Omafiets for Everyone!

A little slice of Amsterdam has finally arrived in Marrickville thanks to those clever chaps at Glow Worm Bicycles.   They have expanded around the corner with a shop crammed full of more old Dutch bikes than you can poke a spoke at.

A veritable treasure trove of cool old used bicycles and great kids bikes too.  Forget the over-priced dull blue and pink kids bikes we're used to here and think rainbow coloured wheels of joy with mini version chain guards, back racks and yes skirt guards to impress your pint sized cycle chica.  Cycle Chic Kids indeed!

STOP PRESS - they now also hire bikes - BRILLIANT

Check out their bikes here

Fietsen - Pep

And more happy cycling girls from Amsterdam... it's becoming somewhat of a theme this week...enjoy!

Thanks to Marc from Amsterdamized for hooking me up to this one.

Hier op mijn Fiets - Batiste en David

Yeah I'm fluent now.:-)  'Here on my bike' is wonderful, it's cheesy, it's Dutch and it's full of bikes and damn it's catchy.  Feel good song for Summer #2, gives Mark Ronson a run for his money....

Thanks for the tip PvB.

Miss Eva's Tour de Chic - Amsterdam, Copenhagen & Oldenburg

Reigning Queen and Founder of Cycle Chic Sundays, Miss Eva, has left her home in sunny California behind to go in search of bicycle heaven on her Tour de Chic through Europe.
And judging by the photographs she is having FAR TOO MUCH FUN in the motherland, meeting up with fellow bicycle bloggers Dave from Portlandize, Marc of Amsterdamize and Mikael of Copenhagen Cycle Chic/Copenhagenize.

Check out her blog for the full story and more photographs.

[photograph via Amsterdamize]

[photograph via Amsterdamize]

[photograph via Amsterdamize]

[photograph via Mikael Colville-Andersen/Copenhagen Cycle Chic]

Watch This - Beauty and the Bike Short Film

If I am ever in any doubt as to why I started this blog and why the bicycle movement is so damn important I will watch this and remember.

I grew up in northern England so it's even more poignant for me. These girls are wonderful and to hear them talk and watch their faces light up when they ride is beyond inspiring.  The two girls discussing what they will wear is wonderful.
Love it.