When it’s cold out, remember that there are ways to enjoy cycling from your couch. Treat your sweetie to a night in and enjoy a little cinematic bike action (otherwise known as a bike-themed movie night). Bike movies are admittedly few and far between, but we have compiled a short list that will give you, at the very least, a glimpse of your favorite machine on the screen. Read more…

via thevintagebicycle

A Valentine’s Day thought:

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything. ~ Marilyn Monroe

The photo is via Rides a Bike, the Tumblr blog that continues to delight us with romantic pics of movie stars and celebs on bicycles. Now, its creator, Steven Rea, has assembled 125 of these color and black-and-white gems into a hardcover book, Hollywood Rides a Bike, from Angel City Press.

Congratulations to Our Winner!

Lori Berkowitz is the winner of  a 2012 Simi Mini Dot helmet from Nutcase in our Bike Crush Valentine Day’s facebook contest! Her bike crush: pro cyclist Cadel “Cuddles” Evans. Thank you to every one who entered! Read more…