Left Bank Bike
When I had a car I wasn’t one of those people who loved their car. And my car was certainly not an extension of my personality. But since I started biking, I’ve been looking for that perfect bike. One that’s like a best friend who completes your thoughts… and has two wheels.
Well, I’ve found that bike.
The bike is classic looking and rides like a Django Reinhardt song. Somehow I find myself dressing in 1920’s inspired outfits (well, more than usual) and speeding around the left bank of Boston daydreaming it is a little more like a certain other left bank:
The bicycle is so lovely it seems to have a bit of a traffic calming effect.
And sometimes that creates a bit of a problem for an artist. Like when my bike kept me company at my recent open studio.
But, still, I wouldn’t be all that sad if more people fell in love with bikes.
Now I wanna see actual pictures of the bike.haha. Bike nerd here.
But nothing better than a bike that you love. My bikes make me happy.
Check out the first link in the post to find professional pictures of the very bike Bekka Bikeyface got, it’s gorgeous (but not as nice as Gigi).
*Chuckles* Know the feeling. I’d gone to my dentist for a check, locked my bike to the rail of the coffeehouse next door. Came out and chatted for a half hour with a few people who had been admiring my much used LHT.
We love your posts. Keep up the great work and we should beat the pulp out of ugly smoke emitting vehicles !
Sweet ride I have always like the lines of the Soma Buena Vista and the build you put together with “Lovely Bicycle” is just damn gorgeous- I would gawk but then I am pretty much a sucker for any kind of old school looking ride and I love split down tube mixtes.
I don’t think I have the “perfect” bike yet, but the GT Traffic8 I got last fall and rode all winter may be my favorite bike yet. Hybrid, flat bars, 8-speed internal hub, and hydraulic disk brakes.