Cycle Chic Films - Vancouver Cycle Chic

One of the proud members of The Cycle Chic Republic - the good people at Vancouver Cycle Chic - have produced a series of wonderful portrait films.

Here is the first film in the series. Meet Simon.

Enjoy.

The Triobike/Cycle Chic Roadtrip!

On my recent trip to Vancouver I got a crazy idea, together with the Danish cargo bike brand Triobike. Why not take a Danish cargo bike with me and test it out in a North American city?

So, we shipped a Triobike Mono to Vancouver and, with the help of friends in the city, we rode it around and let other people have a go. At top left is Victoria from Vancouver Cycle Chic riding me around. At right is David from Vancouver Cycle Chic and me - in and on the bike - and Chris from Whoa Nellie - the coolest bike shop in the city. At right is Chris Bruntlett, also from Vancouver Cycle Chic.

The best thing was watching the reactions of the citizens of the city. Always positive, often amazed, at the sight of the Triobike.


David and Victoria from Vancouver Cycle Chic (at left) and together with me while we were parking the bike at the Four Seasons Hotel downtown (middle). And David and Victoria in the cargo bay while I rode us around one night, barhopping.


Here's a view of the cargo bay with the bench (at left) and parked outside the Simon Fraser University downtown venue where I gave my Bicycle Culture by Design talk to a great crowd (middle) and parked in a Vancouver neighbourhood (at right).


Chris and Melissa tested out the bike for a couple of days, too. Riding home one evening (at left) and complete with their kids on grocery shopping trips and just fun trips (middle and right)


The Triobike blending well with the local landscape (at left) and transporting men and beasts (at right).

It was great fun to ride in the city and thanks to all our friend for babysitting the bike.

The Triobike is now off on a roadtrip across Canada and the States. We have hooked up "babysitters" in Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, New York and Chicago before the bike will end up in Long Beach in September so I can ride it while I speak at the Pro Walk - Pro Bike conference in September - as well as cool Cycle Chic events.

Next stop for the Triobike is BikeBike bike shop in Calgary! Let's see what THEY can do with it. :-)

Cycle Chic ® Goes to Vancouver

So, I was in Vancouver last week. Did at talk at Simon Fraser University. Did a bunch of radio interviews, among them one for CBCs The Current. And then I attended the brilliant Cycle Chic Social party hosted by our friends at Vancouver Cycle Chic. That's VCC's David, above, with his girlfriend Victoria, as we head home one evening.

I also wandered/cycled around a city I know well and a city that I used to live in. Here are some of the things I saw.

One of the days was Canada Day so there was Canadiana all over the place. The gentleman, above left, is about as Canadian as you can get.

All in all, Cycle Chic is not a foreign concept to Vancouverites.

Cycle Chic® Social - Vancouver June 29

I am very much looking forward to being at this party in Vancouver on June 29th, 2012. Hosted by members of the Cycle Chic Republic - our friends at Vancouver Cycle Chic.

Round the World Cycle Chic

Some of our recent favourites from the Cycle Chic Official Flickr Group. Bicycle style from around the world. Lovin' it.

Vancouver Cycle Chic

Cycle Chic was featured in a blogpost by Douglas Todd, a columnist for The Vancouver Sun, in Canada. I figured I'd dig out my Cycle Chic [ish] photos from the city.





On this trip Wifealiciousness - our own Cycle Chic export - was 6 months pregnant with Lulu-Sophia. Cycling is virtually prescribed for pregnant women in Denmark so going for a ride was a must.