Are we ready for the weekend? Or spring? After what was a great stretch of spring and almost summer-like weather for a week, winter just did not want to go away. GO HOME WINTER YOU'RE DRUNK. Tuesday turned cold and nasty and rainy and SNOWY. WTF. I got a major tan from the weekend from being outdoors all the time and I'm back to wearing my winter coat and gloves. Not cool BRO.
I took a shot of this Huffy Cranbrook beach cruiser simply because it has the BIGGEST. BELL. EVER. Look at the size of that thing, it's like a cronut... I really wish I had a banana for scale. I see a fair amount of beach cruisers around town and they're not really city bikes but I can appreciate the styling of them. This owner is one of the few around town using two locks to lock up... a U-lock for the frame/rear and a cable lock... for the frame? I used to run with two but I drunk rode home one night and lost my cable lock. :( This was parked by the new 1st St. NE bike track in NoMa.
Here's a Trek VIA 1 city bike. I really like the look of the buffeted aluminum fenders. Interesting of note is the owner removed the partial chain guard and binned the stock leatherette saddle for a roadie one. Maybe he wanted to make it look more like a fixie? Located in Capitol Hill.
And of course, a Linus bicycle. I've kind of sworn off posting pictures of the Dutchi model but I really can't resist these Roadsters. They are quite sharp looking and I'll have to admit, I want one or even its hipper cousin, the Gaston. Replace the seat with a Brooks saddle, use a classic looking rear rack instead of the modern one this one has, and you've got a winner. I also covet the Abus folding lock locking this ride up. Appropriately, this bicycle was parked on H Street NE.
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