Opposites Attract

Meli insists I own every kind of bicycle there is. I certainly own the bikes at opposite ends of the spectrum.

Hubby the Bikeman is riding his 22lb mid-80's Miyata which has been converted to fixed. We call it the MLF, the Mid-Life Fixie. James points out that he does not call the bike that, but the rest of us do so that is its name.

I am riding La Ballena (The Whale), a 65lb cargo bike with a great big wooden bucket on the front.

La Ballena could crush the MLF. It would be a very unfare fight. Of course, the MLF could easily outrun any threat La Ballena represents. Despite this, they live together in peace in our garage and on the streets of San Francisco.

If your bike is gone while getting a coffee in Brooklyn..

loveeeeeeit =)

found via urbanvelo.org

Ketchup and mustard.

As a visual person I loved this red effect all around. As an audience, it's meh. All I kept thinking about was about french fries, which could be resembled by the guy's skinny legs, some ketchup and mustard. and a beer. Maybe also throw that flirty stink eye to some skinny boy on a fixie. Soon, very soon.

Happy Sunday to all of us, not in the PDX. yay.

An AEPDX Meeting from Juliet Zulu on Vimeo.

thursday thoughts: bikes as installation art?

UPDATE--late wednesday evening:

so i had a post written out from a few days ago regarding the below pictures. but then i checked in with another fellow SF blog, mission mission, and they have also seen the cords, literally hanging around town. turns out marketing: it can haz some hazy powers over the calitexican (and apparently over other bloggers). along the same lines, now that i know this is advertising, this is NOT an endorsement, just merely an observation. kthx.

to keep with the integrity of the post, i will keep it as is, because it may be interesting (to some) my initial reactions. but my honest one was, why waste all that material on a bike like that...

(tuesday during the day)
i'm not quite sure what the intentions of this person behind this bike seem to be, but this bike just could not be functional. i also apologize for the iphone at night picture, but the best camera is the one you carry with you, right?

wrapping every spare pieces in pink corduroy. except the brakes and the bike light. seen outside of ritual coffee roasters in the mission.

i also like how the bike is completely locked up. you know, just in case someone wanted to score a pink present.

KT over at velo vogue has noticed them too.

is this the beginning of springing into action in springtime, or just arting around town? what is the purpose of them, or do they have no official stance? or do they just mark "hipsters reside here?"

does anyone know? please share in the comments.