NAME: Acit Salbini
LOCATION: Taipa, Macau
OCCUPATION: Carpenter, Founder of PEONFX

Where do you live and what’s it like riding in your city?

I’m currently living in Taipa, Macau, one of two islands that divide the country. Macau is the central business district with all the hustle and bustle, but it also has hills that kill. Taipa is nearly perfect for riding around, with less traffic and fewer hills. Riding fixed is a crime in Macau—if the police spot you with no brakes they’ll try to confiscate your bike. There are three bridges linking Macau and Taipa, but none allow bicycles, which sucks!

There aren’t many traffic lights in Taipa, so every single vehicle wants to go first. Driving antics in Macau are brutal—nobody signals and vehicles stop wherever they want. Still, I love the morning rush hour, riding to work where the streets are my playground.

Why do you love riding in the city?

The perfect way to start my day is to ride to work. Feeling free with a fresh morning breeze at no cost. Love the rush and challenge in the morning. I beat those people who took the company transport. Have my music on, singing along to whatever is playing on my iPod. Once I get to work there are colleagues passing comments like, “Hey! You seem like you had a good night last night…” Nope it was the ride this morning.

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