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Even with a sudden downpour and a dash for shelter in this tunnel leading to Grand Central, this year's Summer Streets was a great ride
Shot for my #BikeNYC series.
I found Julie through her Flickr photos (www.flickr.com/photos/eiluj/). Judging by her photostream it seems she's never without her camera or without her bike (a Schwinn Cream). I'm glad we got to meet up on Friday and take some portraits around the bike path on the Upper East Side.
Check out her blog here: jphardee.com/thejulieblog/
And here's a picture she took of the 2 of us after we finished our little shoot: www.flickr.com/photos/eiluj/4932915629/
More to come..
I had run across BFresh last week and we agreed to get together and take more pictures of the Big Ballers Bike Club.
BFresh builds the bikes, with his sister Terri and brother T, three of the members of the club. This one, complete with Betti Boop doll, fuzzy dice, and low rider tires was on par with his other.
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Oh what the hell, let's post one more.
Blog post: gudphoto.com/bikenyc/2011/10/27/bicycle-portraits-genevie...
Across the street from Jesus and his pigeons was a Latino bike club. Similar to the clubs in Brooklyn, most of the bikes where refurbished classic Schwinns. James had one of the flasher bikes, fuzzy dice taken to its logical conclusion. A motorcycle accident left James with two bum knees and turned his attention to bicycles.
I was in a rush, but hopefully will get more photos of the club. In particular there was a Sears Dragstripper from the 70s, inspired by Batman, that caught my eye. Pigeons and Schwinns. Got to love New York
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I met BFresh as I was heading towards a Pigeon roof.
He was in a hurry, but we agreed to meet next week with his friends and other bikes.
Not only did he have a great look, but his bike had a PSP attached to the handlebars
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I found robin a month ago, in a quiet less gentrified part of Prospect Park: Robin
For the last fifty years he has collected, restored, and built Schwinn Bicycles. His Bikes are works to behold. Lovingly restored using vintage parts with perfect period pieces. This little green one had a cobras head above the original light, three working bells, an odometer, original three gear stick shift, and small dice bolts.
He has three basements filled with his work. He is at 8th ave and 17th street, always out front with some bikes and happy to talk. Pictures don't do them justice, go visit him.
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T, Terri, and BFresh three of the members of the Big Ballers Bike Club.
I had run across BFresh last week, and followed up with a short shoot last night. These pictures don't do the bikes justice, its the details that are amazing.
Once again East New York comes through for me.
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The Classic Riders are a Bushwick based Schwinn bike club. These guys (and one kid!) can be found cycling down the local streets on their refurbished classic schwinn sting rays, bikes and members all decked out and colorful.
I love the New York Latino bike culture; tradition, craftsmanship, fashion, and very little pretense. More real than dropping 3k on a fixed gear cycle.
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The four guys are the Classic Riders, a club devoted to the old Schwinn Sting Ray bikes. They are the fourth Puerto Rican Schwinn bike club I have found in Bushwick. All four of the bikes are gems, beautifully restored. You can see these guys cruising down the streets of Bushwick on weekend afternoons.
I was able to get them in the shade for a quick shot, hopefully I will get a much better photo later.
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Angel was riding his self built bicycle home in the rain to Bay Ridge when we ran into each other. He is 6' 6", to give you an idea how big this bike is.
The paint is the same used on safety road crews, which makes the bike almost glow. He has several more at home; can't wait to see them.....
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Robert, homeless for the last four years, decorates his bike with buttons, dolls, beads, flowers, and other thing he finds while wandering the city.
He ran away from his abusive parents when he was fourteen, ending up in the Lower East Side. "I had to raise myself. It was a tough time. I fought when I had to, did drugs, and ended up in jail for twenty years."
"See that's why I got my bike, I always wanted one" he said, smiling to me. "I spent all my time when I was a kid trying to be an adult that now I guess I want to be a kid."
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Raoul (right), Edgar (middle) and Pablo (left) are three of the members of a classic Schwinn club in the Bronx. The club has two garages filled with Schwinns and other historical bikes, some dating back to 30's.
