Q: Où est Kristin?

A: Paris.



I'll be in France for two weeks. I need to attend to some family affairs.

I most likely will not be posting regularly as I'll be traveling deep into Provence and far away from it all.

Sigh.

Hopefully Adrienne and Ramona might kick in with a few posts while I'm off for a fortnight. If not, don't worry. As California's former Governator once said, I'll be back.

Bises et A+!

Don’t discuss bloomers with every man you know.

The way women ride bikes has changed quite a bit over the past century - who rides, where we ride, what we wear when we ride, and so on. So this list of bicycle etiquette - The Don'ts from 1895 makes me kinda smirk.

With tips such as "Don’t cultivate a bicycle face," and "Don’t criticize people’s legs,” I am not quite sure what a female cyclist would have made of this list of Don'ts even back in the day.

Other choice tips:

Don’t faint on the road.

Don’t try to ride in your brother’s clothes “to see how it feels.”

Don’t let your golden hair be hanging down your back. (wonder what Cycle Chic makes of that tip)

Thanks to brain pickings for sharing!

And by all means, Don’t imagine everybody is looking at you.

henna and hair and bikes and friends

I got this henna tattoo on New Year's Eve...


and I couldn't wait to show it off!


So I paraded it from Venice to Santa Monica to get my hair done before my friend's wedding.


It was a beautiful sunny day that cast strong shadows.

I adorned my other hand with jewels, so it wouldn't feel jealous.

I made some new friends in the bike lane on the way back to my hotel.


He offered to take my pic!

(how does my hair look?)

Peace be unto you, brother, and a happy 2012!

i just can't get enough of hot dudes on bikes

This guy on a bike (and the cake he gave to his girlfriend) looks yummy.

Some nice work from Dominic Latham-Koenig of London.

Mona Caron - visionary cyclist

Mona Caron is a renowned artist, muralist and cycling advocate from San Francisco.

When I look at this image, I see myself, a native San Franciscan, a cyclist, an advocate, an activist, a dreamer. Liberated. Connected. Creative. In touch with life and her surroundings. I believe this image will carry similar meaning to many women (and men) just like me. Which is why I'm sharing it with you.

Dream on and ride on, friends! If we can imagine a better biking future, then together we can make that dream a reality. Starting today.

(In case you still need to buy that special bikey someone a holiday gift, you can purchase a print of this poster on the SOMA Fabrications website.)

This is how SF does it.

Oh hai - if you missed the 2011 SF Bike Expo Fashion Show (what?!), here it is in all its awesomeness. Featuring many friends of Vélo Vogue and Pedal Savvy. Brilliant editing by Meg Valliant (kinda wish I was that cool).



Werd.

I resolve to ride on!

I spent this New Year's in Venice Beach.


It was not the sunny SoCal weather that we dreamed of, but my friend Marisol and I enjoyed cruising the beach scene nonetheless.


We stayed at the Bayside Hotel, which has a fleet of bike rentals for a very reasonable day rate.


And even so, it is not hard to find any time of bike to fit your fancy in these parts...


or to fit your family!


Enjoy the ride that is 2012! (more to come from Lalaland...)

bicycle = style = art

Bicycle art belongs here. Prepare to be mesmerized.



Sorry for the silence lately, bikey peeps. I have been celebrating the holidays with friends and family. Been an intense year, I'm sure some of you know what I mean.

I've also been really obsessed with crafts, for example - these Jedi snowflakes.







Sometimes there's more to life than riding a bike!

Feel the force in 2012!

Pedal Powered Talk Show - Trending Now...

What a crazy silly cool concept. Only from Portlandia, of course!


The Pedal Powered Talk Show.

Turn on. Tune in. Ride on.

Hot Dudes on Bikes: Bike Biodiversity (part deux)

The Bike makes the Man. It's the evolution of our species, and many would argue, the key to our survival.

Homo sapiens come in all shapes and sizes. And thus should our tools of mobility.

It's Bike Biodiversity (2/2).


by bicycleportraits - South Africa


by 'Xander @416cyclestyle - Toronto, ON, Canada


by Lovely Bicycle! - Lexington, MA, USA




by Claudio Olivares Medina - Santiago, Chile




by Cameron Adams - Atlanta, GA, USA




by Franz-Michael S. Mellbin - Copenhagen, Denmark




by Funny Cyclist - London, England


by analojik - Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland


by Adrienne Johnson SF - San Francisco, CA, USA

Ride on, humankind!

Vogue Around The Globe: Bike Biodiversity (part un)

The sign of a healthy movement is the strength of its diversity from within. This one word - vogue - does not represent one particular style. It does not dictate how you look and how you ride. The way you decide to carry yourself is purely up to you, no matter where you live on this earth, what kind of bike you ride, how fast or slow you ride it, what you put on your body, or your head. This blog is here to honor the rich beauty of our differences.

Part 1 of this edition of Vogue Around The Globe brings you Bike Biodiversity from different corners of our planet, focusing on women (tomorrow we'll bring on the hot dudes - promise).


by Cameron Adams - Atlanta, GA, USA




by Franz Michael S. Mellbin - Copenhagen, Denmark




by Bart Omeu, Barcelona, Spain


by baudman - Melbourne, Australia


by Funny Cyclist - London, England


by Bigfish - London, England


by Claudio Olivares Medina - Santiago, Chile


by Carlos Alkmin - São Paulo, Brazil


by bicycleportraits - South Africa

the bike gals pose for a pic

Here we are at SFBC Winterfest, Adrienne, Melyssa and I re-enacting how we've managed to maintain these bike blogs over the years. We bike. We take pics. We have fun.

Got it?

Ride on!

;-)

Nona Varnado + Rickshaw = Holiday Party

If you do the gift-giving holiday thing, then start your holiday shopping tonight with some locally and USA made bike goodies for your special bikey friends! And share a glass of holiday cheer with some great bikey peeps!


I just had breakfast with Nona Varnado (bike fashion designer and founder of the blog The Bird Wheel). Nona is visiting SF this week and will be showing her Made in the USA collection of lifestyle cycling apparel & some multisport (spin, run, yoga) pieces. Rickshaw will be opening the store space to show off the apparel collection along side their current Made in SF line of bags and accessories while hosting the first holiday party of the season!

When: Monday, December 5th, 5 - 7 pm.

Where: Rickshaw Bagworks
904 22nd Street San Francisco, CA 94107

TGIF

Have yourself a beer.

New Belgium Brewery announces two new beers.

november becomes december

Not much difference in the seasons here between fall and winter here in Cali.

If you're in SF, hope this terrible wind doesn't knock you over. :-)