Skyrider Kelly Brook

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Poster girl for this year’s Skyride, Kelly Brook is brimming with cycle chic as she rides her bright red bicycle. Skyride is organising a series of traffic-free rides starting from tomorrow. There’s rides all over the country, and maybe Kelly will be there at the one you attend? Unlikely I know, but we can dream…

Cycle stylish video from London

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After graduating with a BA (Hons) in fashion from London’s Central St. Martins, Quoc Pham decided to merge this knowledge with his love of cycling. In 2009, Quoc designed his first bicycle shoe and things have gone from strength to strength from then on. Although Cycle Chic isn’t here to celebrate cycling products per se, … Read more

Berty…

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Like a pirate with a bicycle, Berty’s got a look that reminds us a little of Marco Pantani, the great Italian cycle racer. And Berty’s fast too – it took a lot of effort for Cycle Chic to catch him as he sped through town. “Tutta velocità!” we say.

Sometimes it’s about the bike…

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The creator of the 1970s icon, the Raleigh Chopper, died last week. Here at Cycle Chic we try and celebrate the riders rather than the bicycles, but today we remember the man behind the (in)famous bicycles, through pictures from that era…  

Cycling = Happiness

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Sometimes it’s not the clothes that people wear, it’s their smile that’s so fantastic. Cycling = happiness and vitality, and this photograph says it all…

Cycle Chic Republic Monthly Post: ‘Mamas and Pappas’

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CARACAS CYCLE CHIC WOLNY ROWER – KRAKÓW, POLAND 416 CYCLE STYLE-TORONTO CYCLE CHIC LISBON CYCLE CHIC Budapest, Hungary Gdańsk Cycle Chic STRASBOURG CYCLE CHIC AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

More cycle style!

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It seems at the moment that there’s some great treats for us followers of all that’s cycle chic. Here’s another book for your delight, by acclaimed German photographer Horst Friedrichs, who’s now based in London. With a photographic method that’s different to the ‘Cycle Chic’ book we featured a day or so ago (think more … Read more

Missed…

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Remember last winter when the evening ride home from work was in the pitch dark? Now summer’s here it seems like a distant memory. Well, back then Cycle Chic met Sue – then managed to lose her photograph until today. So here’s to summer sun and distance from those dark nights. And here’s to those … Read more

Cycle Chic Book Out!

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Thames and Hudson has been in contact with Cardiff Cycle Chic and has asked us to promote an important (well we would say that!) book that’s fresh out. Yes, the global Cycle Chic book is out and available in all the usual places – but why not ride over to your local independent bookshop and … Read more

Laura

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Laura’s no stranger to Cycle Chic, having been on a few Harris Hack vintage tweed bicycle rides. Equally as stylish here, Laura’s wearing a great mix of layers and one of our favourite accessories for cycling – a long wrap around scarf. Summer and winter alike, a wrap around scarf is great for protecting against … Read more

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