Two Wheels To Nowhere

ericvanwesenbeeck: rollersinstinct: The towels bike photographed by Nicolas Mirguet in Bangalore, India. Pedaling towels at the market.

rollersinstinct: The towels bike photographed by Nicolas Mirguet in Bangalore, India. Pedaling towels at the market.

Keep true to the dreams of thy youth. ~ Friedrich von Schiller

rollersinstinct: During the 1924 Tour de France, in the middle of the 482 km long Les Sables-d’Olonne–Bayonne stage, Hector Tiberghien still finds the strength to provide a helping hand to a young Bordeaux woman. Thanks to Robert’s Flickr stream for this one.  Now that’s dope!

rollersinstinct: One bike won’t be setting any speed records…Frank Dose intends to set the Guinness world record for heaviest wheeled bicycle with this contraption that weighs 940kg but can potentially increase to about 1.2 tonnes. From the Guardian’s Best photographs of the day. No carbon fiber frame here

ridesabike: Bing Crosby prices a bike. À Paris.

Few of us understand the joy of of winter riding. This young lad’s face says it all!

Look what just showed up in my FB feed! How does FB know this shit about me? Uncanny.

Juicin’ the Batmobile for a green ride!

historyinpics42: A 16 year old Sid Vicious going to a David Bowie concert at Earls Court – 1973 Click Here to Follow HISTORY IN PICS A cultural icon going to see a cultural icon

humansofnewyork: (2/2) “In Afghanistan I spent so much time imagining what it would be like when I came home. I built up this perfect world. I imagined eating a big cheeseburger. And taking the longest shower. And meeting up with all my friends. Maybe we’d even take a trip to the beach just to catch…

humansofnewyork: (½) “ I don’t think it’s possible to be a medic in a conflict zone and not have something stay with you. Something that you didn’t have before you went. I have the hardest time forgetting this little girl. She was brought to our post one day. Two men ran toward us carrying a…

rollersinstinct: Laurine van Riessen of the Netherlands rides on the barrier wall with Virginie Cueff of France after avoiding a crash during the second heat of the keirin race first round, at the Olympic velodrome in Rio de Janeiro. The Dave Hunt photograph was published in The Guardian’s Sport picture of the day.

the best of both worlds

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle. ~ Helen Keller

untrustyou: RHYE photographed by Dan Monick Source: untrustyou

Excepted? Accepted? Either way, I’m going.

history-inpictures: Led Zeppelin pre concert, 1970 Dazed and Confused- pre-show indulgences

history-inpictures: George Harrison and Bob Marley meet for the first time, 1975

One of the most important rules, in my opinion. Too much data slows you down. Ride by feel. Ride hard, to the limit. That’s my M.O.

Teach us to delight in the simple things. ~ Rudyard Kipling

Happy Canada Day, eh!

ericvanwesenbeeck: …. and use the Forza!

…. and use the Forza!

rollersinstinct: Ride with Pride is happening a week on Friday in London celebrating diversity on two wheels

humansofnewyork: “There’s a strange culture in medicine. People are less friendly to each other than I imagined. I got an MD and a PhD in Neuroscience. I’m finishing my residency right now. I guess I thought that everyone would be compassionate, and would help each other, and would be nice to each other. And don’t…

really-shit: Blast Off | Dániel Taylor

My favourite photograph from my recent cycling adventure in the Carolinas. And it was completely accidental. I had been riding through the idyllic Dark Ridge Creek valley, near Sylva, stopping frequently to shot a scene while my crew continued relentlessly on along the serpentine road. Each time I was forced to stand on the pedals…

humansofnewyork: “I’ve been writing for twenty-five years. I just finished my second novel. I had a really severe anxiety attack right before my deadline. I thought I was having a heart attack. I could barely breathe. I couldn’t calm down. Part of it was just the pressure of the deadline. But another part of it…

history-inpictures: “Candy Cigarette”, photographed by Sally Mann, 1989

It’s the squeaky wheel that gets the grease. ~ proverb

Oddly disturbing

How awesome is this photo? Source: instagram.com

Today, in Muskoka… needs a bumper sticker: “My other bike’s a bike.”

Blue Ridge Parkway and two wheels to nowhere

ridesabike: Gary Cooper rides a bike. Super Duper

Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant of metals. ~ Voltaire

humansofnewyork: “I was a cop for twenty-one years. It’s all I ever wanted to do. My father was a cop, and so were both my grandfathers. But I want him to do something else. I’d like him to be able to do a higher level, white-collar kind of thing. You just see so much as…