Famke Jansen rides her Omafiets in NY
TweetActually it concerns me less that she’s a semi-famous celebrity type (former Bond-girl etc.) than that it’s just a cool photo of a good looking Dutch woman nonchalantly riding her good looking Dutch bike through Manhattan. Yes, the bike is a WorkCycles-Azor Omafiets, purchased from WorkCycles dealer Dutch Bike Seattle.
Whoever the photographer is, he used a seriously high resolution camera. Amongst the photo series are a couple that zoom in on details of Famke I didn’t specifically need to see. Look here if you DO want to see that but don’t say I didn’t warn you about the “adult” content.
Word on the street has it that an anonymous cyclist has put a €50,000 bounty out for anyone who can steal her bike seat and deliver it to his office in a zip lock bag. Famke, keep that bike and saddle well locked!
May 13th, 2009 at 08:15
I didn’t know close-ups of brooks saddles were ‘adult content’ 😉
Here’s more ‘adult content’…arideaday.blogspot.com/search/label/Berlin
May 13th, 2009 at 22:27
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.
May 14th, 2009 at 03:14
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!
May 14th, 2009 at 07:21
And she’s demonstrating good saddle hygiene!
May 14th, 2009 at 04:17
Famke rocks Dutch Bike Co. Seattle-sourced Omas in LA and NY.
May 17th, 2009 at 11:27
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.
May 17th, 2009 at 22:35
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.
September 1st, 2009 at 02:29
hope in Indonesia will be like at Amsterdam, people go work by cycling!!!
it will reduce pollution in the city.
March 14th, 2010 at 15:39
How tall is she? What frame-size is the Oma?
Milo.
March 14th, 2010 at 20:50
MIlo, It’s a 57cm with a hand’s width of seatpost showing. I’d guess she’s about 175cm tall or maybe a little less.
March 14th, 2010 at 22:05
Henry, your “timmermansoog” is failing you. According to IMDb she’s 183cm or 6′, with shoe size 11.
March 14th, 2010 at 22:35
I just figured that she probably has long legs for her height and that’s how it’d come out on a 57cm bike (that much I know). At 183cm she either has short legs (unlikely) or rides with her saddle very low.