Gone to the Beach!

I'm on vacation and I have Gone to the Beach... I won't be posting while I'm gone but hope to have some pictures to share with you when I get back!!!!

Annie Londonderry

photocredit/source: annielondonderry.com

She bicycled around the world. She was the first woman to do so. She was a free spirit.

If you want get to know her story, there is a book and a film documentary.

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I'm Baaack.....

Tried to post today but poor little RidingPretty was commandeered into the VOID by Spam seeking BOTS.

Happily everything got sorted out in a timely fashion...it only took about 10 hours to be alive and well again. Yikes!!!!I read horror stories of people being shut out for weeks. I was lucky indeed.

Whew!

Amy’s Photo ---from Melbourne—The Vicious Cycles

‘….my bike and my bike riding pals (we call ourselves The Vicious Cycles - and we love to ride around Melbourne, listening to tunes and turning heads).

I thought you might be interested in a portrait (attached) that my friend James McCulloch took of me with my bike - an Electra cruiser. The pic was taken with slow film (rather than any digital magic), so I am standing very still while my two friends Katie and Al ride past behind.’

Sweets

Cute Tennies & Pedal Pushers

I like this bike....

Not sure what type bicycle it is, but I know I like it.... a lot.

Pure Style--Scraper Girl on a Pink Bicycle

I wanted to show some detail..her bicycle seat and the FETISH on her back pocket, it's a clothing line by EVE.

Pretty Scraper girl... she was really sweet when I asked her for her photo.

Scraper Ride -- Boys & Bikes

PURE –Style...More Scraper Girls

Scraper Girl with Sounds!

Sweet in Pink and riding with her Dad (he's in the green helmet)...She's got her helmet with her too.

PURE –Style -- Scraper Girl in Heels

There she was in darling kitten heels on her scraper bicycle…on a cruiser no less!

Picked her out again with a big smile on her face in this group shot.

Scrapers –Ride for Peace--"Bike for Life: Riding for Peace"

Peace --- scraper bikes under the trees before the ride.

Peace bicycle -- all tricked out in peace/prayer flags.

It was all about peace, building unity and getting on a bicycle.

***See scraperbikes.net for more details and how you can get involved and give support.

Scrapers!!! Oakland Ride & BBQ & Fashion

More Photos coming soon...
This was a great event in Oakland. Scrapers were out in force!

PURE –Style -- CatSuit

Was she wearing a jumpsuit, or a playsuit? Or would you call it an ‘all-in-one’? mmmm…

Well then, most definitely a catsuit.

She told me she was a performance artist... I wished I’d remembered and/or written her name down. When I got home and saw these photos I knew she would be really good at her art.

Bike Tribe Spotting: So Very Few in Numbers

You usually don't see too many of these (Electra) bicycles around town. Anywhere. Hard to find really....

Girls of Summer

More DIY Roundup – Plus SF Renegade Craft Fair July 12-13

photocredit/source: bust magazine

So excited…going to the Renegade Craft Fair this weekend in San Francisco. It got me in a very DIY, crafty mood....

Here’s a round-up of some of my favorite DIYs. Let’s get crafty this summer!

Over at Bust magazine there was a great ‘pimp your ride’ DIY. Sara originally posted this in her 12 Bicycles for Girls. I covered it here as well. ***I highly recommend the pattern for the making the bicycle seat cover*** …If you want the DIY instruction .pdf, well then just email me for it. Bust Magazine and Sara sent it along and are happy for me to distribute the .pdf out to you. shelly@ridingpretty.com

Chic Cyclist (Charlotte) had the best DIY skirt guards... And the best DIY wine box into back rack.

Confessions of a Dillentante had the best bicycle basket liner DIY

Copenhagen Cycle Chic with this great DIY to personalize your bicycle and to get you inspired.

Want to covert convert your existing hybrid bicycle into a commute bike? Plus find out where to just maybe find a plastic chain cover. Really this whole primer is just plain good information.

Slow Movement – San Francisco ....Bicycles?

photo credit/source: New Internationalist

Are there any any Slow Rides, Slow Ride-Social Riding Clubs or Slow Movement Bicycle type events ...at or during the Slow Food Nation '08 on Aug. 29th to Sept. 1st in San Francisco? Not just yet...

I began talking about the Slow Movement and the way I connected with it starting back in March. Anyway a big tip of the bicycle helmet to Slow Bicycle Movement for picking up on it and supporting it in a huge way....Quoted here... "So I figured it was about time that we finally got around to this Slow Bicycle Movement."

With the growing interest in a slower pace of life (besides when it comes to riding your bicycle) see how it all fits in with the larger concepts ...

And now, for all of you in the USA and curious about the whole Slow Movement definitely check this out.

photo credit/source: Sarah Rich/SlowFoodNation

SF City Civic Center Plaza is being turned into a Slow Food Nation Victory Garden.

Way back in the day, my grandmother use to tell me about her own victory garden like the one described in this handbook. Later on I became a fan of futurefarmers and anyone willing to eat out of their front lawn , as inspired by the Artist Fritz Haeg.

Let me know if you are planning any Slow Rides!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whoops...I don't have a sticker for you to put on your blog or your bicycle.

DIY Baskets Round-Up

Spotted these around town....

I love the inventiveness. Recycle. Use what you've got.

I use a picnic basket myself.

Pure Style -- Chopper King

On my way to shop at the San Francisco Ferry Building for some Slow Food goodies, I met Raymond.


Check out the fine detail on his ride... He built it himself. He told me no has ever asked him much about his bike. They stare, snap a pic and walk off. So when I asked him if he would build just such a ride for someone else... he looked totally surprised. Then he said; ‘Sure.’ After a search he handed me a card for his place of work (non bike related.)

SO…if anyone out there wants a ride like Raymond’s…then email me... shelly@ridingpretty.com

He said it would be just fine to pass along his info to interested parties.

Bicycle helmet

A bicycle helmet is a helmet intended to be worn while riding a bicycle. They are designed to attenuate impacts to the cranium of a cyclist in falls while minimizing side effects such as interference with peripheral vision. There is intense academic debate on whether helmet use offers any reduction of the chance of head injury. The debate on whether helmet use should be compulsory is even more intense and occasionally bitter, often based not only on differing interpretations of the academic literature, but also on differing assumptions and interests on the two sides.

A cycle helmet should be light in weight and should provide adequate ventilation, because cycling can be an intense aerobic activity which significantly raises body temperature and the head in particular needs to be able to regulate its temperature.