The airport in Portland has cycle chic advertising. It's true, a bike can't get you everywhere... we do need airports.
This was my favorite bike I saw in Eugene. Yes, it's a dangerous bag, and would probably be illegal in Massachusetts, but it does look so right in Oregon.
A seafoam green cruiser on campus in Eugene was one of the more fanciful bikes I saw. Most tended to the practical, understandable but less fun.
This copper colored Raleigh was one of the only bikes of that era I saw. It's too bad, Eugene is a flat enough city that I could easily see getting around on one of the old townies.
This bike shelter is one of so very many all around Eugene. They were all similarly full. This sort of bike infrastructure is what we're missing in Boston.
Finally, this atmospheric image was taken in Washington State, on the beach. It was getting to be evening on a Friday night, this person was clearly commuting home along the beach bike path. Now that's the life!
5 comments:
Aw, your Eugene pictures make me all nostalgic! My bikes lived on those covered racks while I was in college there... Did you make it up to Portland at all?
inkandpen, No Portland except to and from the airport. We did drive over to Salty's for dinner when we arrived and I was able to see the bike lanes which stretched on forever.
It was beautiful, even if there were no cyclists at that moment.
Love the airport advert; hilarious! The beach scene on the last photo reminds me of Sandwich, on Cape Cod. There is a low wooden bridge there that goes on and on across the marshes near the beach. Unbearably romantic.
Oregon would be such a nice place to live. The bikes look very welcoming!
Portland! A bike commuters paradise. I loved the light rail and saw lots of bikes being carried on board.
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