Comments on: Famke Jansen rides her Omafiets in NY

By: yuki

yuki — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:29:52 +0000

hope in Indonesia will be like at Amsterdam, people go work by cycling!!!
it will reduce pollution in the city.

By: henry

henry — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:35:26 +0000

amsterdamize,
I’m actually not sure whether it’s the photographer who cropped those photos like that, or somebody else helped ummm, “focus” on certain details of some very high resolution images.

By: amsterdamize

amsterdamize — Sun, 17 May 2009 10:27:05 +0000

Catching up on my reading, I can say this just made my day, Henry. From what I know of Famke, I already applauded her down-to-earth attitude, this seals the deal (aside from the fact that she rides this particular bike). She’s very cool in my book. Too bad the photographer turns out to be a scumbag.

Sean: you nailed it. I’m pretty sure she doesn’t consider it to be something extraordinary, meanwhile radiating the absolute effortlessness and beauty of it all.

By: henry

henry — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:21:56 +0000

And she’s demonstrating good saddle hygiene!

By: Stephan

Stephan — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:17:54 +0000

Famke rocks Dutch Bike Co. Seattle-sourced Omas in LA and NY.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:14:56 +0000

I live in New York City and am quite happy to see a scene like this. It presents a nice image of cycling when the city could really use one.

Famke looks like an ordinary, albeit very pretty, New Yorker getting from one place to another by bicycle. She’s not geared up or sweating, nor is she yelling at anyone, violating traffic laws, praying for anarchy, or nearly running over hapless pedestrians. She’s an effortlessly cool, clean-showered, law abiding bike rider. And, knowing she’s a movie star adds more: she could have anything and she’s choosing a black Azor over a black Escalade and making life easier on everyone else. Thanks, Famke!

By: henry

henry — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:27:46 +0000

Jeff,
That’s a good point: I cannot think of a better way to show how ergonomically ideal the Brooks saddle nose is. I guess I shouldn’t be so prudish.

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:15:49 +0000

I didn’t know close-ups of brooks saddles were ‘adult content’

Here’s more ‘adult content’…arideaday.blogspot.com/search/label/Berlin