Bondi Beach Cycle Chic - Part 3

Some more beach chic from Bondi to thaw the frozen wheels of our snowbound European followers.

And yes dear readers, I do have a face, the final one is me....

And the Winner Is....

The delectable Miss Margaret is the winner of our inaugural competition and will now be the proud owner of a lovely Basil pannier courtesy of our supporters Gazelle Australia.
It's going to go very nicely on her classic cream Schwinn.  She scored a whopping 137 votes, 37% of the total.
Thanks to the 374 of you that voted from all corners of the globe and congratulations to all our lovely chicsters for being such good sports x

Cycle Chic Sundays, Grey Skies and the Growers Market

I think we luckily managed to capture the only 5 hours of dry weather in Sydney this weekend for our ride down to the Growers Market.  We were joined by some of the (now) regular Cycle Chic Sundays Sydney riders and some new faces which was lovely - and dare I say it, their bikes were even lovelier!
What a magnificent group of bicycles we had.... an Electra, an Abici, a Schwinn, a Gazelle, two Velorbis (or is that Velorbi ??), a vintage Repco Traveller....goodness me.

     

We met on the Pyrmont Bridge under the monorail station then did a slight detour via the new Union Street cycleway around to the market.  It was absolutely heaving, given that this was the start of Sydney's Crave International Food Festival.  So we separated and stocked up on some nibbles before meeting back at the bikes.  Goats cheese and prosciutto from Ocello for me, sourdough bread from Sonoma and La Tartine, passion fruit, tomatoes, cakes, relish, the strangest gourmet marshmallows I've ever seen....yum.

     

     

Kathi (from the lovely Feather Brigade) lead us around the Jones Bay Wharf to Pyrmont Point Park for our picnic.  (It's a great spot for a ride - if you haven't done it yet, do.  We'll definitely be back for a further explore and you can ride right around the harbour foreshore to Glebe).

 

We munched, chatted and munched a bit more then I made everyone pose for photographs for our first fabulous Cycle Chic competition.  The winner will receive a gorgeous Basil pannier thanks to our new supporters Gazelle Australia.

Finalists and details of how to vote will be posted tomorrow so stay tuned!

As always, there are more pics on flickr.  If you took any on the ride, please add them to the Cycle Chic Sundays Sydney group page, thanks !

The Mystery of the Lonely Schwinn

I've been seeing this bike every day on my work commute for months now and it's becomming an obsession....

Who owns it ?
Where do they work ?
Do they want to ride with us ?

I think I'll leave a note in the spokes soon...............
: )