Handheld Cycling

They rode the whole way along the street like that. Only letting go if a bike came up behind and wanted to pass.


Talk to the basket... the face is busy right now. :-)


A spot of Cycle Chic in the China Times Weekly in an article about the Velorbis Long John cargo bike. Felix and I and a couple of friends in motion.

Copenhagen Cycle Chic International Roundup

Photo: Ruby Washington
The New York Times has a little slide show they call A Field Guide to the New York City Bicyclist wherein they feature five cyclists from the city. One wears lycra, but behold the others! Thanks to the readers who fired off the link to us.

Photo: Ruby Washington


A little splash of Copenhagen Cycle Chic as seen in lovely Karlskrona, Sweden. Thanks, Joel!


A bit of Berlintasticness from Der Spiegel.


Thanks to Andy for this fine example of Springfield Cycle Chic!


I've had this photo on my harddisk for ages and ages. I think it's a publicity stunt for The Bicycle Film Festival.


GQ's Taiwan magazine have a cool print edition with loads of my photos this month and here's a little online teaser for their Scandinavian design feature.

Carry On, Copenhagen

Classic Copenhagen street scene, including bikes and a cargo bike ridden by a Supermum in heels.

City Hall Square one day. Blue on blue with a poncho-clad Supermum.

For more about Danish cargo bike culture, I have an article online at The Los Angeles Times right here.

Red Lights, Lego, Amsterdam, Media Blitz

How to Wait at a Red Light. No hurry.

As ever, we checked in with Marc at Amsterdamize.com to see what the Danes with the different language are doing. Love this shot.


The original Legoland amusement park is celebrating 40 years this year. A perfect opportunity to repost this shot. Cycle Chic is everywhere in the Danish nation. Even at Legoland. The cycling girl is such an iconic figure in Danish history that she is present in town and city settings all over the park.


I'm quite taken with this photograph in the Danish Politiken newspaper of yours truly. Great stuff. The photographer Tobias is quite brilliant. It's been a hectic fortnight for Copenhagen Cycle Chic and copenhagenize.com.

For some strange reason that now escapes me, I ended up on a page on the Cannondale website - a bike brand, apparently. No wonder we don't see many around here. It's a FAQ about choosing the right bike, including such pearls of useless text as:

"Because we are obsessed as you are about your bike's weight, we implore you to go visit your local Cannondale Dealer to help you determine the specific weight of any bike you may be considering. We know you'll be impressed."

"Individual fitting of a bicycle is a step-wise process and a series of compromises. Professional guidance DOES simplify the process and we encourage you to be fit properly by a trained bicycle professional."

"Your body type is the only factor that does not change. Your inseam to height ratio, the length of your arms, the size of hands, the size of your torso etc. all factor into determining the correct fit of a bike."

"As a result, Cannondale highly suggests that you not rely on fit charts, but instead seek professional guidance and recommendations from an experienced bicycle shop."

"Buying a Cannondale is an investment in your recreational pleasure. Fitting a Cannondale should be like fitting a wedding gown, or an expensive suit. It should fit the individual as well as either of these other fine items."

If I'm going to use a bike for competitive racing, this might make sense. But otherwise it's merely an excerise in Terminology Folly as we posted about previously. If you think about it, there are either hundreds of millions of really stupid people who dare to buy their bikes without 'fittings' involving 'measuring hands' or there is a handful of really silly bike websites. My money is on the latter. [Ironically the word 'latter' means laughter in Danish.]

More Great Moments in Cycling

Great Moments in Cycling - A Copenhagener accelerates [a relevent term in Copenhagen] off the light.


Cyclist crossing street near the new Royal library extension The Black Diamond [Sorte Diamant].


This is what it looks like when a photographer from the Politiken newspaper - riding a company issue Kronan - takes photos of a photographer from Copenhagen Cycle Chic on the King's New Square for an interview.


A lawyer in motion. Well, at least the bag in his back rack had a law firm logo on it, so we're assuming.

A brochure from the Belgian Cyclists' Union - "Wanted - Cyclists [Male/Female]" for membership of the cyclists' union. They certainly know how to promote cycling, using a positive, happy image instead of fear-mongering, like the Danish Cyclists' Union. We have a series of posts over at Copenhagenize.com about promoting cycling.

Friends Forever [and a podcast]

There are many, many ways to describe in photos the casualness of Copenhagen's bike culture. We try to do it everyday on this blog. Once in awhile we take a photo that sums it up just a bit more effectively than normal.

Two friends on a bike. Riding slowly along the bike lane. Weaving back and forth but not enough to prevent other bikes from passing. Just one friend doubling the other. Destination unknown and quite possibly unimportant. A moment of quiet togetherness, friendship.

It's not always this poetic on the bike lanes, but fortunately it happens often enough. Biking in Couples is an integral part of urban bike culture.

Yesterday I was interviewed about this blog by the good people at the groovy KommunicationsCast - a weekly podcast about communication and media in Denmark. Since weekend activities are dictated by the whims of our children, I found myself in a wind-blown parking lot near the Eksperimentarium - a science museum for kids - when they called me on my mobile at the arranged time. Ironically, there was nary a cycle in sight.

