I just got back from a trip to Cambodia and rode a bike there; I can definitely see the appeal! My peer group has a pretty negative perception of bikes, though:

I just got back from a trip to Cambodia and rode a bike there; I can definitely see the appeal! My peer group has a pretty negative perception of bikes, though: they see bike riders as reckless and bikes as dangerous and polluting. I wonder what it would take to build a culture akin to what exists now for bicycles.