Neon cyclist sign

Neon signage from Bosari Cycles, Carlton, Melbourne. Nino Bosari. Very interesting history.

Wombat 100km

Very muddy 100km mountain bike race in a beautiful part of Victoria, Australia.

Morning puncture

Puncture on the morning commute. The esplanade, Middle Park, Melbourne.

Vegetarian Spicy Chorizo

Late night Autumn urban cycling fuel. Vegetarian Spicy Chorizo from Snag Stand on the corner of La Trobe and Swanson.

Busted Brunswick bicycle saddle

Spring in Melbourne.

Orange cyclo-cross

My new Focus Mares cyclo-cross bike.

My Atlas Goldline

Have had my eye on an Atlas bicycle for years. 280aed from Satwa on Saturday night. Was tempted to keep the wrapping on it - a popular look with gardeners in Jumeriah. I will modify it, like those I've seen in Sri Lanka. Watch for updates.

Made in India (for export). Great painted headtube badge. Atlas was the primordial Titan who supported the heavens, but check out his little shoes.

The braking system is solid. Steel rods, no cables. Stainless steel hood detail on the fork. Functional?

Reflector. Digging the curves.

Frame number on the seat-tube matches the inspection chit. Even the printing is beautiful - block colours and gold ink. Atlas = superior quality, advanced technology. (1951 speak I believe)

Chain guard. The gold lines are actually hand painted. Atlas Goldline. Dubai. 

Beach Road cruiser

My beach cruiser. Bought in 2005 from a bike shop on Sheikh Zayed Road at the base of a skyscraper across from Emirates Towers. The shop is no longer there. It cost me 350aed and the store keeper's sales technique was to tell me that it was hand-built in Saudi. This weekend it occurred to me that I'd never photographed it.

Perfect early morning transport to swim training and night sorties to the mosque shop. The gearing is a little low and the frame flexes like hell with cargo (beach gear in the front or Maisie on the back in the child seat)

White wall tyres look cool. Notice that the model is a Wheels 'Beach Cruiser'. Also have a green female version.

Shades, Birks, beach shorts, 10aed and a bottle of Masafi. Friday morning cruise.

Matongé

Place Saint Boniface. L'Ultimeatome cafe half way down on the right-hand side. One night Clémence Poésy sat beside me there.

 Nails, weaves and braids. Worth a click to enlarge this shot to see the woman in centre image.

Always packed et toujours la fête!

Brazzaville, Lome, Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Libreville, Yaoundé.

Flat bar conversion of an old Gold Peugeot. Toison d'Or, Porte de Namur.

"Would you mind if I take a picture of the hairstyle poster Mr Barber man." "Sure, not a problem. Just don't take any pictures of my clientele, they are very important people."

Fantastic typeface on the cinema name.

Matongé is in Ixelles.

Evening stroll; tarts in Exki.

Missing bike tee

Bikes of Budapest

Black and white conversion.

Week day commute home across the Danube on Freedom Bridge.

Bronzed simplicity.

Tangle of bikes outside the Szimpla Kert bar/studio/gallery/club space.

Scale model concept snapped in an open-door product design studio in the design district of the city.

Budapest courier.

This has got to be a sign that a city is progressive and bike friendly.

Candy stripe pink and orange Francesco Moser.

Working bike. Daily commute.

Moka Vans

Breaking in a pair of Vans Slip-on Pro Classics on a beautiful April morning along a Beach Road side street. Coordination on so many levels with my Schwinn Coffee. Transcendence.

Single speed graphic

Classic vintage track bike imagery on high street fashion tshirt.

Cycle tourer

Fully laden tourer on photographed on Shaikh Zayed Road. The chap was in the bike store looking for a replacement cone for a Deore XT hub. Big mileage had pitted his original. Cycling to Nepal. Had covered Oman. Adventure.

Bike studio

New bike

New hardware. Carbon this and that, blah, blah, blah.

Morning ride

Early morning ride back from school. Gold trim Adidas Forrest Hills (bought years ago in Moscow - gold and burgundy were a fitting souvenir of the city) getting an airing.

Oman lowrider