Cool Copenhagen Cruisers

We have a few custom cruiser bikes cruising Copenhagen streets in the weekends showing off their super-long, ultra-low rides. Above: True 50's look for a perfect custom cruiser fit. Below: If not the longest ride, surely the longest handle bars in Copenhagen.




Happy Orange!



Love the beer can holder. Wonder what happens when he opens it?



Soft cruiser style for the daily commute.



Happy Cycling!

Cycle Chic, Cycle Hip, Cycle Cool on Venice Beach (LA)

In the car-oriented city of Los Angeles, Venice Beach is a small paradise for the cyclists. Not only because of the beach cycle trail along the waterfront but also since many cycle lanes cover the district.
Abbot Kinney boulevard is the street where a mix of chic, hip and cool cyclists appreciate hanging out.


Abbot Kinney boulevard in the daytime.


Denim mini shorts & leather boots remain a classic in California.




Abbot Kinney boulevard by night.


Abbot Kinney - himself - on a bike for the up-coming festival.


Nowadays, on Abbot Kinney boulevard, cruiser bikes are no longer the only choice as you can also find vintage city bicycles. Linus, a local brand, inspired by other brands from Europe, has its showroom there.

More pictures of cyclists from Venice Beach.

Riding the Bull

Riding your Beach Cruiser bike in style can take a little practice because you are handling an unwieldy oversized bullhorn-shaped bar. On the other hand for shear looks Beach Cruiser bars surely help you glide majestically through the city.




No rush here.



Enjoying the bare essentials of cycling. No gears, no basket.



And a dedicated follower of fashion…



Happy Cycling!

Bondi Beach Cruisers

This is brilliant. A cool film feat. Australian Cycle Chic for Bondi Beach Cruisers made by +61 Collective. Cycle Chic is lovin' this on this, the last day of summer in Copenhagen. So says the weather gurus, anyway.

Costa Rica Cycle Chic

My little brother was on holiday in Costa Rica recently. He sent us a pleasant collection of photos from the seaside town where he was staying. A place that is no stranger to the bicycle. And a place where beach cruisers are actually used on the beach. :-) 
 

Freiburg, Germany Junior Cycle Chic

One of our readers, Lee, sent us an email:

Greetings from Freiburg Germany. My family loves your site and I was wondering if you could post a photo of my daughter on her cool cruiser. She would get a kick out of it. Keep up the good work.

Our pleasure, Lee! Duly blogged! Thanks for sending us the shots.

Elm Street Redux

It's a cool street, Elm Street.

Gentlemen Cyclists

Loving the blue scarf action on this chap.

Look at all those flowers! I would love to know the story behind this scene.

A young gentleman signalling an upcoming right turn.

A cool green bicycle in the autumn sunshine.

Meaghan Smith is Cycle Chic

A lovely little Cycle Chic music video. Style over speed, indeed.

México Cycle Chic - Reforma Sunday / 01

Every Sunday the impossibly wide Reforma boulevard in the centre of México City is closed off to cars for a few hours. The result? Thousands of Méxicanos get to reclaim the streets, for a while at least, and it's one big, happy bicycle ride up and down the long boulevard. A fantastic array of bicycles under the bums of friends, families, you name it.

Here's four friends looking smashingly cool and enjoying the ride.

Mexico Cycle Chic - The Return

Just got home from a brilliant trip to México City, so sorry for the sporadic posting the last few days. I have a billion photos to sort and upload, plus film and suchlike pandemonium. Here's a teaser.

Stayed tuned. Mexico City is a mad, brilliant, fantastic place and the bicycle is back.

The State of Washington

Our friend and photographer Derek from Washington State has a couple of new photos to share. Cycle Chic perfection, as always.


Derek has been nominated as the best wedding photographer in his region, and you can cast your vote in his favour over at this website.

Into The Light

Into the late evening light. With music.

With beers.

Left to Right Motion

Just another summer's day in Copenhagen.

Orange cruisers are cool cruisers.

Jungle Cycle Chic

Methinks that zebra stripey trousers are either all the rage or will be rather shortly. But then again animal patterns always seem to survive the global fashion warming.

A little bit of Jungle Cycle Chic on the streets of Copenhagen.

Cool Cats at the Bike Race

Caught this cool chap at the Cargo Bike Race. Or maybe he was merely browsing the flea market next to the race course. Now I'm not particularly interested in his bike but I asked what kind it was. In typical Copenhagen fashion, he shrugged and said he bought it online but couldn't remember the name. It's not about the bike, it's about you... on the bike. And this bike worked perfectly for him.

Copenhageners enjoyed the sunshine at the race. Here's a little slice of Copenhagen life. Friend embracing a friend on a cargo bike and another chap speeding past with beers.

We have fixies here in Copenhagen apparently. Which is cool. Here's one of the Copenhageners who ride them.

Flying

Acting as a live metaphor for bicycling, a young gull flew at least 50 meters side by side with this urban cruiser.

I think I have probably reached my quota of photos taken on this bridge, but I feel that this shot makes for a good finale of the series.

Collegiate Cruisers

An American company, The Collegiate Bicycle Company, markets cruisers for that uniquely American, tribal university crowd. You can get bikes branded for your college or your fraternity/sororiety - the latter is a concept that has always escaped me - it's all Greek to me - but at least it always looks like they have fun.

What I like best is their marketing of the products. Collegiate Cycle Chic to the max, dude - pronounced 'dood', bien sûr. Skirts and bikini tops and smiling girls on bikes. It could be any Danish beach in the summer.

The company has plans to start bike share programmes on campuses in the States, which is a brilliant idea. It must be easier to implement them on a university campus than in a bureacratic city council. They exist already but more of them will be brilliant.