These three bikes are from the early 50's, the original advertising flyers are hanging on the clubhouse walls. I myself am partial to the 70s Sting Rays, but thats what I grew up with.
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El Gallo is a member of the Puerto Rico Schwinn Club, one of the four clubs I have found in Bushwick. The details of his bike require another ten pictures.
Give me the festooned classic Schwinns of Bushwick over the super expensive fixies of Williamsburg hipsters anyday...
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A member of the Classic Riders of Bushwick. I love the Classic Schwinn bike culture in Brooklyn and Bronx.
Here is the whole crew: Classic Riders
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When I saw the perfectly restored purple Bratz Schwinn Bicycle I can't say I was surprised to find the owner was an eighty year old Puerto Rican man. I know the love of Schwinns amongst older Latino men.
Still Carlos was one of a kind; called by his friends El es comico he wanted to show me how strong he was. It takes a certain man to pull of riding a purple girls bike branded after a Doll.
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I ran across stanley as I was tracking down some pigeons I spotted while stuck on the interstate.
Stanley, who also keeps pigeons, not only got me access to the roof, but also made a great model.
ยท Here's a bike rack designed by David Byrne. Each shape is supposed to reflect the neighborhood, so I'm going to conclude that this rack has something to do with the sexual assaulter whose name adorns the Tower behind it. (He has relocated to Florida, so maybe more of this should go up around Mar-a-Lago).
So remember, if you're in high heels and find yourself needing to flee from a Mango Mussolini, it's a very good idea to have a bicycle parked nearby.
Online research indicates that "Open Road' bikes were likely distributed by Montgomery Ward and possibly made by Huffy.
Shot for my #BikeNYC series
Looking forward to doing some more of these. If you bike in New York, hit me up.
I found Robin on the fringes of Park Slope, where I had been told there was still a few Pigeon keepers.
Robin did once keep Pigeons (and chickens in his back yard), but no longer. He said the new residents only like their cats and dogs, and complain about anything else.
He fixes up bikes as well as collects tons of things. You have to see his basement; its a treasure trove of old NY.
Oh, and yes that is a small TV mounted to the front of his tricked out Schwinn
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I took portraits of bike commuters at the Williamsburg Bridge for 2 hours on a Wednesday morning.
More: gudphoto.com/bikenyc/2012/09/13/bike-commuter-portraits-w...
Near the entry ramp to the Bruckner expressway is a tiny park that on weekends becomes a big party, with salsa bands and men with their restored Schwinn Bikes.
Carlos,75 years old, had the best, a purple toys-r-us girls Bratz branded bike. Here is the previous picture of him: Carlos
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Always fun to shoot with Sheryl. She needed a fresh portrait for her blog header, and this was it.
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More on my bike portrait blog: gudphoto.com/bikenyc/2012/02/01/jamaica/
taken during my morning commute, just off the Queensborough Bridge... my reflection in a black SUV (grrrrrr), which proves that SUVs are good for something.. or some things.... hehe...
I look really chunky here... which demonstrates that biking doesn't count as cardio. especially it the only high impact part is up the 2-mile long bridge (twice). I LOVE my bike tho. I have 2 ancient beauties in the basement (two tone ivory and green Western Flyer vintage 1941 and the heavy red girl bike with a flower embossed leather seat of unknown make from the 1960s).. However, the Milano is lighter, comfortable and practical thanks to the enclosed derailleur hub - which requires no service whatsoever! and which translates into the most sensible bike for the 40-something female commuter untrained in the art of bicycle maintenance. Most importantly though - it is Italian! Va bene! I love everything Italian. (Psssst, it is actually made in Taiwan, haha!)
I am not sure it this is a panda cuz I am not moving, so it's okay to remove it, Panda Admin. Really. I won't mind.
I had taken a picture of the gentleman on the right before
www.flickr.com/photos/arnade/5182802918
I returned this weekend to give him a hard copy (which is now hanging in the club). I had to take one more picture of the crew.