It must be spring, the commuters are coming out again!
For those of you who haven’t heard, Bay State Bike Week will be May 11-17. On May 15th there’s even a free breakfast with Mayor Menino. So sign up and pledge your miles!
Early morning I saw this handsome guy cycling with his coffee, his jeans turned up and his desert boots looking oh-so-cool. He sported a blazer and sunglasses with his jeans and looked way too cool. Then he opened up the Newbury Street Ralph Lauren store. I guess that explains why he was dressed so nicely!
Cool that he gets to bring his bike into the store.
Thought you might like to see my “Easter bonnet” in action!
While all in black, I like his gentlemanly choice of white gloves. Must be good when he signals. Isn’t that a handsome bike?
There is an extensive Boston Globe article coming out on Sunday, discussing a bike share for Boston and comparing it to Velib in Paris. The comment section is already heating up! I hope that it doesn’t turn into too much of a cyclist-slam, as previous Boston Globe comment sections have done.
I appreciated the author’s ode to bicycling in Boston:
Boston is a different city on a bike. As the fresh air hits your face, you see things you would miss from a car: the sun reflecting off a historic church steeple; an old lady who wears a different, outrageous hat every day; intricately carved brownstone doorways. If you look closely, it doesn’t feel like New York or Chicago or Los Angeles. I always swear I must be in London or Paris. No other American city has the history and architecture and grandeur of ours, and it’s best seen on two wheels.
And I’m cheering for Menino, mayor of our compact, flat, historic city:
“Boston’s not like other major cities; we’re the most European city in America,” Menino says when I meet with him. “We have 300,000 college students in Boston. One out of three Bostonians is 20 to 34. No other city can say that. We will follow Paris’s lead, and Nicole (Freedman) will get us there.”
Transportation cycling is important for so many reasons – community, health, the environment, financial liberation – I hope the rest of Boston can understand these multiple benefits to such a simple choice. One of the commenters touched on my position there:
“If you walk or drive all the time, you should want more people biking in Boston– every biker means less traffic, more open parking spots, and fewer people on the T for YOU. Some people are so close-minded that they can’t even think beyond their immediate reaction of “ooh I hate bikes, I’m never going to ride one, so I am against the whole idea” to realize that it’s in their own personal self-interest to have other people ride bikes.”
Three cheers for more bikes!
All the cooler for the blur. At least that’s what I tell myself.
This gentleman does not look thrilled to have me taking his photo. I don’t care that he was going the wrong way on Mass Ave, I was just impressed to see his suit on a mountain bike.
Bikes with flowers on them make me smile. Always.
Last night I saw the rider of this bike. A middle-aged woman who clearly doesn’t take herself too seriously. I’d like to get to chat with her some time.
Feels like spring!
Bikes with flowers on them make me smile. Always.
Last night I saw the rider of this bike. A middle-aged woman who clearly doesn’t take herself too seriously. I’d like to get to chat with her some time.
Feels like spring!
Musing about bikes in Boston this evening we had a brainstorm. What if you used a Bern helmet to approximate the iconic ballcap?
Could anything be more Boston than that?
You’d need the RedSox on the back of the helmet, and a big red B for Boston on the front.
Happy Opening Day!
