I am spending time between New Zealand and Singapore at the moment.

In Singapore there's a huge "immigrant worker" population of mainly men from neigbouring countries brought over to work on projects and housed in dorms. They don't get paid alot in Singapore standards but do get free board and food. Their main way of getting around is by bike, often with bicycle baskets,a friend on the back, a pair of jandals and the seat as low as possible. They ride on the footpath, on the road, against the traffic- basically everywhere.

And then there's the lycra warriors on the weekends and holidays. I think they see us riding our bikes and think WE are crazy. And they always ask "how much your bike"- I don't give an exact figure anymore and just say " very expensive" otherwise their eyes bug out of their heads.