Cycling as transport. No special clothes needed. No fancy gear. Just people and bikes dressed for the destination.




Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Where's the snow?

I took this photo last year on Christmas Eve and there was a lovely blanket of snow everywhere. This year, unless the weather changes, we are looking at a green Christmas.


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That darn tree!

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Late November

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A well-dressed cyclist at Ottawa U.

Long scarf

Cold weather wear. Skirt guards can also double as scarf guards.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The changing season

It's been a few days since we had some warm weather (see below) so the jackets, gloves and scarves are out in full force.

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This shot was from late September and jackets were not required yet.

Black and yellow

Well, that's changed.

Corktown footy couple

Matching bikes from Rent-a-bike.

Linus

I really like this wooden crate...Urban Outfitters?
Bike: Linus

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

A year ago...

A year ago today I saw this cyclist riding along the canal pathway. Bikes like this are not seen every day in Ottawa. The stylish cyclist was also not lost on me. I was in my car at the time and managed a quick picture out the window and an idea was hatched. It would take another six months to get Ottawa Cycle Chic going but this was the photo that started it all. The bike is an Adriatica.

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Cornering in style

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Cornering in style!

blue hat and jacket

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A shot from a few weeks back (note the leaves have not turned)
Bike: Pashley Poppy

smile

It may just be my perception but I've never seen anyone hunched over on a road or mountain bike looking this happy.

Canada mittens

Cool enough for mittens!

Saturday, October 8, 2011

A warm fall day

5 X chic

This photo should help balance out my male-female ratio of chic cyclists photos. Surely even the helmet afficionados would admit this photo wouldn't work with helmets.

Bikes: Capitale Bixi

Mup couple

Mup couple 2

A glorious fall day (27 degrees celcius!) and everyone was outdoors.
Bikes: Schwinn and Raleigh

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I did a double take when I saw this bike. Exactly like the first bike I ever bought though I think she has swapped out the drop bars for straight ones.
Bike: Sekine

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Switching gears
Bike: Bianchi

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Bike: Marin

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Action at the Bixi station

Apparently a stumbling block for setting up bike-share programs is what to do about helmets. I think we have the answer here.


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Bixi III

Bixi 1

Sunday, October 2, 2011

One good minute

Ottawa is a helmet loving city. Informal surveys I do tend to show about a 60-40 split in favour of helmets though this may be skewed a bit because fewer cyclists wear helmets along the multi-use pathway than on busy arterials. I suspect it's more 70-30. Still, while crossing the Corktown Footbridge the other day I had 5 cyclists, one after another, come around the corner in about one minute and not a helmet was in sight. Here they are in order.

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Vintage CCM

I love this vintage CCM bike!

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Around town

colourful bike gang

This type of get together doesn't really work in cars.

late day light 2

I love late afternoon fall light!

Suit and Electra

Business gent speeding past one of Ottawa's giant Crack Willow trees.

view from CT bridge

Vintage bike

Monday, September 26, 2011

Along the terrace

The new terrace across from the Ottawa Congress Centre is a great place to sit with a coffee and watch the world (and chic cyclists) go by.

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Bike: Bixi

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