Go by bike breakfast: Lovely ladies

Even though it was wet, lovely ladies arrived to brighten the day

rain? ... what rain?

Fabulous machine in expert hands!

Tea anyone?

Just a normal work day ...

Green

New bike ... lovin' it

Proud! ... new (old) bike

Go by bike Breakfast: Important

Here it is ... the most important of my Go By Bike photographs ....

If you haven't guessed ... it's the mayor CYCLING to the Go By Bike Breakfast!

I know it's a terrible photograph but some things are just so important you have to post a crap shot anyway!

Go by bike Breakfast: wet!

Well, we weren't expecting that! .... but it was wet ... torrential Auckland kind of wet

But that didn't put off many of Auckland's chic and stylish bicyclists from turning up ...

Now that's what I call an outfit!

And a Boneshaker bicycle, from the Transport museum no less!

Wet was a bit of a theme!

But so was style

and panache!

The new black!

Time's a little short this evening, so I just thought I'd put a taster of the 'Go by Bike Breakfast' up for your viewing pleasure ....

Introducing ... the new black!

Romance is alive and well

Have you got your bicycle ready for valentines day?

Westfields obviously thinks that bicycles are very romantic ... and I do too!

Blue

I'm calling this one 'blue'

Just know that it was a really gorgeous picture of a lady in a pretty summer dress ... 

Unfortunately, by the time the shutter clicked, the moment had passed and I had produced this very 'arty' shot instead

Heard of bulls

First a nice picture and then some ranting ... 

I often read posts on Copenhagenize containing Mikael's 'ignoring the bull' analogy - where cars are the bull and people are the china. The cars bash and crash into people causing death and mayhem and we are all looking the other way and excepting the status quo.

They may have a bull in their china shop in Europe, but over here we've got a heard of the buggers! I could not believe this report in the paper last week. A gentleman was walking his bicycle in the street and was hit and killed by a van, the article made a point of saying that 'he was not wearing a helmet or high visibility clothing'! Like it was his fault that a ruddy great idiot of a van driver was not driving carefully!
Anyway - doesn't walking your bike make you a pedestrian? What does his helmet and clothing status have to do with it?

Anyway, this got me to thinking ...

Isn't it strange the way that, if you ride a bike, you are referred to as a cyclist even when you are not anywhere near your bike. I often hear people say things like 'have a chat with Jenny, she's a cyclist' ... strangely, I never here people say 'have a chat with Bob, he's a pedestrian' or 'have a chat with Tom, he's a motorist'

Why?

With most other forms of transport you are only labelled for the time period you are actually travelling, so you are a pedestrian only whilst walking on the pavement and only until you sit down or stop. Similarly, you are a 'motorist' until you get out of your car, the moment you take a step away from your car you are just a person; a 'passenger' until you get off the bus or train. BUT for some reason you are a 'cyclist' in your pyjamas, a 'cyclist' in the bath and a 'cyclist' whilst being introduced to someone you've never met!

Now don't get me wrong, I love my bike but all good relationships require a little space ... I have other transport options that I like to go out with. Why is riding a bike such an exclusive relationship, while everyone else gets to flirt with a variety of transport options and is not defined by any single one?

Just plain YUMMY!

Check out this link that was sent to me - it made me go all giggly inside!

http://www.designspongeonline.com/category/bikes

Cool idea!