| Although the bus is a convenient and comfortable way | | | | secure the front wheel. |
| of travelling, some people choose to use bikes instead, | | | | Basic steps in unloading your bike includes removing |
| may it be for physical or fitness purposes or financial | | | | any items attached to your bike like water bottles. |
| issues. But, imagine yourself pedaling 50 kilometers to | | | | Then, pull the bicycle rack down if it is folded and put |
| work or riding your bike through rain or snow. | | | | your bike onto the rack and make sure that the |
| Public buses have a device called bicycle racks | | | | wheels are in the slot. Last is to raise the support bar |
| attached to the front where passengers/bikers can | | | | and put it at the top of the front wheel. When it comes |
| mount their bikes if they decide to take a bus home or | | | | to unloading, it is just as simple as loading. |
| during emergencies such as flat tires and heavy rain. It | | | | All you have to do is raise the support arm of the tire |
| gives people a choice to avoid riding bikes in dark, uphill | | | | of your bike and lift it out of the rack. If the rack is |
| and uncomfortable biking trails. It also allows cyclists to | | | | empty, fold up the rack (but some buses have |
| take advantage of bus transportation for extremely | | | | electronic bike racks in which the driver will lower or |
| long commutes. | | | | fold the carriers back in place) and make sure that it is |
| Initially, bike racks were only used on certain buses that | | | | locked into place before signaling the driver that you |
| traveled on a bridge with no bike lanes. And the first | | | | are clear of. |
| bike carriers were installed on selected buses only. But | | | | It is very important to use safety precautions like giving |
| nowadays, most of the public buses have bike racks | | | | signals or communicating with the driver before |
| to accommodate those individuals with bikes that also | | | | mounting or dismounting your bike. And to protect |
| want to travel via bus. | | | | yourself from any accidents on the road, always load |
| Bus bike racks are composed of metal bars that are | | | | and unload your bikes from the passenger side of the |
| long, thin and oval-shaped with a space in the middle. | | | | bus and make sure to move away from the bus |
| On the lower part is a piece of metal where the tires | | | | immediately after dismounting your bike. Bus bike |
| of your bike will sit on. Another foldable metal bar will | | | | racks are safe and very easy to use. |