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Why do many Nigerians no longer use bicycle as means of transportation.

It's very rare to see an average Nigerian riding bicycle to work, school or church.

What happened?

Roads got too busy. Bicycles got rare in market. Most believe 'two wheels bad four wheels good' and want to be better than their neighbours.

Havesomesense:
Why do many Nigerians no longer use bicycle as means of transportation.

It's very rare to see an average Nigerian riding bicycle to work, school or church.

What happened?

How many bicycles do you have?

If you're staying in surulere and your work place is at ikeja pls ride bicycle there.

It's become obsolete.

It's tiring too using it in Nigerian dilapidated roads. Just imagine being on a struggle with gear one climbing a hill and the chain divides.

mardis:
If you're staying in surulere and you work place is at ikeja pls ride bicycle there.

How bout riding to places like school, church, market, saloon, etc

chatinent:
It's become obsolete.

It's tiring too using it in Nigerian dilapidated roads. Just imagine being on a struggle with gear one climbing a hill and the chain divides.

Not every road is too bad for a bicycle.

budaatum:
Roads got too busy. Bicycles got rare in market. Most believe 'two wheels bad four wheels good' and want to be better than their neighbours.

I think you are right

Havesomesense:
Not every road is too bad for a bicycle.

I see some guys using it in my street.

With the way fuel is sky-rocketing, man may resort to buying one for the rainy days.

Havesomesense:
How bout riding to places like school, church, market, saloon, etc

You can, once in a while, it is a form of exercise though.

No be road weh good and smooth them dey ride bicycle on top.
You want make person pikin ride bicycle go fall inside pot holes weh deep like Well.

Havesomesense:
Why do many Nigerians no longer use bicycle as means of transportation.

It's very rare to see an average Nigerian riding bicycle to work, school or church.

What happened?

With these mad cows called trailer drivers and their crazy driving.?
Who wants to die a painful death ?

U want to kill person, Nigerians wen de drive anyhow when on d stereo, na him u de say make we still de use bicycle wen dos small small boys de speed anyhow. Safety first.

Have you been to the north? Is a norm here.

frozen70:
With these mad cows called trailer drivers and their crazy driving.?
Who wants to die a painful death ?

If you ride carefully and it is not your time to go 6ft below. You are good.

mardis:
You can, once in a while, it is a form of exercise though.

However these days nobody does that.

It still pains me till today that I don't know how to ride a bicycle. After the children bicycle my dad bought for us to ride around the house, I never rode one again until I turned 9, when we traveled to the village for summer break but the thing injured me badly that I still have the scar on my leg till today.

I can never forget that day.

chatinent:
I see some guys using it in my street.

With the way fuel is sky-rocketing, man may resort to buying one for the rainy days.

Bicycles should be relevant with the way things are now.

yuping:
Have you been to the north? Is a norm here.

But not in the south.

Everybody in the south wants a car or nothing.

Havesomesense:
If you ride carefully and it is not your time to go 6ft below. You are good.

That's gambling, you can't ride a bicycle one a crazy road that all sort of vehicles are spreading on

Assuming the bicycle have a separate lane like BRT then every average Nigerian will ride one excluding minors

This is one of the flaws of our society. The petrodollar made us to equate ourselves with the West overnight. Everything in our lifestyle was designed to look like them. Meanwhile we were not productive.

Asians and Eastern Europe maintained their conservative lifestyle. The roads were designed to accommodate bicycles and motorcycles. Today they are richer than us but there are still provisions for their old lifestyle.

While India and China had tricycle and bicycle aplenty inspite of their advancement, it was poverty that wiped our senses that made us to remember them. Our roads had no provision for them abinitio.

We need a rethink.

Vision101:
This is one of the flaws of our society. The petrodollar made us to equate ourselves with the West overnight. Everything in our lifestyle was designed to look like them. Meanwhile we were not productive.

Asians and Eastern Europe maintained their conservative lifestyle. The roads were designed to accommodate bicycles and motorcycles. Today they are richer than us but there are still provisions for their old lifestyle.

While India and China had tricycle and bicycle aplenty inspite of their advancement, it was poverty that wiped our senses that made us to remember them. Our roads had no provision for them abinitio.

We need a rethink.

You are right

Lol, bicycles on Nigeria's bad roads with majorly crazy drivers with no respect for traffic rules.