Cycle Chic in Sydney, France, Rome and the USA

Here's a great shot of cycle chic down under from Lucy. Thanks for sending it along to us. Lucy restores vintage bikes and sells them on Australian e-Bay, if anyone is interested.


A wonderful shot from France from La vie en rose on flickr.


And here's a spot of cycle chic in Rome from Cappanelle.

CYCLE CHIC FOR KIDS

Here's a shot from Carl in Colorado. Thanks for thinking of us!
"This is my daughter just after she learned to “do it myself daddy!” Of course, if you are going to ride around the neighborhood, you MUST wear pink and more pink and knee high fuzzy boots. I guess I’ll have to get her a new bike now. (I bet it will be pink.)
I really enjoy your site. Keep up the great work. Carl."


And here's my boy, trying out Daddy's bike.

Symphony of Movement

The City Hall Square is a symphony of urban movement.

A chic cyclist, with a bit of bike infrastructure thrown in.

Yet another basket adorned with flowers.

The best way to go down a one way street is on a bike.

Monday's Wallpapers

I am personally quite mad about this shot, above. Great moments in cycling, indeed. It's that moment when the foot pushes the bicycle into motion, just before it leaves the ground and is deftly placed on the pedal. It can look wobbly at times, but it is generally poetry in motion. A urban ballet. Resolution: 1024x768

Another classic study of cycling with style in high heels. Resolution: 1024x768

Below are the same shots in a 1680x1050 resolution.

The Modern Way to Ride

Resting on her Florals

A little Sunday hint of the summerliciousness to come.


I've posted about Lego has immortalised us in Legoland, but here's the ultimate accolade. A Lego version of yours truly. Perfect except for the hat. I'm not a fisherman.

We have some new postcards for your perusal over at the Copenhagen Cycle Chic Boutique.

Saturday Guest Photos

Another splendid photo from Derek at Bikerubbish.com, documenting, as ever, the shockingly chic bikes and ladies in his life.


Another splash of style.

This is one of the only lycra photos you'll ever see on this blog. Taken by a French acquaintance, Guillaume Reguer, it's a great unicycle shot. Sorry about the lycra. Seriously. Really sorry. It won't happen again.


Once again, it's not just us.

Freyja's Day

Friday originally means 'Freyja's Day'. Freyja is a major Norse goddess of love, beauty and fertility. She is portrayed as blonde, blue-eyed and beautiful and people prayed to her - and still pray, since the traditional Nordic faith is officially recognised as a religion in Denmark - for happiness in love.


You don't always have to ride. This Copenhagen Supermum padded casually down the street in the sunshine, eating a plum and chatting with her child.

She rode effortlessly down the Old King's Road, music in her ears, smoking a cigarette in the most relaxed manner imaginable.

Sticker with city hall in the background.

Spring is here and that means summer is sure to follow. My family and I either ride our bikes [25 minutes] or hop on the metro [15 minutes] down to the beach at Amager Strand. We're all looking forward to the summer.

A Hub of Copenhagen Cyclists

If we can say 'a pod of whales', 'a memory of elephants', 'a murder of crows' why not 'A hub of Copenhagen cyclists'?

Simple Elegance.

Yet another casual cyclist stance.

Funk is the New Punk.

Age is no reason to stop cycling.

Solid heel stance.

Iconic Copenhagen

This photo sums up everything that is good and right and casual and elegant and stylish about Copenhagen bike culture.

Style over speed, indeed.

She was waiting for a girlfriend on the city hall square.

On occasion, certain shots with an iconic quality pop up.
My personal favourites:

Daily Musings from Copenhagen

The surest sign of spring is the sight of bare legs. My wife and I and some of our friends have a contest each year to see who spots the first pair. Nighttime doesn't count, since bare legs are always a part of the night life, so it has to be during the day. This shot doesn't count, but it signals that we're getting close. Our eyes are peeled.

On the stretch of street outside our flat it far between the the traffic lights. Cyclists usually get spread out. Perfect for solo shots. But once in a while you get lucky.

Today's Copenhagen supermum. Two bags of groceries hanging on the handlebars, kid on the back, basket filled with school bag and what have you. And just a run of the mill bike. No bells and whistles, just transport.

I love this wall near me. A waterfall in the summer and every night it is lit up with embedded lights.

It's really hard to take pictures of anything in Copenhagen without a bike in the background.

Cycle Chic Pour Homme - Dapperliciousness

Don't worry, the focus of this blog remains intact. We just thought we'd post a couple of cyclists of the male variety to highlight a bit of dapperliciousness.

This chap, above, is a poster child for individual style. Just the fact that he's riding one of the retro 10-speeds, with the curvy handlebars of my distant youth, is retro coolaliciousness. Then there's his clothes, cap and the coloured tape on the bike. What a sight.

And from outside the Hauptbahnhof in Zurich, ubiquity_zh on flickr snapped this dapper gentleman getting ready for the lovely bike lanes of Zurich.