Old Bike

"Macro Mondays" - theme "Jagged"

Die Grenze der Freiheit ist immer eine Frage des Gewissens.

Life Is Like Riding a Bicycle.

To Keep Your Balance You Must Keep Moving.

- Albert Einstein -

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Panning Shot

Thats an eye-catcher of a bike. I've never seen one this colour before.

Rolleiflex TLR

CARL ZEISS TESSAR 75mm F1:3.5

Fujicolor Pro400H。

Do you still remember your first bicycle?

Turin

The Getaway

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Somewhat optmistic - the the plastic bag to keep the seat dry and lock.

ASAHI PENTAX SPOTMATIC

INDUSTAR-61L/Z-MC

Fujifilm Fujicolor C200

sepia

Last weekend I received this lovely bicycle as an early Mother's Day gift. It's been years since I've ridden a bike and since I'm a little behind on the SP Project, I decided to go up the street and zip about on it.*

True or false:

It's like riding a bicycle. You never forget. Sort of true. Balancing and pedaling came back immediately, but the hopping on and off and braking will take more time to master to ensure I don't endanger anyone or look like a complete fool.

According to a review, you can wear a dress when riding this bike. True, especially with the low step-thru frame. However a black skirt requires some 'hitching up' but is still quite comfortable and you retain your modesty at all times! :D

Melburnians only wear black in winter. Apparently this is still true. It's a long held view but in this case, I wore black to contrast with the surroundings.

It's ridiculously complicated to take a SP like this. True! There were 3 shots where I was actually in frame. They're all out of focus but at least you're unable to see the look of terror on my face! :D

I took this shot alongside a private residence at the end of my street. As I live in an older suburb of Melbourne, it's reasonably common to see old corner shops like this, usually attached to a smaller house, that have been renovated to become one single home. Notice the different brickwork where a doorway must have once stood.

The old bluestone edging along the road is a feature that has been retained by the local council. Many of the old laneways are still paved with their original cobbled bluestone. With residential development going crazy, it's nice to see these pieces of history retained.

* Safety first. I have a helmet but it wasn't featured here as I wasn't riding on the road and also, it's not very stylish.

Varsovia es una ciudad antigua que quedó casi completamente en ruinas después de la segunda guerra mundial. El gobierno decidió volver a construirla para simbolizar la resistancia de los polacos frente a cualquier opresión. El resultado es fenomenal. Tanto que hace unos años fue reconocido como patrimonio de la Unesco. Estábamos paseando por las fortificaciones cuando encontramos esta bicicleta azul, cerca de la terraza de un café (hay muchas bicis por Varsovia, pero he visto pocas de este color). Los puntitos de bokeh que se ven son los reflejos del sol de la tarde sobre tres vasos vacíos que quedaban allí en una mesa.

albion

claireville

ontario

There are masses of bicycles everywhere in Cambridge, but I liked this traditional one.

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Buenos Aires - Argentina

Bicycle Number 52 in the "100 Bicycles Project 2"

To learn more about this project see the 100bicycles group.

Ai Weiwei at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Ontario

Fujifilm X-E5 & XF23/2.8: ƒ/2.8, 1/180s ISO/5000 & (ACROS) FRGMT BW – Fujifilm’s First‘Official’ Digital Film Simulation Recipe

Bicycle in need of a puncture repair kit, Bourton-on-the-Water,

Bronica SQ-A || 80mm f/2.8 || e100vs (xpro)

Muir courts at UCSD, where asians play bball.

A bit of vandalism I suspect.

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Bicled parked in Paris, France.

I glanced at this before I crossed the street, and then looked again once I got across. I liked it's look, so I crossed back again to take a couple of shots.

Poor Chloe (my dog) cause she never knows what the adventure is going to hold :))