This bit of press news is probably as useless as a wearing cricket pads to a bar mitzvah to the vast majority of you, since it is in Danish. But for those who are familiar with the suave, gutteral tongue of the Danes, you can either hear the podcast on their website, or you can download it from there.

While we'll always recommend you hear the whole cool show - every week - the interview about Copenhagen Cycle Chic can be found at about 34:00 minutes in the 44 minute long podcast.

Thanks to Mikkel and Katrine for the chance to spout off nonsense to thousands of listeners... .-)

Pause

Pause, originally uploaded by [Zakkaliciousness].

Splashes of pink and blue and green are a sure sign of spring.
Yes, we're optimists.

If you're a new visitor to this blog perhaps you'd like to read a bit more about the idea behind it. Momentum bike magazine out of Vancouver did an interview with us a while back. You can read it here. Thanks for stopping by!

Copenhagen Cycle Chic in the Press

October 2008 - Article in the China Times Weekly about Cycle Chic and The Long John cargo bike.

October 2008 - GQ Magazine's Taiwan edition features Danish and Scandinavian design, with photos from Copenhagen Cycle Chic.

03 October 2008 - Write up in Minnpost.com from Minnesota.

September 30, 2008 - Guest blogger in The Los Angeles Times about Danish Cargo Bike Culture.

19 September 2008 - Article in Canadian newspaper National Post entitle Stilettos on Wheels - cycling goes mainstream.

04 September 2008 - Mention in The Guardian's Life and Style article - Cycle Chic.

28 August 2008 - Article and interview in the national newspaper Politiken:


28 August 2008 - Large article and interview in the Irish Times.

12 August 2008 - Interview in City Avisen, Copenhagen.

12 August 2008 - Interview in The Copenhagen Post.

08 August 2008 - Interview in the Danish national daily Berlingske Tidende:


08 August 2008 - Guest blogger in The Los Angeles Times.

26 July 2008 - Heartwarming mention in the Star Tribune out of Minneapolis, USA.

23 July 2008 - Write up on the French Weelz blog.

21 July 2008 - Article and interview on Cycloculture Blog.

10 July 2008 - Write up on the French Vocivelo blog.

13 July 2008 - Cracking mention in the Covisi - Living in the New Century website.

26 June 2008 - The Guardian features Copenhagen Cycle Chic and Copenhagenize.com in an article by Carlton Reid in the G2 Ethical Living section and online.
"Colville-Andersen is The Sartorialist on two wheels" is a personal favourite.

June 2008 - ELLE Magazine - Russian Edition - features a number of photos of Copenhagen in their June 2008 issue, including one damn chic bicycle.


June 2008 - Croatian 'Biker' Magazine features a splash of lovely Copenhagen Cycle Chic over a four page spread in their June issue.


June 23, 2008 - The Gazette, a newspaper in Essex, UK, highlights Copenhagen Cycle Chic and the city of Copenhagen as an example of where they want to go with bike culture.

June 18, 2008 - Copenhagen Cycle Chic is blogged about at the coolicious NYLON mag.

April 22, 2008 - Copenhagen Cycle Chic is listed as a reference in the new book by David Bach called "Go Green, Live Rich - 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth".

April 17,2008 - Copenhagen Cycle Chic is selected as the Blog of Note by blogger.com for this day. Welcome to all the new readers.

March 2008 - Interview with KommunicationsCast, a weekly Danish podcast on communication and media in Denmark.

March 2008 - The blog has a piece in Cooler.mag, out of the UK.

March 2008 - Urban Outfitters give the thumbs up.
"Copenhagen Cycle Chic is a fresh take on the typical street style blogs. Shooting mostly from the bike lane, you see a variety of women cruising in quite stylish looks, which fit perfectly with the tagline of the blog - ‘Bike Advocacy in High Heels.’ I await the day he photographs the Chanel bicycle in action!"

November 2007 - Vogue Brasil.
"A dica vem de Nana Caetano, editora da Vogue Brasil: andar de bicicleta está na moda! O assunto é tema de uma matéria da Vogue americana de dezembro, que acaba de chegar às bancas. A revista elegeu o meio de transporte como “o acessório mais quente do momento” e, de quebra, mostrou as opções disponíveis no mercado e os looks perfeitos para um passeio em duas rodas.

De olho nisso, Nana nos enviou uma sugestão de blog especializado no mesmo tema. Em “Copenhagen Girls on Bikes”, há cliques e mais cliques de meninas fashionistas e suas bicicletas."


November 2007 - Cover photo and interview with photos in Momentum Bike Magazine out of Vancouver, Canada. Issue #30.


November 2007 - Interview in French newspaper L'Express' online fashion section - Café Mode.

September 2007 - Write up on legendary bike builder Dave Moulton's bike blog - Womankind, You Can Save Mankind.

August 2007 - Short review of the blog on BlogMagasinet- a podcast about the Danish blogosphere.

August 2007 - Interview with German "Fashion & Art" Blog.

May 2007 - Photo included in a reportage on Copenhagen in "Modern Elegance - Design For Life", a bespoke lifestyle supplement to the Sunday Times of Malta.


January 2007 - Photospread in KBH Magasin - Copenhagen's monthly design, lifestyle and architecture magazine.