Over the past few years, more women are biking in the Philippines. While cycling can be fun and convenient, there are unfortunate realities that women bikers face on the road. In this episode of Tambike Session, cyclists Aencille Santos and Aly Pabellano talk about their experiences on the road — the good, the bad and their everyday struggles.

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Tambike Session is an ANIMA podcast.

Learning to balance on a bicycle can already be hard — but it’s more challenging to ride a bike along with cars on the big roads of Metro Manila. In this episode, Lester Babiera talks with couple Jilson Tiu and Alyosha Robillas on how the former taught his girlfriend to confidently cycle in the city. From balancing sessions on an empty parking lot to riding with friends and coffee dates, they tell their experiences, struggles and tips for newbies.

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Tambike Session is an ANIMA podcast.

We’re celebrating the first anniversary of Tambike Session and in this episode, it’s best to talk about “tambikes.” We invited urban cyclists Reine Bantang and Blu Gonzales to discuss their favorite hangout spots, what it's like to meet friends on a bike, the community built in these bike-friendly places and their dream destinations.

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Tambike Session is an ANIMA podcast.

Horror stories about cycling seem to be popular nowadays — even if we’re still a few months away from Halloween. In this episode, Lester Babiera shares some spooky biking stories that he experienced, made up and as well as narratives from his friends in the cycling community.

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Tambike Session is an ANIMA podcast.

When it was announced that bike lanes along Ayala Avenue will be converted into sharrows, a movement sparked. The Make It Safer, Makati movement has mobilized hundreds of cyclists and commuters who went online and to the streets to protest against the decision of removing the dedicated lanes to active transport. How did it start? In this episode, Lester Babiera talks with mobility advocates Tina Batalla and Alyssa Belda to know more about how the movement started and what happened as they fight for safer and equitable roads.

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Tambike Session is an ANIMA podcast.

For a few non-cyclists, protected bike lanes are seen as something that takes too much space on the road and even brand it as a nuisance. Why is it important?

Active transport users expressed their dismay when Make It Makati announced that it will be removing the dedicated bike lanes along Ayala Avenue, forcing them to dangerously mix with motorists. In this episode, Lester Babiera talks with cyclists Celine Mallari and Poncho Rulloda to discuss this issue and explain why protected cycling lanes are important.

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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and it’s best to talk about something close to our hearts — love. In this episode, Lester Babiera talks with cyclists Dyl Mesina, Thysz Estrada and Ian Agustin about the dos and don'ts of flirting in the cycling community. Listen closely as they give tips on how to date, court and make cyclists fall in love.

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Cycling has been getting a lot of media mileage lately — from improving bike infrastructure, dissent towards bike lanes and biking programs. And we’d like to know how bike commuters think about the attention that their form of transport is getting in both mainstream and social media. Lester Babiera talks with mobility advocates Eli Go Tian and Jash Manuel about their reactions with cycling in the media.

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On our last episode, bike commuters Justin de Dios, Eugene Cañelas and Nemo Garcia talked about their stories biking around the biggest city in Metro Manila. In the second part of this podcast about cycling in Quezon City, we reviewed the six different districts in terms of being bikeable based on our experiences — the best, the worst and what needs to be improved.

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Tambike Session is an ANIMA podcast.

Quezon City is the largest city in Metro Manila in terms of land size and population. We’ve seen how its bike infrastructure improved over the years with the local government promising that it would further develop and connect its cycling network. But is it really bikeable in QC? In this episode, we asked residents and bike commuters Justin de Dios, Eugene Cañelas and Nemo Garcia to share their experiences cycling around their neighborhood and nearby districts.

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Tambike Session is an ANIMA podcast.