Beautiful and Chic
Chic On Two Wheels
Just an average Copenhagener on her bike. Like 36% of the population of Copenhagen every day.
This shot sums up everything that is casual and chic and effortless about Copenhagen bike culture. Style over speed. Elegance over exertion.
Ride, ride, ride. A to B and back again.
In your normal clothes. Like normal people. On a normal bike.
“My birthday yesterday, so I figured I’d just slap my all-time favourite photo of mine up once again. Many of you have seen it before, but I, for one, can’t look at it enough. It’s one of the most iconic photos of Cycle Chic I have taken.”
Copenhagen Cycle Chic began its bloglife back in June 2007 when jouranlist, film director and photographer Mikael Colville-Andersen decided to put a growing number of photos about Copenhagen’s bicycle culture into one place on the internet.
Source: Copenhagen Cycle Chic
Poeti Della Bici
“L’EROICA”
L’ Associazione “Eroica Ciclismo d’Epoca” organizza “L’EROICA”, cicloturistica d’ epoca su strade prevalentemente sterrate. E’ una manifestazione speciale, da ogni punto di vista. Ripropone ambienti e scenografie del ciclismo anteguerra, polvere o fango, nessuna assistenza tecnica, ristori d’ epoca, strade stupende quanto difficili, grande spirito di sacrificio e d’ adattamento.“L’EROICA” is a period cyclotouristic rally, first organized in 1997, held mainly on gravel roads. It is a special “race” from every point of view. It provides a course of awe-inspiring surroundings and scenes from the “heroic” times of cycling: dust or mud, no organized service, vintage refreshments, wonderful and demanding roads, great ability to adapt and to suffer.
We search for the authentic roots of the awesome popularity of that cycling world made by the giants of the roads, which created so much literary legends.
Source: L’EROICA
Ferrara: In Bici in Sicurezza
A City Where Bicycles Outnumber Cars
The cyclists of Ferrara have a style of riding all their own. One hand goes on the handle; the other holds shopping bags, a briefcase, an open umbrella or a lit cigarette. If you don’t have any of these items, simply put that spare hand in your pocket. This is a town where velocity is not a priority.There is a reason for this unique cycling technique: if Ferrara’s cyclists rode like its streets were one giant BMX track, the hospitals wouldn’t be able to cope.
Ferrara’s 135,000 residents own a total of 160,000 bikes.
Bicycle helmets are optional. No, scratch that: they’re non-existent. Nobody here owns one.
Un fine settimana nella città degli Este dove la bicicletta e le piste ciclabili dettano il ritmo della vita quotidiana: qui c‘è la zona a traffico limitato più grande d’Europa e ogni giorno circolano mezzo milione di biciclette. Percorsi ciclabili lungo le mura che nei fine settimana diventano il salotto della città, dove gli abitanti sono soliti incontrarsi. Un tour indimenticabile con la possibilità di scorgere la città dall’alto. Non solo bicicletta, ma anche tanta buona cucina che riempirà le nostre serate durante tutto il week-end.
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UN’ATMOSFERA DAVVERO PARTICOLARE
Cycling is king
