Showing posts with label dismount. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dismount. Show all posts

10 December 2011

I Love the Wind!

We're very pleased here at Cycle Chic to have a new photographer on board. Franz-Michael. While Mikael gets called "The Danish Bicycle Ambassador", it's a pleasure to have a real ambassador in our ranks. Franz-Michael has served Queen and Country as Danish ambassador to various countries including Afghanistan and Japan. In fact, Mikael met Franz-Michael in Tokyo a couple of years ago on Her Majesty's Bicycle Service. Several conversations about photography on various high-speed trains around Japan and here we are. Back in the 'hood with Franz-Michael's view on Cycle Chic. We're looking forward to seeing his regular posts here on the blog.

One of privileges of biking is having the wind first gently comb your hair and then having a gust rearrange it into an unruly mess. Today the winds were strong, and so the heavenly hair dresser decided to disrupt every strand of hair and strip of clothing that was not tied down:


Copenhagen Bikehaven by Mellbin 2011 - 1557


Even a hair band and a pony tail could be unfurled:

Copenhagen Bikehaven by Mellbin 2011 - 1558


This is from another windy day just to show how a scarf impromptu can be used to create an illusion of order while riding:
Copenhagen Bikehaven by Mellbin 2011 - 1041


Casual, alert, fresh in for work - and Thank God its Friday!:
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At nighttime it was still blowing hard outside. Her elegantly set Anglo-basque Beret was lifted away like a flying saucer, but she managed to grab it before it flew away:
Copenhagen Bikehaven by Mellbin 2011 - 1559

5 October 2011

The Launch & The Dismount

Launch Moment
A classic Cycle Chic launch moment when the bicycle is propelled into motion.
Dismount
Which goes hand in aesthetic hand with the elegance of the dismount.

28 September 2011

Ljubljana Cycle Chic

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From his first day in Ljubljana, Mikael excitedly told us about the understated capital city and all of its bicycle culture. Sure, we understand 10% modal share and separate cycle tracks, but what we didn't realize, until seeing photos later, was that he meant cycle chic culture. Full style-over-speed ahead, cycle chic bicycle culture.
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Skirtguards, umbrellas, wicker baskets- we see it in the accessories.
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Monumental Motion Ljubljana_18
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Ljubljana Cycle Chic
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We see it in the people too- in their poise and in their movements as they ride easily through their city. Keep it up Ljubljana, you're lookin' good.

19 May 2010