Piles and piles of bikes
on May 17, 2009
Now that it’s summer, people are out riding bikes in full force. Lately, I’ve been taking pictures of bike piles–I love seeing them, especially when folks get creative locking and hanging their bikes on trees, gates, fences, whatever. Here are some pics:
Art Murmur pile from a couple of months ago
Fix without Dix ladies hanging thier bikes on a fence
Outside Manifesto Bicycles first-year anniversary party
Some random party–complete with bikes and doilies
I don’t remember where this was, but look at those gold rims!
I took this photo last fall at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, but had to include it in this post because it was the most hilarious tree-bike-pile I’ve ever seen.
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