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Gambian Inspired Bicycle Fashion

By Tatia C. 0, February 24, 20110, July 1, 2026 In Fashion 2 No tags 0

Inspired by travels in Gambia and Senegal, Neisha Smith’s collection is a vivid and bold tribute to the spice and colour of West Africa.

Featured fabrics from One Love have been hand-dyed in Gambia and Senegal with 5 per cent of all sales going towards building sustainable artistic business for the Bakau, Gambia community.

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Black top with printed shoulder straps from the Neisha – One Love collection.

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Fishermen’s Capri Pants – Neisha – One Love collection.

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Yellow and black Gambian-print skirt and matching top with printed shoulder straps from the Neisha – One Love collection.

Beach Bike Babes

By Tatia C. 0, February 7, 20110, July 1, 2026 In Australia 1 No tags 0

What better way to spend a Sunday than on a bike, by the beach looking bebelicious. These Cycle Chic pics were submitted by some seriously chic Sunday beach biklists.

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Lemon Twist

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Beach Baby

Red Riding Hippster and the White Wolf

Ride On My Parade

By Tatia C. 0, January 23, 20110, July 1, 2026 In Australia 0 No tags 0

It never ceases to amuse me how a trip to the countryside always makes us city slickers sigh with nostalgia and regret when we leave, and yet we keep returning to our urban abodes.

Is it a sense of a loss of freedom, despite having the ability to traverse the city for as far, and as long, as we like?

Or is it just that clean country air brings clarity to our smog-infused thoughts and we become lucid and alive again?

It shall probably remain one of life’s mysteries as to why more city dwellers don’t throw in the office-block towel and head for the hills.

Casual Fridays

By Tatia C. 0, January 9, 20110, July 1, 2026 In Australia No tags 0

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There is no other fashion item that symbolises casual chic more than a pair of denim jeans.

Yet the trusty jean has long been criticised when it come to its performance as cycling couture.

Some claim jeans are a little too stiff, others think they rub in all the wrong places, or they don’t have good knee sliding capabilities, but really this is just malicious gossip.

You would only ever notice these slight fabric irregularities if you ride your bike like a roadie training for the Tour de France.

Those of us who take our cycling a little less seriously,

A Mix of Melbourne’s Best Bicycle Photos

By Tatia C. 0, December 26, 20100, July 1, 2026 In Australia 2 Melbourne 0

We’ve put together a ‘best of’ bicycle photos from the streets from Melbourne for 2010. Enjoy! We certaily has fun caturing Melbourne’s bicycle babe and boys this year!

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Retro chic at its best. Even the bike is well dressed.

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Red shoes are always a winner, but these have to be the cutest we’ve seen.

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So 80’s but so ace. “Its distinctive design, bright orange colour, ubiquitous ownership in the 1980s, and fast disappearance in the 1990s, have combined to make “The Stackhat” a defining symbol of the 1980s for Australians”. – Thanks Wikipedia

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This rider’s fashion sense is so simple,

It’s a Guy Thing

By Tatia C. 0, December 12, 20100, July 1, 2026 In Australia 1 Melbourne 0

Melbourne men like their bikes a little kookie. These are some of the best we’ve seen. Bicycle photos taken by our team of bicycle-boy loving photographers.

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