well uh my name is Martin and you’re
probably wondering why I have my biker
with me
well this bike is very important me I’m
going to tell you why it’s going to be
important to you well first off I’m from
Taiwan where giant the biggest bike
company in the world is located in and
we have some of the best bike sharing
programs in the world for the public to
use so it’s one of the most popular ways
to travel in Taiwan I want to bring that
to Vietnam as well now who here owns a
we’re here prefers motorbikes cars over
biking well I’m going to change that
opinion of yours and I’m going to tell
you why it’s better to commute with a
some of the benefits of biking first off
is a better lifestyle you improve a
bigger health as with my dad he has a
few heart problems but when we were at
our old house he would bike every
Saturday around our compound at district
two and it was one of his ways to lose
weight and it was one of the ways he
would do some exercise because he
couldn’t do anything strenuous such as
playing tennis or stuff like that so he
had biking and he had golfing I also
improve experience some of these
improvements such as volleyball and
basketball eyebrow I wrote every day
since grade 9 to school and I
experienced greater leg strength I was
able to jump higher than usual I
experienced more endurance in my leg and
that was how we want the tournament this
year
well moving on we also experience better
traffic this is Vietnam at its rush-hour
cars motorbikes piling up at times we
want to come home just a parent just to
see our kids or families we’re more
worried about getting home at this time
and at this time we just can’t do much
all we have to do is just sit there wait
around waiting for the cars to move
around but with a bike it’s much safer
it’s much faster and we can get through
it but not allowed people bite why if
there was any polyp you can easily pick
up your bike just like I did just now
except with a bit of struggle you can
easily move around go on the side way
and then after going through the traffic
you’re over it and then you can continue
pedaling so it’s a great way to improve
rush hour now on to a bigger problem
global global warming cars and
motorbikes especially private ones to do
61 percent of our global carbon emission
and that’s actually a very big number
and earth is limited we we only have one
earth there is no Mars that we can live
in there is no earth – we have this one
earth so why are we protecting it at all
and listen you guys aren’t going to live
forever but your kids your future
generations will have either place to
live and if you start making this world
a better place and it’s worth them that
they can have a better place not just
for you now this is why you every
morning a very quiet road I found a
shortcut a couple of months ago where
there is no cars there are a few
motorbikes because it’s a residential
area it leads to the parking lot with
you and I don’t have to worry about any
sound I don’t have to worry about any
cars pulling up and just get to school
super fast it takes me five minutes to
get to school now usually before after I
moved house it took me 15 laughter I
found this empty road it sits inside
we have two residential bikers before I
move on mr. bill and mr. John
miscibility here has been riding since
this year and for that it took him 22
minutes to get from his house to school
on a motorbike but it took him 18
minutes on a bicycle so as you can see
it’s not that hard to bike around or get
to school with your bike is it superfast
and if you really put in the effort it
becomes easy mr. John here was even more
impressive you’ve been fighting for ten
years he hasn’t spent money on gas at
all and he gets to school faster than
anybody in our faculty he gets here at
6:30 and school doesn’t start until 8:00
and you can see it’s very impressive
what he’s been doing and he hasn’t spent
money on gas and gas is one of the
leading causes of burn a carbon emission
it uses coal it uses fossil fuel and
we’re running out on those resources so
kudos to mr. John now how do you get
started getting the bike that’s for you
you’ll need an expensive robot you need
an expensive mountain bike start biking
your main goal is just getting from A to
B getting a fixie or a mommy bike a
fixie is super inexpensive it costs
around five hundred to two million VND
and if you can get used you can get even
cheaper and if they ever break on you
and either they’re just get a new chain
which is getting you bike it’s not a big
investment but if you’re an enthusiast
like mr. John who’s been riding for a
longer time and maybe gain investing in
a row bike the thing is these things
cost a lot but you put in the right
money and the right care these things
can last you for a lifetime his bike 15
years it has been with him it’s almost
and thing is he brought this from
Thailand
he didn’t bought it here he brought it
from Thailand with him just to ride
around Vietnam and I see him riding
faster than anybody he outranked mr.
bill on the map on the Saigon bridge I
look at it he’s smaller than mr. bill is
those this big six feet dude but mr.
jeong’s a five feet 455 guy ooh
diem is built all right now for those of
you who want a workout through biking or
riding in a long trail then don’t do it
alone ride with the group find some
friends who like biking with you and
make it an enjoyable event you don’t
have to ride alone listen to music on
your ride play with your friends it’s a
great opportunity for you to socialize
and it’s a great way you guys can
improve with each other you are there to
be you’re each other’s support and
inspiration now you don’t have friends
who like to bike and joining a bike club
or joining asking your local shop if
they have weekly write the one here in
district 2 called the bike shop has one
every Sunday from 6 all the way to 12
where they ride from here all the way to
the suburbs then returning back that’s a
great 6 L workout you will do without
even thinking about because you’re
forcing yourself to do these extra work
extra workout and in the long run or pay
off now before I end off think of
Vietnam right now it’s very chaotic
especially during rush hour the air
quality is not the best and it’s not the
best place to live with or breathe and
if you can think from 30 years or where
you have to bike where was your only
option to go to school to work to the
market buy stuff wasn’t it such a more
peaceful time even though it was your
only option cars weren’t piling up
motorbikes were for the riches bike
English only option bereavement walking
it was much better time but five years
from now imagine everybody started
biking again just for the sake of it
imagine how peaceful we can be again
imagine how you can be a much better
place
how much more serene it is three kids
for you bike or just go to work well
thank you very much that’s all [Applause]