Two Wheels To Nowhere

classicvintagecycling: Ingrid Bergman. Ingrid rides

humansofnewyork: “I’ve moved home to live with my parents while my dad battles esophageal cancer. I think my being home has helped my mom even more than my dad. She had stopped taking care of herself. There’s this feeling of helplessness when someone you love has cancer. Two weeks can pass between appointments, and there’s…

humansofnewyork: “I emigrated from Liberia at the age of eighteen, and a lovely Jewish family took me in and helped fund my education. Their names were Anne and William Rothenberg. They had never even met me before. But they allowed me to live with them and introduced me to everyone as their daughter. They would…

rollersinstinct: The tail end of the peloton is ‘treated’ to a shower as the cross the line at today’s Gent-Wevelgem, captured by Jered Gruber.

Surreal Source: weheartit.com

The Iron Age

madaboutbike: 1950

Coming or going?

Sand art

rollersinstinct: Mobile soundsystem found on OldBike.  Sony Bikeman

You can’t start ‘em too young.

Challenging architecture

AirForceOne landing in Cuba. Not something you see every day. Or even in the last almost 90 years.

madaboutbike: Mr. Bean in tour de France Gotta love the Bean

humansofnewyork: “I went to every march and protest there was when I was young. I had a peace sign on my little yellow Volkswagen. I remember lying down on the Long Island Expressway in seventy-something to protest Kent State. Crazy, I know. But we thought that would end the war. I guess it did in…

motomood: storms never last Source: facebook.com

http://m.imdb.com/title/tt2088883/ An inspiring human story that just happens to involve bicycle racing.

A view from above

Helios Bisection Source: weheartit.com

Looks like something out of a Dr Seuss story.

Work & Play

rollersinstinct: Giovanni Roma at the 1953 Giro from Herbie Sykes’ Twitter stream.

Source: theminimalisto

humansofnewyork: “I was married for 25 years and had five children, but I allowed myself to make decisions based on emotional glitches. I had affairs. But they were affairs of the heart. I think I had a hunger to see myself as a great man in someone else’s eyes. My wife was a fine person,…

Bliss for both man and best friend.

classicvintagecycling: Bicycle Ambulance, World War Two.

rollersinstinct: “Bicycle ownership around the world is declining amid rising wealth levels and increased use of motorised vehicles in developing countries, a study has found.” Not a great conclusion from Olufolajimi Oke, Kavi Bhalla, David C. Love and Sauleh Siddiqui’s research, if we’re looking to move to a post carbon economy. … not to mention the detrimental…

humansofnewyork: “I didn’t start running until I was 51 years old. I was a wimp at the time. A nothing. My marriage had fallen apart. I was only seeing my children on the weekends. I wasn’t sleeping well. I was waking up at 5:30 AM every morning, probably after a long night of drinking, and…

rcinemagraphs: Traffic Lights – Pictures by Lucas Zimmermann Street art

humansofnewyork: “I got caught up in a little something. I’ve got twenty days left. Nobody knows I’m here. I’ve got somebody updating my Facebook page for me. All my friends think I’m in Hawaii right now.” (Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York)

Innovative cycling on rail lines. Very different than what we do now as we cycle on rail trails left behind from old rail lines that have been pulled up. Just as enjoyable, I’m sure!

Surreal image

madaboutbike: tour de france

Glass houses…

Our roots provide us stability even when the support around us is eroding.

Impressive. Ever wonder how people capture these moments in a photograph?

Uplifting seasonal activities as the daylight grows noticeably longer.