i like the bike

yes, 2001! so shiny and smooth shifting back in the day! here’s to another 12 years together!

ring, ring, …splish, splash! big thanks to g for lovely gift to top off my trusty trek 520! feels fit to host a sea creature after this time on the water!

the explorer’s journal: www.davidsparshott.com/portfolio/bike-watching/
bike watching is one half bike tagging — perhaps a mass movement is afoot? this was a fun find at my favorite bookstore…

detonation-wire bikes… probably need an explanation. first, they were made in antarctica. after explosives blew out during field work there remain some usable bits. i also had more time on my hands, crafty encouragement, and greater flexibility in my mind to tempt such an odd form of entertainment. but, entertaining it was. since we are still down here they also make a suitable gift — happy birthday to p!

last day in copenhagen after a wonderful few years. managed to eek out some sunshine yesterday but only barely enough to expose the photo — but i won’t forget what it looks like here! while i go, the bike stays. enjoy denmark my yellow friend, and keeping sporting about!

Møns Klint!! we made it…

bikes not bombs! compliments to seattle for bike love. thanks to all for all during a pre-move planning visit. friends and food scene and university and wedding and pastries on a stoop — even a chocolate-chip cookie worth competing against! ready, k?

c surprises with a lovely borrowed tandem to cruise the summer streets of slc. thanks to a and a for the lending, and to c for the inviting…

j’s bike… on the wall (if you can’t tell what is going on). indoor time for this bike on a copenhagen summer day that california folks would fear during the winter — !

what up, holmes? that is actually the name of this built-up beauty! thanks to t for feature… and there is plenty of room for the other ones! (hallway backdrop, and… uncle sam says: chill out)

1980 fuji sports 12. slick!

release of the 1973 raleigh competition.

go, custom green racer!

collection of t’s bikes bring some class to this site. hippie heaps take note! univega gran turismo…this one has “Dia Compe cantilever brakes with Kool Stop salmon pads. The fenders are MKS longboards”. thanks to t for sharing this set of beauties.

carbon cycle and water cycle out for first ride. copenhagen tour included a stop at my favorite floating home. someday…

salt lake city library has been a great work spot, and the peugeot has been great transport for my month in utah. thanks to j for the bike! it was a fun surprise for the peugeot in the snow this morning!

my road bike has been a strong companion this summer, and while i didn’t get a shot of the bright blue action i wanted to give it proper thanks for the sunny times and apologize for leaving it behind for the not-so-sunny times… it will have the danish winter to consider i could be a racer!

bornholm bike tour! two days of sunshine and ferries and cycling. beachside camping, roadside stands, smoked herring, rye bread, and some local beer.

my cousin rides bikes – fast! we rode around seattle some years ago before he became so fast and famous. now he talks about his “kit”, and i marvel at the pictures… like this one! let this post be the first in the i could be a racer series. (aside: congratulations newly wedded b+e!)

hamburg edition. choice meeting in front of altona museum (“wir sind das altonaer museum!”). thank you to friend of new friend. huge credit for creative burst featured on 1.about page. the boat, containers, fish morning, astra, automats, and destiny. bounce, bounce, …

picnic perfect. really, could anything look better?

stunning! i can hardly stand how amazing this bike is. i definitely cannot stand how amazing the person riding it around is. lucky seattle! photos courtesy of: http://boxerbicycles.com/ (thank you)

friends respond with bike pics! first up: mysteriously safe. don’t let the dark & grainy photo deceive you, i have seen the true amount of reflective tape on this bike (which would make any bike commuter swoon).

first post has to be my own bike because i do like it. a good old schwinn cruiser from california — a schwinn sportabout, actually. we should all sportabout more often.