With The Dog in The Basket

You see her riding with full basket in the front and the box in the back. It is no surprise when you see a dog in the basket here in Copenhagen. The dog owners are not afraid to take their pets in their bikes so they can enjoy and experience the ride together. Smaller dogs in front baskets, bigger in cargo bikes. There is no excuse.

This lady proves it. She is on her bike with her best friend in the front basket. However, pay attention to the their outfits. They both are matching army green jackets. True spirit of friendship!!! Safe and chic ride for both of them.

Happy Cycling!

Bird's Eye Cycle Chic

This gent did a spot of window shopping as he rolled past a shop on his morning commute.

These guys continued their conversation as they walked the last stretch to their destination.

Finding a new playlist, checking a map or a crucial, dramatic text from a love interest? We may never know.

Double basket action.

Adjusting the dog on the back rack.

Who Let the Dogs Out?

Awwww. Cutie! And may I say how impressed I am by this dude cycling and holding/cuddling his pup at the same time. Nice!


Hey there hipster and hipster dog! Where you guys off to...? Okay you're on the run, no worries!


Lady taking a stroll across Dronning Louises Bro with lady dog.


So gorgeous!


This dog's stealing the limelight! Okay, I'll stop now...

Forget the car. Dogs love being outdoors and on the run! Duh.

Over and Out!

K.E.G. x

Summer Games on Dronning Louises Bridge

We're a bit weird in Copenhagen. Some of our favourite spots to hang out include cemetery gardens like Assistans Kirkegaard where famous Danes are laid to bury in paradise. Then there's Dronning Louises Bridge connecting cosmopolitan Nørrebro to the city centre.

Bring some friends and beer, or friends with beer to hang out on the bridge and enjoy eyeing up other Danes as they cycle by. If you're lucky some random guy may turn up with a boombox on wheels...


Watch young people cycle by and better still, guess which Copenhagen district they're probably from. These lot...Nørrebro?


Elegant hair bun up high and sleek sporty look. Hmmm...Østerbro?


On trend with electric blue coursing through this look (even the bike!)...dare I say Frederiksberg?


Okay, okay. It's not a bike...but this guy deserves some credit for being able to skateboard and send SMS's to his mates simultaneously.


Again, getting around on eight wheels instead of two! Best way to 'walk' your dog if he's a bit faster than what you were expecting...


Okay this is turning out to be a terrible game. Damn I give up! But cool glasses bro...where are you heading?

Hmmm...I guess it's back to eye-spy then!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Over and Out!

K.E.G. x

Do Danes Make Good Friends?

Just like the rest of Europe the sun is strong in Copenhagen and everyone seems to be back from their holidays!
First thing to do? Catchup with friends.
What makes a good friend? Someone who's there to get you places when you just can't seem to get there yourself.
Stylish mini-ambulance.
"Pick it up, woman...got places to be!"


Just a shout out to all my Copenhagen friends - you guys are rockin' my summer!

Over and out!

K.E.G. x

Tour of Denmark

Last weekend the Tour of Denmark took over the streets of Frederiksberg.  The race is quite an entertaining one to watch as the riders whip past every seven to eight minutes, doing 10 laps before making a sprint for the finish.  Above, the peloton, and Lulu-Sophia cheering them on.

A few highlights from the day...



Champions of the bike lane :)

Waterproof Dog

Just when I thought I'd seen it all in Cycle Chic/Social Documentary of Urban Cycling. After six years, it's tough to see something new, but yesterday, this gentleman rolled past.

Check that out... handlebar-mounted mini umbrella for his dog in the basket. Fantatsic!

It’s a Dog’s Life

People love their dogs and so it’s no surprise that they get taken every bit as well care of as children. Including a chauffeur ride on the family bike.




Of course Tin Tin’s famous dog gets to ride his own private cycle box.



Sometimes I wonder who’s really in charge; master or dog. Except like here where the answer is cut in stone!



And finally – as the saying goes – like owner, like dog.



Happy Cycling!

Vesterbro Nights

My friend Sille (the owner of the Invisible Cycle Chic bicycle) and I were playing around in the Vesterbro neighbourhood one evening. We may or may not have consumed red wine.

We may or may not have had the camera on the correct settings for shooting at night. We did have bicycles, though. That's my Velorbis - posing like it knows there's a (blurry) camera around.

A Dog's Life

Now THIS is a dog who loves the ride.

More photos of Dogs on Bikes right here...

A Dog's Life

Now this is a dog who effing loves riding in the basket. Lovin' that enthusiasm.

Don't forget the 40 Photos of Dogs on Bicycles from 6 Countries medley of super photo hits.

The Cycle Chic Invisible Bicycle

A good friend of ours, Sille, is in the process of personalising her bicycle. Her building has just been given a fresh coat of blue paint and she decided that her (crappy/rusty - in her own words) bicycle was clashing with the blueishness.

So, enter a can or two of spray paint that matches the colour of the facade and off she went. It's a work in progress. And it covers up the rust, too.

If she paints it well enough it just may become camouflaged when leaning up against the building. A kind of water-based invisibility cloak to prevent theft. What a brilliant idea. Sure beats this bicycle protection solution. I suggested she spraypaint Willow, the dog at top, and get him to act as a bicycle guard dog but strangely she wasn't keen on the idea.

Summer Cargo Moments

A Dog's Life

Here's an addendum to the post about dogs and bicycles.

Who Let the Dogs Out? Canine Cycle Chic

I know we have a lot of photos in the Cycle Chic archives. Sometimes, however, it is amazing how many. It's nice to put them into themes once in awhile. We figured we'd do a Bicycles & Dogs article. Simple enough. Until we realised how many photos that would involve. So... here's a Best of Bicycles & Dogs series. Canine Cycle Chic, if you like.

When the bicycle is the preferred transport form - and the most convenient - it is second nature to take your dog with you wherever you may be headed. Most of the photos are from Copenhagen, but it's not just us. The dapper chap, above, is in Rome.













Above: Melbourne, Australia



Above: Amsterdam, Netherlands.



Above and below: Mexico City.





Above: Nagoya, Japan.











WALKING THE DOG

Carrying your dog with you in your basket or whatnot is one way to do it but it's not the only way. Here's a series of shots of people walking their dogs on their bicycles.











And dogs are handy to have in the city. Like this one tied to the very busy bike racks outside the Central Library. Great for guarding much sought after parking spots.

And let's wrap up with the Man Bikes Dog video: