Beautiful Bianchi

11/17/2007
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

I saw this gorgeous bike in Brooklyn over the weekend. Tonight I saw another amazing Bianchi and forgot to take a photo... I like the stripey stickers they have on them. Every one I have seen has been so shiny also.

Lorimer St & Nassau, Greenpoint Brooklyn

orange!

orange!
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

This bike was very, very bright. Greene Street between Prince and Spring in SoHo, NYC. The bike is not there this morning (I saw it yesterday afternoon); in its place right now are Pat Field, Lucy Liu and the rest of the cast /crew of Cashmere Mafia, filming.

v.nice

v.nice
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

What a cute pink and gray bike! I was walking to a diner with my roommate on Sunday evening when I saw this, on N Henry just off of Driggs. My roommate mentioned that it looks like the kinds of bikes people rode in 1990. This was when I found out that she had a bike like this when she was eight.

a bike in Je'Bon

a bike in Je'Bon
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

While I don't particularly love this bike, I thought it was cool to photograph one that was inside. I don't get to do that often. It was in a noodle bar on St. Mark's Place called Je'Bon. See the shrine right in front of it?

SO SAD

SO SAD
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

I saw this on Lorimer Street in Greenpoint, just west of where it intersects Bedford and Nassau (Brooklyn). It's beautiful. And I almost cried.

my bike's twin!

my bike's twin!
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

I was walking home this afternoon and stopped dead in my tracks. This is my exact same bike, but for boys. brand, color, seat, handlebars, everything. aw, if only I had a boy who owned this bike. We would make everyone throw up from our cuteness. This was on N10th and Bedford, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

pretty.

pretty.
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

I saw this on the corner of W3rd and Thompson while I was waiting for Joshua Rubin at Half Pint in the West Village. It doesn't look like a serious bike (but what does "serious bike" even mean?), but I liked the color. It jumped out at me.

nice.

nice.
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

I felt true summer when I saw this. Well, maybe if the seat and handlebars were white (I seem to always say that). This cutie was on 1st Ave. and Allen in the Lower East Side. Roxy and I were walking home from Pianos.

One inside!

One inside!
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna.

Isn't this bike a beauty? I don't know who it belonged to, but it was parked right inside our front door at work. I'm not going to tell you our address (somewhere in Manhattan).

gorgeous.

gorgeous.
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna.

As I stumbled out of Hanger Bar in a haze last night (it was around 12.45am), I stopped dead at this bike. It was so beautiful, guys. The handlebars match the frame. I mean, come on. Maybe it would have been perfect with a white seat, but I loved it to death. I wanted it to be Tony's sister. This girl cruiser was on 3rd Street and Avenue B in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. The photo is a bit blurry because I didn't use flash... the flash photo I took is more clear, but takes away the richness. So here you have it, guys. Love.

It's spring.

N11th & Berry
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna.

Adorable, yes? It would be even perfect with a white seat. Or a blue one, like the one I saw in Williamsburg last... September, I think. This bike was on N11th & Berry, in Williamsburg. One could argue that it's actually Greenpoint, though, I think.

Team Awesome

Team awesome
Originally uploaded by thedrun.

Tony and I rode with a bike crew last night called Team Awesome for a little while. I haven't felt a rush quite like that in ages and ages. We went from Maujer & Union in Williamsburg through Greenpoint. My friend Adrian introduced me to them.

he has my eyes!

he has my eyes!
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna.

Tony and I went for a ride in McCarren Park yesterday evening. It was the golden hour, I was listening to Mew, it was freezing. I had a u-lock awkwardly dangling from my arm, and I loved everything.

story to come.

Bikes
Originally uploaded by thedrun.

I found this photo on my friend Adrian's Flickr. It's a bunch of Polaroid photos of different bikes with writing on all of them. I wonder what it is! I love it. I will give more details when he explains it to me.

TONY!

Mine!
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna.

Dear Everyone. This is a very special day, as I have finally bought a bike of my own! His name is Tony, and he is a candy apple red (a little darker) vintage girl cruiser with tan seat and handlebars. He has those little fender mud guard things, the cutest handlebars and little gold stripe stickers every here and there. I need a lock for him now.

I bought Tony from a guy named Carlos "The Bike Doctor," who set up a ton of bikes at the flea market on 11th and Avenue A (East Village). I woke up this morning at 8.45am, made my way over there, took this bike for a ride around Tompkins Square Park, and decided he was great for me. Carlos was initially holding a Superman-blue Schwinn for me, but this one called out to me immediately.

I always wondered if buying a bike would cure me of my bike obsession and then I would stop this blog. I don't think so, though. You'll hear from me again! But I might talk about Tony a little more often than not :)

Want.

Want.
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna.

This is the exact type of bike that I am looking for. a vintage women's cruiser. three speed or something. Scwinn or Raleigh, but that of course is not a requirement. In a bright or light color - yellow, sky blue, red, green, white, etc. Maybe even black, if the fenders are wonderful enough. I need a basket too. This bike was in SoHo, on the corner of Prince and Greene.

what a high seat.

what a high seat.
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna.

A nice Peugeot, across the street from Enid's on Driggs and Manhattan (Williamsburg). What a high seat, though. It helps me almost perfectly picture what this bike's owner looks like as he's riding through Greenpoint. or Williamsburg. or both (ideally).

cute!

cute!
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna.

This is my first photo of a bike on the subway. This girl walked in on the Brooklyn-bound L train at 6th Avenue. She was still there when I got out at Bedford, around 11.45pm.

:(

:(
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna.

If I had a bike - even one I was trying to sell - I would immediately dash out to rescue it if I knew (and saw) that it was sleeting all day. If you don't click on the photo to enlarge, the sign says that it was $50, but now it's FREE ("Just dig it out"). poor bike. This was on the corner of N7th and Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg.

cute!

So cute that I thought it might be something OTHER than someone's bike. I stared at it while waiting for my burrito at the taco stand. (Prince and Wooster, SoHo, NYC)

Orange

Orange
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna.

I like it when people are passionate about something enough to go all the way. This guy's bike (on Prince and Mercer in SoHo) is not only orange, but it has orange wheels and a partially-orange U-lock. nice. brightened my otherwise gray morning.

a cute boy rides this bike.

a bike.
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna.

right outside of Taco Chulo, near Grand and Havemeyer. Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

good morning

These were here over the weekend, and luckily this morning as well.



Bedford Avenue and North 8th Street, Williamsburg Brooklyn.

I am ashamed.

white bike
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna.

because I have forgotten about some bicycles that I took photos of months ago! My friend Joe showed me a photo of the hot pink bike that he had taken, and it reminded me of it. When I could find it in my blog, I investigated my iPhoto and found two more also. These three photographs were all taken on 15 September 2006.

I remember that the white girl bike was outside of the Laundry on Graham, unsurprisingly on Graham Avenue in Williamsburg. I wish that the car parked there would have been a different color, so that the beautiful contrast could have been shown.



The sea green cruiser - now, I'm not so sure about where I saw this one. I can't believe I didn't write it down.



The hot pink bike was also spotted near the Graham Avenue L in Williamsburg.