Climate Demonstration Cycle Chic

Hot off the presses - or rather the memory card - are these Climate Demonstration Cycle Chic shots.

Earlier today Felix and I rolled out to what was expected to be a highlight of the current climate conference here in Copenhagen. A massive demonstration that walked from the parliament to the conference centre.

The photo, above, is the demonstration's finest, chic'est Copenhagen avec bicyclette.

It's worth mentioning that the temperature was just above freezing.

Here's another excellent cycle chic Copenhagener.
The news here in Copenhagen is reporting that 100,000 people took part and it really was a brilliant demonstration. It was amazingly global with different languages spoken all around you. Many people stood along the roads and watched. Felix and I walked with the crowds for a while and then pulled over to just stare in awe at the masses of peaceful demonstrators.

It was great that he could see this. You have to go back decades to find a demonstration of this size in Copenhagen.

The number of bicycles was amazing, too. Families with cargo bikes, citizens of all ages walking their bikes, you name it. This chap is the clear winner of the Cycle Chic pour hommes award today.


Here's Felix standing in the cargo bay of our Bullitt cargo bike, from where he watched the world - literally - go by.

Dance for the Climate

Dance for the Climate.
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www.dancefortheclimate.org

Stefan from Cycle Chic Belgium worked on this amazing project.

The Cycling Girl of the Day

Last week I went for a bicyle ride with a few hundred cyclists here in Copenhagen on the last etape of the COP15 Cycling Tour of Japan hosted by the Danish Embassy in Tokyo.

There was one clear winner of the prestigious Cycle Chic Cycling Girl of the Day award.

Jeanett is a singer and she produces albums on which she sings jazzed up versions of old Danish lullabys. She was present in Japan on the Cycling Tour and, of course, she was riding along with us in Copenhagen. In true Copenhagen style.

Jeanett travels extensively with her Lullawear project, not least to Japan, and you can check it out right here. It's great for kids.

The Danish Minister of Cycle Chic

Don't you wish all politicians looked like this? Dressed in casual, everyday clothes, complete with heels, for a 13 km bicycle ride through Copenhagen last Sunday.

This is our Minister of Climate and Energy, Connie Hedegaard. The hardest working politician in Denmark this year. Travelling around the world to generate support for the upcoming COP15 Copenhagen Climate Conference where we NEED signatures from world leaders to commit to climate change challenges. It didn't go so well in Kyoto in 1997 at first, with many main countries not signing the protocol.

In December 2009, the next major climate conference will take place here in Copenhagen and this time, commitment is much needed, thank you very much.

Oh, and a major dash of Cycle Chic wouldn't hurt, either.

Read more about the bike ride over at Copenhagenize.com.