Heels and Bicycles - a match made in heaven

Often, well nearly all the time, we get asked "How can you cycle in *those* heels?"

Well, we'll let you into a little secret...

Cycling in heels is easier and more comfortable than walking in them. Indeed! You push on the pedals with the ball of your foot, therefore the heel does not hinder cycling.

Walk 10 minutes in heels and your legs will be killing you, cycle in them and you'll arrive at your destination as fresh as a rose!

                                                                                      Image by ©james a brooks 

It's all about... Albert Square!

Now that I have discovered the perfect sunny bench in Albert Square, I have found that it's also a perfect place to spot many great cyclists.

This is what I captured sitting for just 10 minutes on a sunny Sunday.

Chilled cycling... why be in a rush on such gorgeous day uh?!

What a great junction view! No cars, just bikes.

Matching your top to your handle bars... must be cycle love.

Great cycle chic, if you ask me!

Sunshine

So after about 4 weeks a non-stop rain and autum-like weather, the sun has finally returned.

Unfortunately armed only with my camera phone, the quality may not be great, but still expresses a nice stream of bikes.

Taken from a sunny bench in Albert Square.

Red bike, red rucksack 

Brompton in style!

A fine way to travel...

©Broxrider

Delightful!

A fine way to travel* indeed. Thanks to Broxrider!

*A Raleigh Tourist De Luxe?

Graceful rider... badly cut off by... bus!

So, although there are good signs in Manchester of people cycling in everyday clothes, going from A to B... there's still little sign that respect on the road is no way near being achieved.

We just hope that she wasn't put off by cycling.

When will things change?

©Broxrider

What a delight to see!

©Broxrider [how can these kind of conditions encourage cycling in Manchester?]

While this... not so much!

With big thanks to Broxrider for sharing.

Snap!

It's a small world! On your way to a meeting who do you see? Rob and Simon arriving at Peter's Square for the monthly GMCC social ride.

Chrome

Those are some shiny bikes! Fresh from Ridelow? ; )

Enjoying the rare, but wonderful hot weather in Manchester (spring 2011).

Kindly shared by broxrider via our Flickr Group.

Chorlton Green Festival & feeder ride

Tomorrow, 31st of March, Chorlton is once again hosting the brilliant Chorlton Big Green Festival.

Naturally Cycling: Manchester and ChesterCycling will be leading the cycle ride from Manchester Oxford Road to Chorlton via the Fallowfield Loop.

Wheelers' Brunch will also be held at the festival from 12pm onwards. Meet at the GMCC stand, to then choose what to eat from where.

The timetable has been confirmed by the festival's organisers as:

Feeder ride:

11.00 MCR Oxford Road station (at Salisbury, Thirsty Scholar, Sound Control) - You'll recognise NaturallyCycling by the colourful spotty helmet (helmets are OPTIONAL!!).

11.05 University Place (on Oxford Road, opposite Manchester Museum)

11.10 Whitworth Park (wait outside Wetherspoon's, by the main road)

11.15 Owen’s Park (Wilmslow Rd car park, opposite Mabfield Rd)

11.20 Sainsbury's Fallowfield (wait at entrance to Sherwood St)Then ride along the Fallowfield Loop to...

11.35 Arrive @ Chorlton's Big Green Festival

Times for Chorlton's Big Green Festival are confirmed:

11:00 Festival and stalls open

12:00 Music starts

12:30 to 13:00 Bike Parade

13:30 to 14:00 Spokes Bicycle Dance Troupe Performance

17:30 Stalls begin to close

18:30 Music and festival close

19:30 to 22:30 Ceilidh

http://www.greenchorlton.org.uk/

http://thespokes.wordpress.com/

Style

As titled by Broxrider.

Thanks for sharing!

From our Flickr group.

Out from hibernation [we hope!]

Mad Cycle Lanes of  Manchester has made a good point that MCR Cycle Chic had gone awfully quite for the past three months.

Indeed.

Between the current 'editors' (bloggers, posters, you call us what you like) running many other things as well as holding down normal jobs and the dreary days of winter, not much cycling action has been captured.

Let's hope that with these recent timid days of spring we have been experiencing, we will bounce back to activity too!

Once again, we refresh our request that all of you, dear Manchester cyclists, kindly contribute to our Flickr group, so that we can have a bigger pool of cycling inspiration.

Any photos which will then be posted here will be dutifully credited.

Here we start with a cracking bike and a cycling ensemble by Velocipedinerian. Thanks!