people shouldnt buy bikes because its a trend :P i mean, unless youre going to make a use of it, otherwise it just sounds absurd 

It's definitely becoming more popular.  I've been thinking about looking around at thrift stores for a used bike.  It's cheap and you can bike anywhere.  Plus it's great exercise :)

um... I don't know how to bike.

Well I'm not suprised to find quite some  bicyclists  who happen to reside in large cities or out of the United States to be very fashionable. It has been like this for quite awhile, just now magazine editors are taking pictures of them.

It's not like these fashionistas intentionally own a bicycle to be fashionable, it's just more convenient, cheap..and the petrol is very expensive in Europe.  But I'm glad little things like this would make non-bicyclers think about owning  bike. 

In Utah, May is Bike Month, and this year for the first time organizers have put together a Bike Fashion Show to complement the annual Bike Bonanza. The show will display both the latest fashions in the bikes themselves, as well as apparel. While in many cases this still means an overdose of spandex, the trend of city riding - i.e. dressing in your normal work or casual clothes when you get on your bike, a la Copenhagen Cycle Chic - has reached Utah's cultural consciousness. And that's great - importing Europe's approach to biking to the U.S. would have lots of cash advances benefits.

how cute. i wanta bike but im not sure how often i would ride it. lol i like to run more and i use the stair master more. lol i guess a bike would be perfect for summer and leisure afternoons =)

sadly, i don't even know how to ride a bike. and the area i live in, isn't fun to go outside. especially in the summer, it's hot!

If fashionable means awesome and appropriate athletic gear, then I'm all for it.  But when I ride my Specialized (it's the Gloss Yellow one), I don't do it willy-nilly, and I certainly don't try to look good doing it (what a waste).  I do it either to run errands or to exercise.  Either way, I get all sweaty, and wearing normal street clothes isn't conducive to comfort or practicality.  In particular, who wants a sweaty crotch in nice clothes?  And who wears a skirt while riding a bike?  Not me.

@AznFier@xanga - If you can afford it, I highly recommend the Specialized Rockhopper.  It's the bike a lot of police use in the US, and my boyfriend has one.  It's incredibly light weight, performs beautifully, and is better and lighter than those crappy bikes you'll find at huge sporting goods stores for the same price.  The Rockhopper rides like a dream, even on rough terrain. 

My Hardrock (linked two comments above) is a little heavier and about $300 less expensive, but it performs infinitely better and weighs less than the craptastic Huffy mountain bike I was handed down.  I tried to haul the Huffy up a 60 foot hill at at least a 50 degree incline in the mud once, and I nearly tumbled down the hill while trying to get over a large root.  I had to get help in getting the bike the rest of the way up.  It was messy, frustrating and embarrassing.

Specialized and Trek (their mother company) both have high quality road bikes, too, and a lot of Trek's basic bikes are a little more affordable.  And if you get a Trek, you'll be riding the same brand Lance Armstrong rides.  :)

I would have ridden to school last year, but I actually arrived at a different school than I left from. I took a morning class at the high school and then took a bus over to the junior high. I frequently walked home, though. (:

I dont bike unless Im exercising lol.
I love the outfit in the first picture all the way at the top.

@coconut_dream@xanga - Hey interesting, I go to college there. Main reason why I want to grab a better bike, the speed, convienience, and less of a work out. Haha I hated how if I rush to class I break a sweat on my mountain bike.