phillipine bicycleculture

[karl]

In search of bicyclesidecar data i stumbled upon these:
¨A Philippine pedicab is called a traysikad', trisikad--or simply sikad--or padyak (to tramp or stamp one's feet) and is made by mounting a sidecar to a regular bicycle. ¨ (wiki)

Did some more googling and found out they make awesome chopperbicycles too:
they re called sikad or padyak choppers

Pics aint mine. Sulit is a secondhand site i guess..

 

[MplsCoaster]

Way cool! It would be fun to see more...

 

[karl]

Sidecar race!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvT_iZ3gCw0

 

[karl]

 

[Hamza Angsa Dacuma]

LOL, I'm from the Philippines its so nice to see this "PADYAK" on your site. I'm also planning to build my own version for padyak (Ratrod version covered in rust, wink). If I'm correct the picture from above is from Zamboanga, and Padyak choppers are rampant at our town Tarlac.

 

[karl]

Hi Hamza, looking forward to see your ratrodpadyak!
I wouldnt know where those pics were taken, i just grabbed them off the net.
But i think the Philippines have some of the best custom bicycles in the world..

 

[Howie64]

I prefer to read this kind of nice stuff. The quality of content is fine and the conclusion is good. Thanks for the post.

 

[GTR]

Interesting stuff. Really like the choppers with the high backbones. Gives them a true motorcycle fell. Big thanks to karl for finding these.

 

[Joe Conde]

Hi Karl, mabuhay from Manila! It's nice to see you found interest in our bike culture. Here's a link to a recent bike show I attended, hope you like them ;-)

http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/bike-wars-3-june-14-2014.84528/

 

[wheelbender6]

They had the pedicabs when I was in the Philippines, a few decades ago, but they didn't have those cool choppers. The pedicab drivers were far stronger than they looked.

 

[Joe Conde]

Here are some photos of a bike build that I think is indigenous to the Philippines. Hope you enjoy them

http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/filipino-easyrider-bike-build.85381/

 

[karl]

Hi Joe, i don,t see any photos..?

 

[Joe Conde]

Hi Joe, i don,t see any photos..?

Oooops, sorry Karl. Edited my post, there should be a link now

 

[Joe Conde]

They had the pedicabs when I was in the Philippines, a few decades ago, but they didn't have those cool choppers. The pedicab drivers were far stronger than they looked.

Here's a sample of a pimped out one

"Tuloy Po Kayo" translates to Please Come In.

*Not my photo.