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What will your bike be for halloween this year?

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  Originally uploaded by Djundee.

"Sorry, we fu**ed up your delivery"

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  Originally uploaded by zeroun.

Sometimes I surf through random Flickr photostreams related to cycling. There are a lot of great individual photos, but once in a while you catch a set that seems to tell a story.

I saw this set which looked like stop motion photography of a messenger hit by a car during a delivery. Apparently it was staged for a postcard. I think this is the best candidate for the postcard, but it's worth a look at the other ten.

What's your fave?

A slide show will appear here shortly.

Would you ride it?

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  Originally uploaded by cusquirm.

Not me...no way...no how!

But, it makes me think...I ride stuff I never would have ridden a few years ago.

Stuff that I thought no one could ride.

Makes me wonder...is there anyone out there that would ride something like this? Is it worth the risk? How much risk is too much?

Life in the fast lane

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  Originally uploaded by mike1727.

Here's a great one from the Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign.

Just a glance at their blog shows quite an active bike advocacy group.

This is a poster to promote the "Love Your Bike" campaign, which was kicked off by a critical mass style bike commute.

Runaway Bike Sign

  Runaway Bike Sign 
  Originally uploaded by Kevan.

Who wouldn't want to live in the city with signs like these?

MTB story told through pictures

La Paz to Coroico Bike Ride
Originally uploaded by jennifrog.

I often scan the mountain bike photo streams in Flickr and every once in a while something catches my eye. Here we see Jennifrog's bike at the bottom of a cliff in Bolivia.

There's clearly a story here when you look at the set of photos...it's just not exactly clear how this happened. One minute she's in a bus with a group of people on her way to a ride...the next minute her bike is being hoisted from a cliff. Did the bike fall off the bus? Did she go off the cliff?

Inquiring minds want to know.

The Mystery

Nant Yr Arian
Originally uploaded by publicenergy.

There are so many dimensions to this photo by Publicenergy. The obvious; scenery, photographic quality, lighting.

But really it is the mystery which makes this photo great. Is this a lone rider just passing by? Where are the other riders? Was there an accident? Just resting?

Or are the three part of a group that have rested for too long before one gets tired of waiting and pushes onward?

Bicycle Head Badges

head badges
Originally uploaded by Automatt.

Head badges present both a unique style and a sense of tradition simultaneously.

Check out this set of badges from Automatt. This would probably make for a good coffee table book...with images and a chronological history of the design, styles through the ages, etc.

Update: You can contribute your head badge photos to this group on Flickr.

Autumn Arrived

autumn arrived
Originally uploaded by basheem.

Here's a really great photo that caught my eye.

A color photo with the contrast and qualities of a black and white.

Biking at a leisurely pace yet faster then the endless line of cars.

An endless ride.