Cycle Chic Goes Global
The post is related to Bicycle Culture Goes Mainstream in Canada in that a national newspaper has picked up on global bicycle culture.
Karen Burshtein’s piece in the National Post called, “Stilletos on Wheels: Cycling goes Chic” brings attention to the the fashion of bicycle culture.
How valuable should we consider this kind of contribution when we read phrases like, “Fashion, they say, comes and goes in cycles. Now, it’s cycling that’s in fashion; the style brigade has taken up the two-wheel ride and, in doing so, is changing the image of the cyclist.”
On the other hand, let’s not keep cycling culture for the most radical activists or messengers; cycling is an activity for everyone, stylish or awkward. What I like most about this global trend is that the stigma of cycling being for the poor or the political is dying away.