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BIKE RIDE + SUNSHINE

Johanna Björk — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:13:36 +0000

Today was such a perfect New York Sunday — sunny and breezy. I decided to take a bike ride around Williamsburg.

Nothing annoys me more than people who ride their bikes like idiots. I decided that I should give all us two-wheeling citizens a good rep by being an exemplary bike rider, stopping at red lights and obeying all traffic rules.

I stopped in East River Park to lay in the grass and read the paper for a while.

The view of Manhattan is gorgeous.

The wind in my hair and the sun on my face felt so good that I forgot about everything else, including traffic behavior. On the last turn before getting back to my house, I made a sweeping turn to the left, only to have a car stop, breaks screeching, about a foot away from me. For a moment, I had become the embodiment of an idiot on two wheels.

100516: Biking and the City

Johanna Bjork for Modette — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:09:20 +0000

Premiärtur med cykeln idag! Det blev typ 30km totalt tror jag. Åkte upp till Javitz Center på the West Side och mötte upp några vänner för en organiserad cykeltur längs Hudson River ner till Tretorn-butiken i SoHo, där det var party. Sen cyklade jag upp till Union Square för ett annat partaj och sen några timmar senare hem till Brooklyn igen. Så himla skönt (fast jag kommer nog ha träningsvärk).

Dagens: klänning från H&M, jeansskjorta vintage, halsband från Indiska, dagskor från Tretorn och klackisar från Vagabond. Självklart så har jag cykelhjälm!

TRANSLATION
Inaugural tour on the bike today! I think I must have gone a total of like 20 miles. Up to the Javitz Center on the West Side, where I met up some friend for an organized bike ride along the Hudson River and down to the Tretorn store in SoHo, where there was a party. Then I biked up to Union Square for another partay and then a few hours later back to Brooklyn again. Sooo nice (although I will surely get sore).

Today: dress from H&M, vintage denim shirt, necklace from Indiska, day shoes from Indiska and heels from Vagabond. Of course I wear a helmet!

I want my bike.

Johanna Bjork for Modette — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:52:11 +0000

Tänkte ta fran cykeln förra helgen när det var så fint väder, så jag tog med mig olja, verktyg och grejer och började fixa den. Det var bara det att Kryptonitlåset inte ville öppnas efter en lång vinter. Sprutade in hur mycket olja som helst i låset, där byglarna sitter, allt, men det är bara stuck! Usch. Jag vill ut och cykla nu!

Nu ska jag ut i solen och luncha med en Miami-vän som är i stan.

Bilder från The Sartorialist & Copenhagen Cycle Chic.

I was going to break out the bike last weekend when the weather was so lovely, so I got oil, tools and all that jazz and started to fix it up. Only thing was the Kryptonite lock did not want to open after a long winter. Sprayed tons of oil into the lock, into where the U-bars attach, everywhere, but it’s just stuck! Yuck. I want my bike now!

Now I’m heading out into the sunshine to lunch with a Miami friend who’s in town.

Photos from The Sartorialist & Copenhagen Cycle Chic.