Endless

I think it’s fair to say this rant has been imminent for a while. In the past couple of years cycling in London and I’m sure most urban cities around the world has become very very hip. Sure this is great for the enviroment, and for the populations health. But sadly every hip new trend has negative connotations. I’ve been cycling in London since a child, and commuting for about 6 or so years, in this time I’ve been through an array of bicycles, mountain bikes, hybrids, dutch sit-up and begs, vintage ste-through’s and shoppers but have finally found the one, a vintage raleigh racer (which incidently is the exact same model as my first ever bike I received when I was 5 - albeit slightly larger!).

After spending a few years away from London, I must say it was a bit of a shock to the system to see how the cycling scene had changed so much. I’m by no means a pro or any kind of cycling aficionado but at least I can cycle in a straight line and keep my eyes on the road (rather than fluffing up the flowers in my basket of checking out ridiculous fixie riders at every given moment. I don’t really have any issues with them personally (those that aren’t just doing it for road-props anyway) but the whole handlebars-so-tiny-you-can-only-fit-one-on-em just fills me with rage.

Image courtesy of Single Speeds and Fixies for GCs

Rant over. 

I don’t know what it is about black PVC that makes me so happy, but it does, as do unexpected neon flashes, so I decided to combine the two in this skater style skirt, I tend to wear it dressed down with simple knits or a breton top, as I think it speaks volume all by itself.

Opening lines say it all…