Awesomesauce weather out, thus time to ride! Lotta people out and about this Thursday evening after what seems like The Long Winter. A lotta bikes too!

Nice vibrant blue Sears Roebuck Free Spirit... these seem to be popular around town. I love the DIY Ikea basket on the rear rack and if you look closely on the support bar, the owner has a name plate on it. Hello Brittany! However, the vintage combination cable lock from the 1980s has got to go or else this bike will. Parked on New Jersey and Independence SW next to the Hill.

I creepered up to this fine gentleman on East Capitol and 3rd and told him he had a nice bike. It's a Bobbin Daytripper in a nice subtle brown colour (see what I did there?) and the owner was game enough to let me take his photo. The guy on the CaBi, not so much. I liked his taupe pannier bag as well. I really need to get some kind of pannier bag for daily use. Now that I think about it, this guy was quite color-coordinated in 50 shades of brown. Man, I'm on a roll here.

I took this photo because I really couldn't avert my eyes from the colors. I think it's a Schwinn Point Beach cruiser bike. It nominally fits a city bicycle description: Upright riding, check. Partial or full chain guard, check. Rack of some sort, check. Two wheels, check. That very tilted position of the seat seems really uncomfortable. And these old school bike racks really suck because you can only lock up the front wheel. In theory, this bike should already be stolen. But they're only like $150 from Walmart so... whatevs. The owner did care enough for this bike to personalize it with lots of stickers. Parked by the parking garage in Adams Morgan.