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Cool Bike Art
@CoolBikeArt1
Celebrating all things bicycle. Can also be found on Mastodon at @CoolBikeArt1@mstdn.social . Images are © to respective owners. He/him.
Mar 10, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
One name stood out in 1890s women's cycle racing: Belgian Hélène Dutrieu. Winner of multiple track cycling titles including the world championship, the Course de 12 Jours, & the Grand Prix d’Europe, she was cycling's first female superstar. But that was only the beginning.🧵 Photo of Hélène Dutrieu on a bicycle. Source: https://hele Women's racing didn't pay, and Dutrieu surprised the world by abandoning racing in 1898 to become an actress/comedienne & bicycling stuntwoman in Paris. Her signature act was called La Flèche Humaine - The Human Arrow - a death-defying mid-air loop-the-loop.
Sep 24, 2022 • 21 tweets • 5 min read
A 🧵taking a look at posters for the 1948 Italian neorealist drama Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thieves/The Bicycle Thief), one of the most influential films of all time.

Let's take a look, shall we?
#BikesInFilms Ladri di biciclette (1948) theatrical release poster Ladri di biciclette
Italian Two Folio Poster
Artist: Ercole Brini
Mar 15, 2022 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Whether you play the double bass or just wish you could, the question inevitably arises: How do you transport one of those things on a bicycle?

It turns out, there are many ways...

For example, the over-the-shoulder technique
🧵 There's the handlebar technique...
Mar 6, 2022 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
Well, I didn't realize there were so many maniacal Moulton fans out there, but I see you now. And that can mean only one thing: It's time for a mega-Moulton celebrity thread.

Let's start off with the man behind the machine, Alex Moulton, riding his masterpiece at age 90. Next we have Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg, looking very stylish, indeed, while riding Moulton Deluxes in the Avengers episode "Death at Bargain Prices" (Season 4, 1965-66).