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With love from: London

January 31, 2011 1 Comment

My cross-atlantic pal from London has sent me a series of his mobile photos from a recent event (London bike show) he attented.  

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(About the photo above) The t-shirt I bought from ibikelondon.com stand which caused me to find the ice sculptures on the unrelated: ibikelondon.blogspot.com

The bike in the t-shirt text is made of reflective paint btw 😉

**All photos+text below by Alastair, in London

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-This bike was really interesting – they don’t have metal chains, instead they are rubber belts. No grease, rust or the suchlike. Most have one gear, there was one with two, but almost double the price :0 Switching gears is weird – you have to kick the cranks to switch up and down.

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-Nice London Underground detail.
 
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-Interesting clothing stands – the woman makes the items herself. She has been doing it for about two years. The saddle bags are quite nice: http://www.cyclodelic.com/collections/cyclodelic
 
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-Bizarre auction/workshop stand.

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-These little rods flash on and off.


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-“Cleverest bike in the world”
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-The kask helmets do look snazzy – a lot of people driving vespas around london have similar ones. I like the idea of not having to remember to bring your sunglasses and just flapping down the visor. Very space age. 

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-The blue “Cycle Superhighways” – some bits are great, others just stop dead into a row of parked cars sans warning. 
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-For me it was nice to see some more stylish bikes and clothing at this show. Although there was a lot of lycra and regular bikes, having more flair makes people want to ride. Kind of like tweed versus mucky hi-visability yellow vests. If people see it as not such a niche they will ride more. Personally it would be ace to have everyone riding in style like Thomas Stevens  What an Englishman!
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Many thanks Alastair =)
Ride on!
xxo♥meli

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With love from: Eindhoven

December 17, 2010 8 Comments
Eindhoven
Eindhoven by sindändùne
 

Meanwhile in Europe, mi amigo in Amsterdam Álvaro took this photo in Eindhoven, Netherlands while visiting his friends.
He makes fun of our sunny 38°F/3°C winter here in Northern California, but I still interwebs-love him =)

He tells me this shot, is an underground-style bike parking structure. Someone get me to Europe soon, I need to party with some cute boys and roam around on bikes all day on that side of the globe. kthx.

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With love from: Manchester

December 16, 2010 3 Comments
“Greetings from a slightly snowy Manchester China Town brrrrrrrrrrrrrr”

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 Winter snow parking in Manchester, shared by long time blog reader Georgie
♥Gracias/thanks for sharing!!
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With love from: Illinois

December 14, 2010 5 Comments

I received this super nice photo and story from Illinois by Tim B:

Dad and his new Schwinn Varsity, May 1973

Dad and his new Schwinn Varsity, May 1973

Pictured: My dad’s 197X (1974?) Schwinn Varsity.  Put some air in the tires, gave it a test run, and took it out for a GREAT ride  this morning. It needs to be greased, tuned, de-gunkified, and have all the other things done to it that have not been done in 20+ years.  But for now… Perfect. Solid. LOVE that bike. I’ve been window-shopping for road bikes for years, but I think my resources will be better spent “tuning up” this one. Love it.  If it ain’t broke…

from Tim’s blog: life at 1901

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Vintage classic bikes live on and get to see adventures from generation, to generation
♥Gracias/thanks for sharing Tim!!

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With love from: clementlands. The Inner Richmond

December 3, 2010 5 Comments

The other day I met a very nice gentlemen while doing a special project for work, and he let me know he is blog reader — Gracias!! oh HAI =)

He mentioned he lived in the Inner Richmond, so much love to all my Richmondites!

danube calmness
danube calmness
mom, martha and me
coffee break
pumpkin boat
pumpkin boat at toy boat
inside burma superstar
inside burma superstar
mural behind the widgety window
city kids
lights, light pole, light lamps
lights, light pole, light lamps
librolands
librolands – outside Green Apple books
you are here
you are here…
maplands – inside Green Apple books
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With love from: Japantown

December 2, 2010 2 Comments
fellow shooter
new friend
rolling with the homies
rolling with the avocado homies
blue japantown
I didn’t try it (my belly was full of miso ramen soup happiness) but, here it is. 
Now serving Blue bottle coffee in Japantown. You heard it here first.
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Tijuana bike machine

September 30, 2010 10 Comments
Tijuana Valle del Río

Tijuana River Valley. The furthest south-west point in the state. This is a stonethrow from the pacific ocean and the border beach fence.
The Mexico-US border. Tijuana-San Diego.
No other place on earth like it.


Invisible cities
los tacos del brother
tacos
Frida Fría
Frida special edition Bohemia dark ale

wheels
BMXing, tijuanexing, skateboardxing
Tijuana bike machine
’til next time
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Post title derives from Tijuana’s finest: Nortec’s Tijuana Sound Machine»
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