This woman reminded me of those old, black and white images of French porteurs.
(Photos © J. Maus)
(Photos © J. Maus)
Welcome to the latest installment of our People on Bikes photo series. The intent of these images is to create a visual narrative of bike traffic in Portland.
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Great pictures, but where’s the bents?
You’ll have to wait for the “Springwater” edition of the People on Bikes photoset for those…
You mean all three of them in the Metro region?
Wow. Some cold fingers out there. I would be dying without gloves to protect my digits. Thanks for this series. It’s so fun to see what portlanders wear as they do their thing getting to work/school/play.
People are more upright in Copenhagen.
Copenhagen has the advantage of not having a market flooded with touring 10 speeds and mountain bikes, with a wide-open sea of comfortable commuter bikes to choose from.
Thanks for showing bikes that cost less than two grand for a change!
good to see a lot of lights, or at least the mounting brackets for them…
not seeing a lot of reflectors though… lights don’t always work when you press the button…
whiners
Regarding the lead photo – It always seems funny to me when people have huge front racks/baskets, but still are wearing backpacks. It is so much easier to carry the load on your bike rather than on your body.
Also – Not one single speed bike?
I gather carrying a lot of stuff Above the front wheel is a big hip trend.. maybe we’re leading here again.
But, 95% of the bikes I see w/ front racks aren’t designed for carrying much of any weight forward, let alone high up. I worry all these high trail bikes carrying a case of beer are more likely to wipe out in front of me!
That first photo is of a courier, which is why she has the rack and backpack. Also, to each their own. Maybe she doesn’t like putting weight on her front rack so much.
That being said, there were a few racks in those photos, and only one being used; everyone else was wearing a backpack.
Indeed, that seems odd to me. It’s like wearing a bathing suit (the backpack) when you can go nekkid…