Grab N' Go - Commuter Style

Every day Copenhageners bring their bags on their morning commute, in baskets, on the handlebars or over the shoulder. Above: Casual bar carry with elegant paper designer bag. Below: Classic Gent’s Bike with classic rear carrier rack.




Off to school with back pack in front net basket.



Shoulder bag for a minimalistic bike.



Finally an especially valuable package safely placed between dad's arms!



Happy Cycling!

Holiday Shopping Season

It's that time of year. For a lot of different things. We can certainly question the the all-powerful consumerism that is ever-present in our society, but that may be subject matter for another blog.

The fact is, people have stuff to buy in December. Lots of stuff. Christmas trees are among that stuff and over at Copenhagenize.com you can see how THAT gets done by bicycle. Then there are presents, food, you name it. It all needs to be transported around. From A to B and on to C. In Copenhagen, a lot of that is done by bicycle, too.

The weather doesn't always work with you when you cast yourself headlong into the shopping frenzy, but a bicycle gets the job done.

Bicycle baskets serve their purpose on shopping expeditions.

Although a strong shoulder is functional as well.

A kids seat provides extra load capacity for the bigger stuff you need to get home.

The strap on the kids seats comes in handy, too. Then there is the back rack found on virtually every bicycle. That's what it's there for.

You don't always need to ride the bicycle when hungry guests are on the way,

Front racks are booming in popularity, meaning bigger stuff is coming home with you on your bicycle.

You get to contemplate your purchase all the way home, which may be a good or a bad thing.

You can, of course, plan early for the holiday season, starting your shopping in the summer.

For more info on transporting stuff by bike, visit Cyclelogistics.eu.

Keep Calm and Carry Amsterdam

A lovely cushion for your back rack, spotted in Amsterdam.

For carrying friends and loved ones like this:


But then again, you can also carry them like this:


Or this:


Or this:


Or this:

The Bicycle Crate by Maik

We're loving this beautiful bicycle box called The Bike Crate. It's from Danish design company Maik, located in the heart of the Vesterbro neighbourhood of Copenhagen.

Simple, elegant and oh so urban. We approve.

A Dog's Life

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

Short John Superdad

Copenhagener avec fils on a classic Short John delivery bicycle.

Gentlemen's Saturday on Cycle Chic

Inspired by Mark over at London Cycle Chic and his recent Here Come the Boys post, we figured we'd make this Gentlemen's Saturday here on Cycle Chic.

It was -14 degrees this morning - chillier still with the wind chill - but the sun was shining so the world was perfect. (for our readers in Burma, Liberia and the USA - the only countries that haven't switched to Celcius - 14 degrees below zero is 6.8 degrees Fahrenheit :-) ) So here are some cycling Copenhagen gentlemen - kept chilled for freshness - for your perusal.






When you read this I'll be carving up the pistes in Sweden. Gone skiing with my son and some kids/parents from his class for the weekend. Only two hours from Copenhagen, so I'll be back soon.

Cool Dutch Bicycle Accessories

Marleen from Pays-Bas Cycle Chic and I did some shopping. I was looking for some gifts for my kids and we ended up in the Dutch department store HEMA. What a splendid array of bicycle accessories they have on display. Loads of funky bling for your bicycle, including fun stuff for your spokes, as above.


Handlebar tassles and a flower for your handlebars.

Or even better, a long string of flowers for your bicycle frame and/or handlebars, as well as a wealth of other stuff.

To my delight I discovered that HEMA has an online shop where all these accessories are available for purchase. The site is in Dutch, but Google Translate is your friend in this exciting global/digital age.

Here are some items we thought to be quite cool:


In this row you have a chain of flowers for your handlebars/frame for €3.95, a lovely front rack in pink for €28 and handlebar tassles for €3.95.


In this row we have a cool little bicycle horn for €5.95, a bike seat cover featuring the famous (in the Netherlands) characters Jip & Janneke for €3.95 and a single, elegant flower for your handlebars for €1.95.


Here are a number of classic Dutch pannier bags. From left to right, classic Dutch double pannier bags for €33, funky pannier bags for €35 and Jip and Janneke pannier bags for €19.95.

In this row, HEMA has pannier bags onto which you can add your own photo for £55, blingy beads for your spokes for €2.50 and some funky, retro spoke fun for €2.75.

On their website, HEMA also sells bicycles that you can customise yourself, although it would probably be best if you lived in the Netherlands if you buy them. We can't attest for their quality, either.

But here's their main page for bicycles and bicycle gear.

And no, we don't make any money off of blogging about these HEMA things. We just chuck them up out of the goodness of our hearts so that you can make your bicycle pretty/funky/cool/whatever.