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Vienna Cycle Chic

We're going out tonight. There is a 50% chance of clear skies, and a 100% chance that either way, we will be getting there by bicycle.

Vitoria Cycle Chic

Copenhagen summer night

Copenhagen summer night/morning, bridge jumping into the canal

Cycling Chic with Injuries and Disabilities

Update: 15 May 2016.
Saw this yesterday. Fellow Copenhagener. No hands - only stumps - and with one foot pedalling his converted Nihola cargo bike. The right foot resting on a platform. The left clipped into the pedal. Still rolling strong.


Update: 08 September 2014.
Spotted this fellow citizen - on the left - ahead of me in Copenhagen today.

Caught this shot yesterday of a Copenhagener in the morning rush hour riding with what looks like a broken - or at least injured - hand. Still looking cool as you like.

Last weekend I spotted this Copenhagener carrying her crutches with her on her bicycle. Fair enough, she might have been heading to the hospital - across the street - to deliver the crutches back.

Then I remembered this shot from a while back of a girl carrying her crutches and getting doubled by her mum. The bicycle is a versatile tool. I know several friends who, after many years playing sports, have problems with their knees. They are invariably advised to ride a bicycle by their doctors.

If you also make the bicycle the quickest and safest way to get around a city, people will do so - whatever their handicap. The bicycle is a freedom machine for the people.

The dapper gentleman to the left may have reduced mobility for whatever reason, but he can get out and about with ease on this tricycle. Note his cane sticking out of the back.

I see the man in the right photo quite often. He rides a tricycle and only has one arm. A friend of mine knows him and I'm told that he only has one leg, too. He lost his limbs in a landmine explosion in the country he was born. He still gets about with ease on his wheels. Both of these gentlemen were impeccably dressed.


I took this photo in Tokyo. The man had some form of disability with his legs. It required effort for him to get the pedals to turn but you can bet that it was a fraction of the effort he'd use when walking.

The lady on the left has a kind of cast on her leg, but still rides. The two photos on the right are from last winter. The boyfriend was holding the girls' crutches and she moved slowly along - injured foot wrapped in plastic - on a child's bicycle they had borrowed. It was icy so the crutches were probably more dangerous than helpful so the bicycle stepped in to assist. They were heading to the hospital down the road.


I spotted this lady in Vienna, Austria. Carrying her walking sticks to help her after she got off her bicycle.

This quaint sign on this tricycle reads, "Slightly Disabled".

What with all the bicycle options for disabled - whether permanently or temporarily - it's not surprising to see a parking sign like this outside my local library. It reads "Invalid Bicycles", reserving a space close to the door for those who need it.

If it is ripe old age that has reduced mobility, the bicycle still serves a purpose. I see this lady all the time in my neigbourhood. Always walking her bicycle with groceries in the basket. Perhaps too unstable to ride, but using the bicycle as a kind of crutch. Lovely.

More Vienna Cycle Chic

Some more Vienna Cycle Chic from us here at Cycle Chic.

It was lovely weather, but the citizen cyclists couldn't make up their mind as to what to wear.




I'm off to Barcelona - well Lleida, actually - and I have about 4 hours in Barcelona. Any great tips from our readers? I'm heading for the Cycle Chic party in Lleida in association with a bicycle conference.

Vienna Cycle Chic

I spent a few hours in Vienna last week, on my way to the Czech Republic. The sun was out and spring was in the air. Here's some of the Cycle Chic sights.

A cool couple on the city's bike share City Bikes.

Groovy hat in the city centre.

Guest Photo Saturday

As always, thanks to everyone who sends guest photos in to Copenhagen Cycle Chic. It's wonderful to see images from around the world. We've had a bit of a backlog so we made a little montage du monde.

But first, above, a smashing image of Ottawa Cycle Chic, from Rachelle and her fiancé. Wonderful stuff!


The latest installment in the Copenhagen Cycle Chic Goes Global series. Nigel and his kids slapped a sticker on a lamppost near the Bishop's Palace in the City of Wells - England's smallest city. Thanks, Nigel!


A bevy of global cycle chic images, in one easy png file! Thanks to everyone!

And a bit of Eurofunkaliciousness from Milo in Vienna to wrap up the proceedings.