Mix’n it Up

This fellow, spotted by Charlotte, has an interesting mix of the modern and the classic. The suit says Amsterdam or Copenhagen businessman, while the cap, backpack and hybrid bicycle say American college student. Someone get this man a vintage Raleigh three-speed and some baskets, quick!

 

Why Is This Man Smiling?

He rode his bike to work! What he’s thinking: “My commute was a lot more fun than all these poor suckers who drove.” Spotted in Deerfield, Massachusetts by plastereddragon. More work by this photographer here.

 

L’Eroica 2008

“L’EROICA” is [an Italian] period cyclotouristic rally held mainly on gravel roads, organized since 1997. It is a special “race” from every point of view. It proposes 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.

Image from suzannetodd82’s Flickr photostream, which has many more pictures of the event. Used with permission.

See a post about L’Eroica at EcoVelo, too.