Flower Seller, Sicily 1961 📷Bruce Davidson

The Blizzard of '77 Buffalo, New York February 5, 1977 📷Buffalo Courier-Express newspaper

Ultimately, children’s cycling independence is not just a matter of skills or parental trust, but a collective design choice about what – and who – our cities are for. open.substack.com/pub/urbancyc...

There are no immutable rules keeping streets like this in Europe. Our urban environment is a reflection of what we commit to build. We don't have to let cars sterilize our landscape. It's a choice.

Actress Laura Dern riding in New York City's Hudson River Park Happy #BicycleBirthday, Laura! Born February 10, 1967

Ceintuurbaan, Amsterdam in 1969 and today. Pedestrians now have a clear, continuous footway and cycles have a clear continuous cycleway, making it clear that drivers give way to anyone walking or cycling

There's no bad weather for riding a bike! Just dress warm!

Too many cities are like this!

Have a break... 🚲 #bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #paris #streetstyle #fun #cycling #cyclinglife #bikelife #biking #bicicleta #velo #cycle #vélo 🚴🍺

Check out this article from North Bay, a small city in Ontario, about e-bikes being a game-changer for the physical health and social life of seniors!

Copenhagen 1956 📷Brent Hannon

Have you heard about how Utah is planning a 3,100-mile paved bike network? The so-called "bike highway" system would put a bike trail within one mile of 95% of Utah residents! We need this in Ohio!

If your city doesn't plow the bike lanes, you don't have bike lanes.

John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and Mrs. Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) ride a tandem in the 1966 season of TV's The Avengers #BicycleBirthday Patrick Macnee February 6 (1922-2015)

Nice bicycle frame 🚲🚴‍♀️ #bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #自転車 #art #design #streetstyle #fun #cycling #cyclinglife #bikelife #biking #bicicleta #velo #cycle #vélo 👒♀️

Best Bicycle Travel for Sunny and Warm Weather Right Now. momentummag.com/bicycle-trav...

I don’t commute so I don’t have any real connection to bike commute flow, but it’s always lovely when I head to/from downtown during commute hours and see sooooooo many bikes. 🚲 ❤️

After observing his son struggling with solid rubber tires on his tricycle, John Boyd Dunlop invented the first practical pneumatic tires. Happy #BicycleBirthday, John Dunlop! February 5 (1840-1921)

Montréal continues to set the benchmark for bicycle-friendly cities in North America. With decades of sustained investment and a long-term vision, the city has built a cycling network that feels intentional, continuous, and genuinely useful for daily travel. momentummag.com/the-5-most-b...

Actress, singer, director, writer, and producer Ida Lupino tries out some fancy breeches on a ride with actor/husband Louis Hayward in 1941 #BicycleBirthday Ida Lupino February 4 (1918-1995)

Gearing up for spring cleaning and home renovations? It's amazing how much of it you can accomplish using a bike!

Opportunity knocks: Study Shows Nearly One in Five Americans Want to Ditch the Car. momentummag.com/nearly-one-i...

The tracks in the snow demonstrate the need for the lanes!

Check out this bike-powered snowplow! Way more fun than shoveling!

Four bicycle riders stop for a photograph on the Alameda Avenue Bridge, Denver, Colorado ca. 1905

Red carpet for bike lane blockers #cyclinglife #urbanbike #blockingthebikelane #whydonttheyrideinthebikelane #justanotherplacetopark www.facebook.com/share/p/14ah...

Hugh Grant 🚲 #bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #自転車 #streetstyle #cycling #cyclinglife #bikelife #biking #bicicleta #velo #cycle #vélo 🚴

Bike enthusiast David Berg has put together this list of winter cycling essentials, sorted by temperature. As the old saying goes, there's no such thing as bad weather--just bad clothing!

The draisine, or running machine, was very quickly called the velocipede (speed + foot). Before that, it was the name of a fast carriage pulled by horses. Then it became the name for the bicycle. #vélo #bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #paris #自転車 #design #fun #cycling #cycle 🚲🚴

Even Congressman Earl Blumenauer sees firsthand the power of the #BikeBus 🚲

Speed River Bicycle’s “I’d Rather Be in the Bike Lane” Hi-Vis Vest grew out of a local push for better bike lane maintenance in Guelph, Ontario after Mayor Cam Guthrie pulled the plug on winter clearing as a cost-cutting measure. momentummag.com/this-cheeky-...

Cargo bike delivery is much faster than polluting vans and trucks with massive benefits. momentummag.com/cargo-bikes-...

"The majority of Americans are open to living car-free even after decades of car-centric planning, policy, and cultural programming aimed at getting as many people as possible behind the wheel." usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/21/s...

“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero #SpeedKills

Priorities.

Oleg Vidov, Gitte Hænning at the Cannes Film Festival, cycling along La Croisette for the movie Den Rode Kappe (The Red Mantle) 1967. #filmsky #bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #自転車 #streetstyle #fun #cycling #cyclinglife #bikelife #biking #bicicleta #cycle #vélo 🚲🚴🇩🇰

Beeston Humber road tricycle, 1896 #bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #自転車 #design #streetstyle #fun #bicicleta #cycle #vélo 🚲🚴

It travels from your legs, through your blood, and directly into the hippocampus, the region of the brain responsible for learning and memory. #BikeSky www.thecyclingweek.com/post/how-you...

Riding in the winter is glorious! Check out these tips so you can be prepared for a winter bike ride.

Haarlem, NL. When they built an underground bike parking garage by the station they turned the old bike parking into a new public square. Then they removed motor traffic from the main road & made it a cycleway, with a bus-only road alongside. Cities get nicer when you design for people, not cars.

OUTRIDE: Studying the Powerful Benefits of Cycling Esther Walker, PhD, Outride Executive Director, introduces us to the research and programming of the Outride Riding for Focus initiative. To watch the full interview, click on the link in the Comments section below youtube.com/shorts/261bI...

Dress for the bike lanes you want, not the bike lanes you have!

1908 ad for telegrams. Early "globe-girdling" cyclists used telegraph poles for guidance in far-flung locations where no roads existed. 🎨 HLV Parkhurst

The Punderson Winter Challenge race is this Sunday! www.bikereg.com/73621

I couldn't find a bike photo of astronaut Buzz Aldrin, so one of his kids fixing a flat two days before the moon launch will have to do. #BicycleBirthday Buzz Aldrin Born January 20, 1930

If sidewalks and bike lanes are covered in snow but the roads are plowed, that's not okay! Pedestrians and folks on bikes deserve clean streets just as much as cars do. Whether you're trying to walk your dog or ride your bike to work, you should be able to do it year-round, regardless of weather!

Swiss track racer Oscar Egg on the day of his record-breaking 1912 run at the Paris velodrome. He used his aerodynamic "Velo Fusee" fairing to cover 42.122 kilometers in 60 minutes.

"The Danish man Danielsen on his extra tall bicycle on January 18, 1935, when he and a friend started the record-long bicycle ride from Stockholm to Monte Carlo on the French Riviera. Not only is the bike tall and odd, he's wearing stilts to reach down to the pedals."

It's hard to describe the satisfaction you get as an adult when using a comfortable bike to run an errand that the rest of society uses a car for. Bikes aren't children's toys, they're practical transportation. There's no gate keeping on that fact due to age or demographics.