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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 3m

Fashion designer Ralph Lauren riding in New York City in the 1970s

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Ralph!
Born October 14, 1939

Photo of a man riding a bicycle on a city street.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 2h

I think they might still make them in India

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 12h

And exceeding the speed limit.

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Leo Prints @leoprints.bsky.social · 12h

I can ride my bike with no handlebars.

#drawing #art #bike #bikeart

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 14h

No doubt!

Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 14h

That great 😊

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Turn-of-the-century postcards featuring London, Berlin, and St. Petersburg

Postcard illustration featuring a man with muttonchops riding a bicycle with factories belching smoke behind him.

Postcard illustration featuring a husky man smoking a cigar while riding a bicycle.

Postcard illustration featuring a man in a heavy overcoat, mustache, and captain's hat riding a bicycle.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Schwinn’s Futuristic Aero-Space Concept Bicycle Design
ca. 1960s

Illustration of a futuristic-looking bicycle, with aerodynamic windshield and a lot of straight lines.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 15h

Roger Moore stokes a tandem in Stockholm, Sweden, 1965

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Roger!
October 14 (1927-2017)

Photo of two men riding a tandem bicycle on a street. The man in the rear position is smiling back at the camera.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 23h

Many places used to have mandatory license plates for bicycles, but virtually all got rid of them. (Exception: North Korea - maybe not the society you want to emulate.) The main reason is it costs too much to administer the bicycle registration system.

Good video 👇

What Happened to Bicycle License Plates?

YouTube video by Nic Laporte

www.youtube.com

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 23h

Many places used to have mandatory license plates for bicycles, but virtually all got rid of them. (Exception: North Korea - maybe not the society you want to emulate.) The main reason is it costs too much to administer the bicycle registration system.

Good video 👇

What Happened to Bicycle License Plates?

YouTube video by Nic Laporte

www.youtube.com

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Cycles Motorcycles Clément
ca. 1897
Artist: Ferdinand Misti-Mifliez

Antique poster featuring an illustration of a woman standing with a bicycle reaching up to a round lantern in a tree that says "Cycles Clement". It's a scene taking place at night.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Turn-of-the-century postcards featuring London, Berlin, and St. Petersburg

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Cacao et Chocolat Grootes
ca. 1900

Illustration of a girl riding a bicycle with the text, "Cacao et Chocolat Grootes".

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

"Vero Estratto di Carne Liebig" (Liebig's Real Meat Extract) trading cards, 1901

I birilli: The skittles
L'altalena: The seesaw
Il polo: The polo
L'atterramento delle teste: The knocking down of heads (!)
La quadriglia: The quadrille
Gli anelli: The rings

Group of six trading cards illustrated with turn-of-the-century bicycle scenes featuring well dressed riders in park-like locations.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

More sheepbell! (and some goat bell)

#Slovakia

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a military uniform says i see nothing

Alt: a man in a military uniform says i see nothing

media.tenor.com

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting. Those guys were way ahead of their time.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

💯!!!

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

📷Bill Zygmant

Photo of model Annie Walker riding a Raleigh Chopper bicycle on a street in London. She's wearing a long overcoat that's flowing behind her as she rides.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

📷Terry Tsiolis

Photo of a woman posing astride a bicycle on a city street.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Milkman
Murcia, Spain
ca. 1960-1966

📷"Tomás" (Tomás Lorente Abellán)

Photo of a man resting on a bicycle with large milk containers on the front and rear racks.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Full video:

Gossamer Albatross: Flight of Imagination

YouTube video by Thomas Horton

www.youtube.com

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

In 1979 the Gossamer Albatross became the first human-powered aircraft to cross the English Channel. Bryan Allen was its pilot and engine.

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Bryan!
Born October 13, 1952

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Schwinn’s Futuristic Aero-Space Concept Bicycle Design
ca. 1960s

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