Globalti
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This BBC feature caught my eye: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47709673
It's good to know that bicycles are given proper recognition in Eritrea as a convenient and affordable means of transport. In neighbouring Ethiopia, Sudan and almost all the other African countries I've visited, a bicycle is scorned as a poor person's transport and everybody aspires to owning a car, making the roads very dangerous and unhealthy for cyclists. There are pockets of sports use of bikes as @Cycleops will tell you and the Strava Global Heatmap shows sport cycling happening around cities like Accra, Lagos, Nairobbery etc. and a lot in South Africa, which has a much more sporting character.
Strava Global Heatmap: https://www.strava.com/heatmap#3.06/8.67370/12.20508/hot/ride
Ownership of GPS devices must have boomed in Africa even in the six months since I last looked at this fascinating website; it's even now showing bikes travelling down from Cairo to Addis and beyond.
It's good to know that bicycles are given proper recognition in Eritrea as a convenient and affordable means of transport. In neighbouring Ethiopia, Sudan and almost all the other African countries I've visited, a bicycle is scorned as a poor person's transport and everybody aspires to owning a car, making the roads very dangerous and unhealthy for cyclists. There are pockets of sports use of bikes as @Cycleops will tell you and the Strava Global Heatmap shows sport cycling happening around cities like Accra, Lagos, Nairobbery etc. and a lot in South Africa, which has a much more sporting character.
Strava Global Heatmap: https://www.strava.com/heatmap#3.06/8.67370/12.20508/hot/ride
Ownership of GPS devices must have boomed in Africa even in the six months since I last looked at this fascinating website; it's even now showing bikes travelling down from Cairo to Addis and beyond.
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