Elgin Street style

Friday night on Elgin Street
Bike: Biria

Chic weekend

No shortage of chic cyclists out and about this past weekend. And with the great summer weather we've been having, why not?




The green painted bike lanes along Laurier make for some nice photos.
Bike: Skeppshult




A bit of a long-range shot but the style caught my eye.




Some flair at the Corktown Footbridge




Coming off the bike lane...I think I've been spotted!
Bike: Avenir




Doing some shopping.
Bike: Electra

An Ottawa Cycle Chic week

Classic

Ottawa Cycle Chic!

Fall coats

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.

Cornering in style

Cornering in style!





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



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



Cool enough for mittens!

Yoga anyone?

Walking with bikes

A beautiful black Batavus and matching outfit.





Pushing off!



Cruiser style

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.

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.









I love this vintage CCM bike!

Around town

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



I love late afternoon fall light!



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



Vintage bike

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.



Bike: Bixi

Stylish ladies riding away

Window shopping (she was only on the sidewalk for a short time!)