What it means to cycle across Lagos
Cycling in a dense city like Lagos – without dedicated bike lanes – comes with its challenges.
After the gradual ease of the coronavirus lockdown in 2020, four friends decided to pick up their bicycles and ride across Lagos mainland on Saturdays as a means to keep fit and have fun.
For Dipo Adebowale, Desola Adesanya, Omolaso Onochie and Seun Adesanya, the weekend rides started as a hobby, but it soon gave birth to a community of cyclers as others began to develop interest in the activity.
But cycling in a dense city like Lagos – without dedicated bike lanes – comes with its challenges.
Adesanya, one of the co-founders of City Cyclers and an operations manager at a fintech, spoke to The Ikeja Record’s Omon Okhuevbie about the cycling community, the challenges faced by cyclists in Lagos, what the Lagos government needs to do to improve the cycling culture and the close-knit social community they are building through cycling.
This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
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