April Tweed Ride Roundup -- coming soon

I've been working on the April Tweed Ride Roundup and it's almost ready.

I'm been on the road recently and my laptop is acting up, so what I would normally whip out pronto has become a bit of a challenge. Bear with me.

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Shelly@RidingPretty

Art Bike Exitement

(photo via The DeadlyNightShades)

First off I have to say how much I admire this photo I swiped from my cool friends over at The Deadly NightShades. Now that's an Art Bike, not to mention the fabulous flirty rider!

Hey! Slimm Buick is up to it again. Look for another Santa Cruz 1st Friday Art Bike Ride this Friday. It's part of the Santa Cruz Bike Month festivities.

First Friday Art Ride – 5:30pm

Dedicated to inspiring others to have a love of art, bicycling and a creating a world with fewer cars on the road! All ages, bicycles, kinetic art welcome …

Start: Rite Aid Parking Lot – Santa Cruz, CA (901 Soquel Avenue x Branciforte Ave. 95062)

First Stop: Subrosa/Bike Church

Questions: Slimm Buick 440-7699

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I do have a thing for art bikes...a favorite one is here.
There are other Art Bike goings on too, so check out what the Art Predator's Art Bike Ride Calendar is all about. Also Joey's photos of the Houston Art Bike Show....thanks Joey for sharing your photos :)

Christa's Cycle Chic Fashion Show

Have a wonderful show Christa!!

(top photo by Amy Steinfeld)

Santa Barbara Cycle Chic and CycleMaynia celebrate Bike Month in Santa Barbara California.

Sunday 6PM - Bicycle Downtown Chicness

Downtown Santa Cruz and the Clock Tower clock says it's just after 6pm on a Sunday....
Hope you had a Sunday Cycle Chic kind of day!

Raleigh 'Twenty' Bicycle Video - So Cute!

(She Rides from Michele Lugaresi)

As you may know by now I have my very own (new to me) vintage Raleigh Twenty Bicycle.
SO imagine my delight when I discovered this too cute video of a 'vintage kind of girl' riding around on her Raleigh Twenty bicycle :)

Enjoy!

Bicycles in Fashion! Ellen Von Unwerth - Vogue Nippon

(photo: Ellen Von Unwerth for Vogue Nippon)

Ellen Von Unwerth is one of my all time favorite fashion photographers ! - I absolutely love it when she turns her eye to a view with a bicycle included. This is images appears in the June issue of Vogue Nippon. Enjoy!

Jesse Autumn's Bicycle and MUSIC! - a Cafe Day

You may remember seeing this bicycle and it's rider Jesse before - that is if you've been reading this blog for awhile...

Well as is often the case I spotted the bicycle well before seeing the bicycle's owner! I was so drawn to the contents inside the basket, those lovely strawberry print linens, well I just got giddy admiring them- so vintage, so perfect.

Next simply turn around (Shelly) and there was Jesse herself - a stones throw away seated at a charming outdoor cafe table at Lulu's where she was contently painting away...

As it turns out Jesse is an artist and musician. The best part of our chance meeting was the CD Jesse gave me. It's her brand new release. What a surprise I was in for! I have been listening to her CD non stop. I can't recommend it enough. It's so delicate, haunting, romantic. My BF says Jesse kinda reminds him of Tori Amos while for me she reminds me distantly of a female Nick Drake*.

"beautiful emotive and ethereal acoustic alternative folk/pop on piano, harp, organ, and glockenspiel" -- via her facebook page

Besides, the first track on Jesse Autumn Live EP is entitled 'November 5' (that's my birthday) and it is sooo pretty.

Jesse Autum's CD - go ahead and click it!

(*Why does someone always have to remind you of someone else anyway??!!)