An entirely unscientific selection of photographs from the Vélocouture group on Flickr that caught my eye during July 2009. Apologies for the late posting; the day job has been occupying most of my life this summer.
Photo by Flickr user Julie Mack in Chicago
Photo by Flickr user richardmasoner in San Jose, California
Photo by Flickr user Elly Blue in Portland, Oregon
Photo by Flickr user jeremyhughes in London
Photo by Flickr user Cosmoblue in Los Angeles
Photo by Flickr user Beach Cruiser in San Diego, California
Photo by Flickr user mamichan in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Photo by Flickr user cafemama in Portland, Oregon
Photo by Flickr user Xander N’Dante in Toronto
Be a part of Vélocouture! Submit your photos of well-dressed cyclists — yourself, or others — to the Vélocouture group on Flickr. Thanks to everyone who contributed this month.
August 16, 2009 at 8:04 pm
[...] Vélocouture picked my photo from San Jose as one of their favorites from July. [...]
August 31, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Nice site! I am working with a group to raise money through a 27.7-mile bike a thon to build a shelter for underaged victims of domestic sex trafficking…Would you help by posting what I wrote below to your site??? Thank you for your efforts and BIKE ON!
Hey everyone!
“Guess what city came in second in the nation in numbers of child prostitutes apprehened? PORTLAND, OR” The Oregonian
On September 27th, 2009 a 27.7-mile ride through East PDX, available to single riders or teams of three that would prefer to tackle 9.3 legs. Bike the Columbia and Willamette Rivers and take in the view from the top of Mt. Tabor.
This event will fund Oregon’s first and desperately needed shelter for underage victims of domestic sex trafficking.
If you were like me and you thought there was nothing you could do to help such an important issue…think again! A simple 27$ registration fee or $10 fee for students will help in a huge way. If we can get 3,000 riders to join the cause on September 27th and each of them make an effort to raise only $270 from their friends and family we will be able to open a shelter as early as this FALL!
The Sherriffs department says that out of the 300,000,000 people in the US 27,000,000 are trafficked in our country every year with another million to be added to that number every year! This is not okay. We can not just sit be a let this happen. It is taking over the number one crime in America, over drugs and over guns. Why? Because once you sell a drug or gun the item is gone, but you can sell and re-sell and re-sell a human until there is nothing left.
Transitions Global’s shelter will be here to restore the lives and voices to these underaged girls who have been deamed by the court as human trafficking victims. They will offer them recovery, counceling, holistic therapy, education, protection and most importantly a future, a hope and dreams.
To learn more: http://www.bikeforshelter.org