a reasonable amount of driver ignorance makes it interesting but good fun as traffic is congested and stop-start all the time so I am usually first at the lights and can blast past. Cars traveling from the ‘burbs are a hassle and make it hard to merge lanes to turn into the city.

What was your favorite city to ride in, and why?
The city of Norwich in England as this was my teen cycle stomping ground. I spent all of my time riding and finding every alley, nook and service lane I could find. Once you have conquered the whole city then you have no fear from her and the traffic within it. The buzz, the noise, the life of the city—it flows through my veins.

Why do you love riding in the city?
Think of the Chili Peppers song “Under The Bridge”—that sums up the love of urban riding for me.

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NAME: Neszetibor
LOCATION: Budapest, Hungary
OCCUPATION: DPT Operator

Where do you live and what’s it like riding in your city?
My home is Budapest. For a beginner it is hard to start riding in this city, but if you do it frequently you can find your place in the traffic. There are only a few bike lanes and they do not connect. City governance has so much work to do, and soon they will have to due to the increasing numbers of bike users. There are so many rude car drivers also, who both disturb your ride and do not care about the pedestrians… Shame.

What was your favorite city to ride in, and why?
I only had the chance to ride in Stockholm, Sweden. The traffic moral is so good, there were so many situations where in Hungary car drivers would honk my head off, but here they were decent.

Why do you love riding in the city?
Riding totally changed my life. Every thought is around bikes, building bikes. I go everywhere by bike, no matter if it is winter cold, raining or summer hot. This way I can be a little bit of an outsider from this gray society. It makes my days colorful.

Or just say whatever you want about riding in the city… Poetry anyone?
When we see a bike friend on our way we yell to each other: RAKD MEG!

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