European cities have had decades to develop cycling cultures. The Dutch and the Danes are said to be among the happiest people on earth, which I can’t help but imagine must have something to do with their bike culture. You find bicycle clubs for the elderly there, clusters of teenage boys with girls perched on the backs of their bikes, commuters chatting along the bike paths, which provide a natural mix of intimacy and distance. On a bike, the city shrinks.

Pleasures of Life in the Slow Lane – a manifesto for bike lanes by New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman (via curiositycounts)

This would be awesome on the billboard right out my window.

This would be awesome on the billboard right out my window.

And here’s the 2011 version of the Felt 3-speed fixie Gridlock.
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  • Canon EOS 5D Mark II
  • 100
  • f/13
  • 1/60th
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And here’s the 2011 version of the Felt 3-speed fixie Gridlock.

Exceptionally gorgeous 3-speed fixie by Felt.
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  • Camera
  • ISO
  • Aperture
  • Exposure
  • Focal Length
  • Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
  • 50
  • f/20
  • 1/60th
  • 100mm

Exceptionally gorgeous 3-speed fixie by Felt.

Fantastic space specific dance project.

In Little Ease [outside the box], Ami Ipapo and Matt Tarr transport the classic solo “Little Ease” (choreographed in 1985 by extreme action pioneer Elizabeth Streb) from the stage into an urban environment.