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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Red Shoes, Red Tail Lights

woman on three speed bike with a packageI loved the pop of her red shoes and lights in the simple green and black.
This photo was taken on MIT campus, the story I made up is that she's got some big presentation wrapped in plastic in her basket there.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Lovely Bike Morning

Overheard while sitting outside at a café:

Oh, I'm just over here.

Is that your bike? It's lovely! What year is it?


(admiring chatter while Charlotte frantically digs her camera out and gets whatever shot she can of the lovely green Raleigh with the Brooks saddle)

ladies in the morning with a green Raleigh

What a perfect day for a bike ride! I'm jealous.

This chic cyclist and her friend are right, today was a delicious day to be on a bike. Hope you're enjoying it!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Liberty!

chic cyclist in a trench coat
This lovely lady is enjoying a self-guided tour of Boston courtesy of the loaner bikes for guests of the Liberty Hotel. I followed her as she lingered outside the Gucci window, and mused that these free bicycle loans give new meaning to the hotel's name.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Heeled Boots and Cargo

chic cyclist Cambridge MAThis chic cyclist, spotted in Cambridge, isn't letting February get her down. It was a beautiful crisp morning for a ride.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Scarf - Gloves - Boots

gloves winter cyclistShe's looking cute on that bike, even in this cold. I'm guessing that we're seeing a pair of tights peeking between her trousers and her boots. That's a great trick for staying warm in New England, on and off a bike.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Autumn Arrives

plaid and boots pretty cyclist
Today the wind is cold and the leaves have started falling. You can't see this pretty lady's front but she had a colorful neckline peeking out of her plaid top. I love her boots, and how they match her helmet.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

LEGS! in Back Bay

great legs on a bike in Boston
I wonder if she has the secret to her great legs there in that bag?
Looking good!

Monday, December 15, 2008

This dad has great taste in bikes

dad baby seat bike bicycle
Dad and his nice bike just dropped Junior off at day care. He's not wearing a cycling cuff, he has a chain guard to go with what looks like an internally geared hub.

This photo reminds me a bit of the Porn for Women book (that link is safe for work). The Amazon description states:
"Give the fairer sex what they really want - beautiful PG photos of hunky men cooking, listening, asking for directions, accompanied by steamy captions: "I love a clean house!" or "As long as I have two legs to walk on, you'll never take out the trash." Now this is porn that will leave women begging for more!"
I wasn't so into the book, but this dad with the baby seat on a sexy bike?
Not bad... :)

Friday, November 7, 2008

Autumn Glory

autumn leaves bike
Well, as they say, the early bird gets the... photo of the pretty bike with the pretty leaves and the pretty girl in front of MIT. I'm glad I resolved to rise earlier and photograph in the morning.

Would you call the color of her bike 'chestnut'?

Friday, August 22, 2008

Sunny day, red hot cruiser

cruiser summer sun bike bicycle
This week's weather has been better than any weather anywhere. It is for this week that we live all year.

It's been such fun to see all the happy people on their pretty bicycles...

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Gracious Boston

mature lady on a bike
elderly on a bikeOK America - If a lady my grandma's age can ride a bike this elegantly on the mean streets of Boston, there is no excuse for the rest of us.

I'll see you on your bike! If you're still there in sixty years? That's cycle chic.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Ironic Juxtaposition

pickup truck bicycle hauling goods
This lady we've seen before provides an amusing juxtaposition here.

Don't you just love her functional and loaded bike in the street next to the empty pickup truck?

pickup truck hauling bicycle
As Sheldon Brown quotes Victor Hugo -
Le beau est aussi utile que l'utile
When you're both? That's cycle chic!

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Elegant Summer


I saw her pedaling sedately in our scorching heat and was captivated with her ensemble: note how her bag coordinates with her outfit, they're hard to see but her earrings and bracelets do too. While we were chatting she told me that her children have their own bikes and she gets many compliments during family outings, riding calmly together.

She feels no need for speed. She gets there in her own time, gracefully.

As I rode away I tried to think of words to describe the encounter. "Gracious" and "regal" were the ones which came to mind. She made my day more beautiful. That's the definition of cycle chic.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Miss Massachusetts Avenue

beautiful girl cycling in Boston
A girl as lovely as this, enjoying one of the first warm days of summer? That's cycle chic!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Rain Predicted, Trench is Ready

trench coat bicycle BostonSuch a grey day!

She looked lovely in her trench, I wish I had gotten the photo more from the front to show her lapels and her blue and white dress. So far the rain has held off...

The bike was a gift from her boyfriend's father. She loves the basket on the back for hauling home the groceries.

Friday, May 16, 2008

A Gentleman and his Raleigh

suit sportcoat tie man on Raleigh three speed bike



gentleman on a Raleigh three speed bikeHow very civilized he looks with his classic bicycle, displaying true masculine cycle chic.

We discussed what a shame it is that the mayor did not use the opportunity of his ceremonial bike ride to show that a bike can be ridden in whatever he had one before the ceremony. However, we're lucky to have a pro-bike mayor, no one is complaining!