Bike paradise: 4 days to go

Hoje publico aqui o manifesto Cycle Chic, porque me identifico completamente com ele. Para quem não conhece, o Cycle Chic é um movimento criado em Copenhaga (entretanto já alargado a mais de 50 cidades e/ou países) que defende que se ande de bicicleta normalmente, sem acessórios especiais, sem complicações. Style over speed. Entretanto, o Cycle Chic tornou-se também num observatório de tendências, sempre sobre duas rodas.

Podem espreitar o site do Lisbon Cycle Chic aqui e o do Oporto Cycle Chic aqui. O original está aqui.

The Cycle Chic Manifesto
- I choose to cycle chic and, at every opportunity, I choose Style over Speed.
- I embrace my responsibility to contribute visually to a more aesthetically pleasing urban landscape.
- I am aware that my mere presence in said urban landscape will inspire others without me being labelled as 'bycicle activist'.
- I will ride with grace, elegance and dignity.
- I will choose a bicycle that reflects my personality and style.
- I will, however, regar my bicycle as a transport and a mere supplement to my own personal style. Allowing my bike to upstage me is unacceptable.
- I will endeavour to ensure that the total value of my clothes always exceed that of my bicycle.
- I will accessorize in accordance with the standards of a bicycle culture and acquire, where possible, a chain guard, kickstand, skirt guard, fenders, bell and basket.
- I will respect the traffic laws.
- I will refrain from wearing and owning any form of 'cycle wear'.