The bicycle is fast disappearing from an increasingly motorized and urbanized world, although it has made a comeback of sorts among the better heeled as a status symbol with canggih (sophisticated) materials, fittings and accessories. Artist Chow Chin Chuan, dubbed the Bicycle Man in Malaysian Art, continues with his street saga of the old workhorse albeit now it is only found in smaller towns where it is still useful for short distances, to go places or run errands. The old bicycles came with a saddle at the back for the pillion or for putting a basket (small metal or large rattan) for putting goods or belongings. But its demise is hastened by the dearth of bicycle shops in the cities and big towns, for spare parts and repairs. Chow’s fondness for bicycles is from the memory of his father, who ran a retail shop, using it to transport goods from house to house and to nip over to the neighbourhood kopitiam (coffee-shop) to chit-chat.