“…I will not speculate to what extent the system of moto-mobility should be considered as self-expanding, nor will I focus on how or whether it is expanding globally, 5 but will rather analyse the local materialisation of a mobility system. The social, cultural and material interlinkages of moto-mobility have fundamentally shaped Hanoi, from infrastructure through consumption geography to everyday practices (see Hansen 2015b). And just like Urry describes the car-driver, the motorbike-rider can usefully be conceptualised as a 'hybrid assemblage of specific human activities, machines, roads, buildings, signs and cultures of mobility' (Urry 2004, 26).…”