The friendliest squirrels you ever did see, in front of the White House. This is generally our meet up point for our weekly bike rides. Rania's Public bike is also what made me want one. Yes, I coveted my neighbor's bike. She has a Public C7i internal hub bicycle in an electric blue. She is also the hostess with the mostess and always has some delightful treats for our rides.

I thought this was a Public bicycle but it's a cheap Chinese clone company called Critical. Even though the rear fender is jacked up, I like the reflector on it. Looks like someone stole the vintage-styled front light from it as well. Across the P St. Whole Foods.

A very pretty Schwinn Admiral step through bicycle in front of the Phillips Collection in Dupont.

There is an anonymous female daily commuter who has been tagging the 15th St bike track with little positive bicycle mottos. Every time I'm at a stop light and see one of these, they bring a smile to my face.

By the time I had bought my bike, I had already been riding for about 4 months on a loaner bike. I was getting confident riding on the streets of DC but not entirely comfortable yet. My first spin around town during the day, I decided to start taking photos of other city bikes I saw around town. Here is a Linus Mixte 3 parked outside the Freer and Sackler Gallery. You'll see a lot of Linus bikes around the District.

This is the bike that started my love with city bicycling: a Public V7 large frame bicycle. I ordered it direct from Public Bikes (publicbikes.com) when they were having a sale at the end of the year and had it shipped to me. I live two blocks away from Handy Bikes (handybikesdc.com) who assembled it for me for $50. When he called me up to let me know it was finished the next day, I took her on an inaugural ride to the Argonaut on H St.