DIY - Bicycle HandleBar Bag

Is this a fancy new bicycle bag? ...

I'm sharing with you a simple DIY for a bicycle handlebar bag.
This is a handlebar handbag that serves dual purposes. Handbag purse and/or a handlebar bag.

You start with a shoulder strap bag like the one below....

After you've unbuckled the buckle you wrap the strap around....

You wrap the long end around the one side then cross over to meet the short side of the strap which you've also wrapped. Buckle.

All done! All these fine leather bags with the exception of one bag have been thrifted! Average price has been $2.80.


Below is another bag, a vintage coach bag living a new life as a handlebar bag....

Even a backpack can work...

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Here is another type of shoulder strap bag I like even better, if I can find ones with strap like these. The strap is detachable on each side. Each side is basically equal in length. It makes it much easier to wrap and I like the symmetry.

Hope you enjoyed this little DIY for a handlebar bag!
To my men readers - I think there are several styles of handbags here that are handsome enough to be a consideration for your bike.

* Handlebar bags can be found at Bicycle Beautiful -- my new little etsy shop

Grace Kelly and her 'Vintage' Bicycle

Grace Kelly with her bicycle. Barefoot .... looks like a photo from Monte Carlo I'm guessing.
Ah, the civilized beach life of the resort cities of the Mediterranean.
I would love to see a photo of a bicycle on board a yacht, sail boat, or even a fishing boat...

Bicycles + Summer Girls at the Beach

Girls of Summer and their bicycles headed for the beach....

On my way to the beach I passed by these two girls locking up their beach cruiser bicycles. We chatted, I really liked her bright orange bag - I guess because I have a pink one like it.
Funny, latter I noticed I ended up just a few towels over on the beach...

The Bicycle Muse - Cycle Chic Online Store USA

via The Bicycle Muse

You may have noticed this over at Velo Vogue and Sac Cycle Chic....

via The Bicycle Muse

this over at Bike by the Sea....

via The Bicycle Muse

this over at 416cyclestyle Toronto......

via The Bicycle Muse

A conspiracy of some sort, perhaps?

It’s all about getting the word out - the launch of a new USA cycle chic online store. Say Hello to the new little sister of Cycle Chic – Welcome to The Bicycle Muse!
Yes, all brought to you by the lovely Caz of London Cycle Chic.

Vintage Cycle Chic Girls - Riding Fixed

Vintage Cycle Chic at an early stage in the Cycle Chic time line. It looks like the girls are riding fixed. What's old is new again...

Fantastic Bamboo Bicycle

Downtown Los Gatos - Summer California Cycle Chic Girls and one amazing bamboo bicycle ...

Very warm day today, sun was blaring down hard. I squinted my eyes at just what kind of bicycle was ahead?

It was this very pretty bamboo bicycle I soon discovered! The owner told me she loved her bicycle but because it was bamboo it required dedicated upkeep to keep it looking good and at it's best. But then again she loved her bicycle!

Oh, and that's her friend waiting sweetly and patiently as I tried to quickly snap photos before the traffic light changed again...

p.s hope you can see/notice - 1) the beautiful flowers in the basket, 2) the pretty cornflower blue shade of nail polish on her fingernails and 3) the best wicker weaved bicycle seat I have ever seen!

Wicker Basket Ingenuity - DIY

A little ingenuity goes a long way. What we have here is a wicker basket elegantly, artistically attached to the bicycle handlebars - held with a little tan belt and two leather thongs ties. Simple.