Mexico Cycle Chic - Photo Contest Winners!

So there you have it. We have finally wrapped up the super-thrilling Mexico Cycle Chic Photo Competition. There was a flurry of uploads to our Flickr group in the final stages and a buzz of activity in the Mexican blog world.

Launched by the Royal Danish Embassy in Mexico City, the Cycle Chic photo competition was in collaboration with Cycle Chic (me), Danish bikemaker Biomega and the Institute for Transportion & Development Policy [ITDP].

There were three judges - me, Sussi from Biomega and Bernardo from ITDP. [See Sussi Cycle Chic right here...:-) ]

I can tell you it was a tough job picking winners in the two categories - Gentleman and Lady. Two Biomega bikes were up for grabs - the Biomega Boston.

WINNERS:

Here we go. Here's the brilliant winning photo in the Gentleman category by Flickr user carlossagh.

The judges said:
"If this isn't the Joy of Cycling and La Dolce Vita all at once I don't know what is." Mikael Colville-Andersen, creator/owner of Cycle Chic.
"Mexicano style at its best."
Sussi Poulsen, Global Sales Manager at Biomega
"Music, freedom and moving on a bike, what else do you need?"
Bernardo Baranda, Director de ITDP Mexico


And here's the winner in the Lady category, by Flickr user Supersube.
The judges said:
"There is Cycle Chic and then there is Cycle Chic Deluxe/Extreme/Brilliance"
Mikael Colville-Andersen
"Cycle chic sublime. The guys in Guadalajara must have a strong neck pain turning their heads for this girl."
Sussi Poulsen
"It's the most "cycle chic" picture I saw. Great colors (especially the blue) and beautiful girl."
Bernardo Baranda

Both of the winners hail from Guadalajara, Mexico. Congratulations to both photographers! The Danish Embassy will contact them and work out how they get their new Biomega bikes.


The bar was raised high in the competition. Be sure to check out all the Cycle Chic goodness in the Flickr group. Here's some more examples of photographic brilliance from the competition.





Cycle Chic wishes to thank the Royal Danish Embassy in Mexico, ITDP and Biomega for a wonderful collaboration. And thanks to everyone who took part in the contest! The Flickr group lives on, so keep on documenting Mexico Cycle Chic for all the world to see.

Who Let the Dogs Out?

There are dogs all year round on bicycle in Copenhagen, but I've been seeing loads lately.

One Way The Other Way

Whilst thousands marched on May Day there were, however, people heading in the other direction, doing other things, going other places.

Here's one. You go girl.

We Love Sacramento Cycle Chic!

There are loads of cycle chic blogs out there these days and some are closer to our hearts (you all know who you are!). Meet Sacramento Cycle Chic.

If you're in Sacramento, California this Saturday, May 8th 2010, then be sure to check out their fashion show. The two ladies in the photo are the ones putting on the gig, so you KNOW it can't go wrong! They understand Cycle Chic and combining it with vintage is brilliant.

Have a great party, Lorena, Ed and friends!

Sacramento Cycle Chic

May Day - Demonstration Cycle Chic

May Day - the first of May - is a popular day for demonstrations. There are all manner of festivities and traditions celebrating this International Workers Day and last Saturday there was a large demonstration that wove its way through the city streets. You can read more about May Day in Copenhagen over at this post on Copenhagenize.com, as well as see our massive armadas of cargo bikes. Here at Cycle Chic we'll focus on Demonstration Cycle Chic.

There were thousands of people and easily thousands of bicycles. It was a festive event so most people walked their bikes along as they talked and drank beers.

Nothing like a rainy day smile.



What a groovy little cluster of Copenhageners.

Grainy Bikes

Perhaps a few avid readers have noticed my absence in this corner of da web. I have been abducted by analogue cameras and other shooting styles have been the order of the day. Here is one grainy shot that might qualify for this blog though.
You might want to view it Large On Black

Good Morning

Morning ray of light illuminating the lead instrument in a symphony of human-powered movement.

Retro Sensations

I've lost track of how many photos are in the Cycle Chic archive. Once in awhile I have to peruse the archive to find this or that and often I stumble upon a photo I haven't seen for a long while. I remember every single photo and each of them takes me back to the moment they were taken and the mood I possessed in that fragment of time.

On occasion I see a photo that - for reasons I can't explain and don't bother trying to explain - makes me feel good.

This is one of them. From July 17, 2007. Heading into the sunset in a blaze of red.

View From a Random Café

Can't even eat lunch at a café without elegance and poetry rolling past.

Sure, it's a blink of the eyes, but it's all dreamy and operatic.

Multitasking

Cycling, scratching, smoking.

Pink Heels Springtime

Here at Cycle Chic we have a habit of noting when the Women of Copenhagen start making the shift to boots in the autumn. Likewise, another sure sign of seasonal change is the shift back to heels, pumps, stilettos, you name it.

Stockings are thinner these days as springtime lazily, yawningly crawls out of the sleeping back and the stockings and footwear are the first to switch. Then comes jackets and finally, the bare legs of springtime and summer. Stay tuned. Until then. Pink heels rule.