Critical Mass 3 Bicycle Ride

Riders of all sizes came, small ones... ...and big ones... ...some were excited... ... while others enjoyed the winter sunshine... There wer...

Critical Mass #3

The third critical mass bicycle ride is tomorrow (25 Nov). There is a meetup at 7am at Gulshan 2 circle and the actual ride is from Manik Mi...

Critical Mass Bicycle Ride

I went for the second Critical Mass ride last Friday. There were over 200 bicyclists! The ride started from the Parliament Building and went...

Bicycling in Cambodia

In March I went on a trip I had wanted to do for a long time - a 7-day, 360km, bicycle ride from Bangkok to Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Here are...

Deikhya Chalan Na! (Can't You Look Where You're Going!)

Last week I was bicycling to a friend's house in Gulshan. I was riding my racing bike: lightweight but hard to control. Enjoying the une...

Bicycling Tour of Old Dhaka

I took seven bicycling friends (all expats) on a "guided" tour of old Dhaka today. We picked Friday to avoid traffic congestion. T...

Brahmins and Naval Architects (Photos)

Last Friday we went for a 50-km bicycle ride out of Dhaka. It was a very foggy day: We biked east and then south of Dhaka, the last 5 km alo...

Baikka Beel (Photos)

Baikka Beel is a wildlife sanctuary in the Hail Haor wetlands near Srimongol. It is a USAID-funded project. I bicycled there yesterday. Here...

Bicycles Available in Dhaka

Someone asked about bicycle availability in Dhaka. Basically there are two kinds: the traditional ones (Phoenix is a popular brand) and the ...

Bicycling Tips for Dhaka

I have finally gotten the hang of bicycling on Dhaka streets. Here are some guidelines I find useful. Since Dhaka streets are prone to traff...

Khilkhet Bicycle Ride (Photos)

I went on a 4-hour bicycle trip through Rupganj, east of Khilkhet, with my biking buddies today. Crossing Basundhara housing we took a small...

Srimongol Bike Ride (Photos)

Yesterday I went for a 40-mile bike ride through the tea gardens in Srimongol. With me was Stefan (a biking buddy) who planned this trip and...