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A stylish recap of some local boys and girls' trip to the Big Apple. Do yourself a big favor and check it.

Vélo Vogue Meets Curitiba

Let's just put it this way: The folks in Curitiba are fun!

I made one phone call and in return I made seven new friends!


Here we are defying authority and riding bikes where we're not supposed to!


When we got to the Oscar Niemeyer Museum, I felt a portrait coming on...


...that I then needed to be part of! (What's a party without KT?!?)


Enough sightseeing! Let's go get a beer!


I felt much better after a few libations.


As did Constance!


We rode around from about 8:30 pm to 2 am. The Chopper is not as badass as it looks. It was the only bike to get a flat tire! No worries, we had enough bike-savvy peeps to fix things up right quick.


Upon leaving us at our hotel, Jean impressively piled up his two extra bikes on the back of The Chopper. By the way, do you recognize him? He's the one and only guy with the chainsaw!

Muita obrigada to all my bike friends in Curitiba for showing me a most excellent, unforgettable night on the town!

ode to vancouver

With the Winter Olympics in full swing in one of my favorite cities in the world, I find myself a bit nostalgic. So I went back into the archives to find a few more shots of our cool neighbors to the North. Here are the gold medal winners I found:


Hipster girl with hat cruising Commercial Drive on a BMX.


Locking her loved one to a sign post. Great pink helmet!


Taking her bike for a stroll on the sidewalk.


And this bike should win a medal for its vibrant custom color combination!


Vancouver is a cycle chic gold medal winner!

same shades

Two men, two fixies, two pairs of the same shades.

Waaaaay coooool.

VV Profile: Laura Husdpeth of Portland!

Occupation: Design and sales for the online sock company, Sock Dreams
Hometown: Portland
Portland neighborhood: Inner Southeast
Helmet or no helmet: Helmet, though I slack a lot in the summer…
Type of bike: It's an SE frame, fixed gear.
Describe what you like best about your bike: I love how quick and light my bike is, and also that I bought her as my college graduation present to myself.
Describe your cycling experience in Portland: Really great overall, minus a few nicks and bruises here and there:). I feel lucky to live in a place where I can quickly and safely get anywhere I need to go by bike.
Favorite time or place to ride: There’s nothing quite like riding in the middle of the night over the bridges here in Portland, when no one’s on the road and everything is so still and peaceful.
Favorite color: Is it weird to say brown? I love love love brown with light blue.
Artist most commonly played on iPod at the moment: There's been a lot of Wire, Gun Club, and Charles Mingus in the last few days.
Describe your personal style: I pretty much wear shorts and ballet flats every day, and a vest or cardigan. Pretty basic, always black, brown, or gray. I wear newsboy caps a lot, too--actually, one of my coworkers says I dress like a newsboy.
Vélo Vogue tip of the day: When it comes to riding, I've noticed that I'm happiest with less accessories, less gears, less mapped-out directions if I'm just joy riding, and so on. Simplify.

i like boys on bikes

Even though summer in SF means pea soup fog, I still have the fever.

Bachelor #2 deserves the spotlight.

Tone on tone in Palo Alto.

The teal frame and white tires look turns heads [mine].

Hello, houndstooth!

stern grove sexiness

Summer in SF usually stinks of pea soup fog, but now and then we experience hot sunny days. And it's even better when those days fall on a Sunday so we can lounge in the sunshine at Stern Grove. I've been attending the concerts religiously this year. And so have most other SFers. The Grove offers free valet bike parking for cyclists. Perhaps this hip young woman took advantage of that perk.


Her outfit was so amazing that I had to do a 360 degree view of her.

A pencil skirt on a man's frame fixie. She's got some cajones.

Cycle style leaves its mark at the Grove.

panhandle shadows

Long days of summer create long shadows.
Another pair of man flats. Or are they espadrilles?

Shadows crisscross the crosswalk as these cyclists take off!

SF-ness

The day was Bay to Breakers day, and SF happened to experience some of the most beautiful summer weather in the history of the event. SFers applauded this.

Beautiful weather brings out beautiful people. And if you're going to San Francisco, be sure to put flowers on your bike.

And tattoo your calf muscle with a symbol of peace and love.

unique bikes

Two radically different flavas!

Here's a gorgeous black and white fixie with an SF localism on the wheel.


And here's a rickshaw that seems to be permanently chained to a parking meter on 24th Street.


I actually would LOVE to see rickshaws in use as part of SF's public transportation system. Can you imagine bicitaxis going up and down Valencia on a Friday night instead of cars parked illegally in the median?

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from Another Planet

When I took this photo in the Trader Joe's parking lot, another guy with a bike said "I'm glad I only have to take my groceries home a few blocks away and not to another planet."

Is that another wheel-chair wheel?

feeling free

The Panhandle is a great place to see kids freestyling on their bikes. This guy riding hands free is a case in point. There's a small patch of asphalt where people practice their tricks. Otherwise I wouldn't advise doing this on a bike lane, unless you are really well-balanced.

Fixed-Gear Dating Advice

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[Tony] My Style

Hello,

I live in a small town in Alberta, Canada where cycling and style are not high on the priorities, but I'm working to change that. I've recently started a cycle club and always try to dress stylishly on my commute and errand runs. Here's a photo that recently ran in my local paper (of myself with my bike). Keep up the great blog.

Tony

Vive la différence!

Paris isn't always about that classic look. It's a city whose residents also take risks with fashion. Here are some Parisians on the cutting edge of cycle-style.

Blue man with do rag:
In her Chuck Taylor All Stars, she casually paused for a telephone call:
After-work texts with a hip Freitag messenger style bag (or shall I say European man's carry-all):
This guy was the closest thing to a San Franciscan that I saw in Paris, with his purple and yellow fixie, rolled-up pant leg and hat:

Meet the Twins Brothers, two dj's who live in the banlieue and frequently ride around Paris on their VTT's wearing hoodies and helmets (They told me they wear helmets to stand out among all the Parisians who don't). The Twins are coming soon to SF for a show at the End Up!

Could she BE more San Francisco?

To be perfectly honest, I'm not quite sure what this young woman is wearing. (Can you help?)

I do know that it looks so perfect, so quintessentially San Francisco, with the short dress (is that a dress or a skirt?), t-shirt, leggings, fixie, brooks saddle, hair cut.... All I know is that she looked so good when she pulled up next to me at a Mission red light that I asked if I could record her look for posterity.

it's only rock and roll...

but I like it!

The Stones fan that I am, of course my head turns every time I see a Rolling Stones tongue. And apparently mine wasn't the only head turning! I could be wrong, but I believe this is a design that I've seen at Upper Playground in the Lower Haight. Take a moment to take in this cute young hipster lounging on his fixie, killing time, probably just waitin' on a friend.

Frankie Say Relax

The Caltrain travels between San Francisco and San Jose (or Gilroy). The service used to accommodate bicycle commuting better than any I have ever seen. But recently, they bought a bunch of fancy new cars that can carry 16 bikes instead of 36. So, a lot of travelers get left on the platform to wait for the next train. I've posted a lot of photos of business people at Caltrain -- these bike punks need to travel to the City too. But there wasn't space for them.

I was taken with the groups' brightly colored bikes and this girl's cool vintage t-shirt, short shorts with leggings, and tennies.

Brown Tights

I saw this couple one Tuesday morning. Their look is typical SF bike punk, with the hoodies and all, but I liked her brown tights under short cutoff shorts, fashionable sunglasses, and dainty shoes.
I also liked it that they seemed happy I was taking their photo....