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Once There Was a Bicycle

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50 Shades of Rust – Berlin Still Lifes with Bicycles

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When something is out on the streets in Berlin, people assume it’s pretty much free.
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Most of the time it starts with the seat …
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… then it’s up for grabs
Es war einmal ein Fahrrad - Stilleben aus Berlin bekitschig.blog
Berliners are nice like that and only take what they need
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How many bikes?
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Technically, it has two wheels ….
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Lines & Leaves
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The end.

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22 thoughts on “Once There Was a Bicycle”

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  2. Cool post. Funny to see these bikes chained to posts and left like monuments. I cycle everywhere and always worry about parts going missing when I chain it up. On my way to work a couple of weeks back I saw an old bike that had been dug out of a pit by construction workers – rusted to hell and back. Wished I’d snapped a pic now after seeing this post.

    1. Thank you! If I had a few months, I could probably fill a whole coffee table book with them. You are right, there seems to be something monumental to them. Did you see the vintage toy post? It was dedicated to you 😉

      1. Please… more photos of old bikes 🙂
        I’m just catching up on all my stuff in my reader so will look forward to your vintage toy post v much! Dedicated to me? Wow thank you. Exciting! 😃😍😎 BRB!

    1. No, it’s a bit stragic. Most people I know had at least one bike stolen … With my better half, someone stole his seat, then waited to get a new one and next morning the whole bike was gone. Another friend had a van following him, went to the bank quickly and his (super expensive) bike was gone. Berlin is a place for tough cookies 😉

      1. Looks like it is. Isn’t that a shame though? I remember living in Holland as a child, and discovering the freedom or riding my bike everywhere. Of course we had locks but never had any problem then.

      2. Maybe I should do a post on locks 😉 Sometimes you see these old rusty bikes and the lock is worth a fortune!

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  5. I like the “pickin’s” left and I really liked your caption: “Berliners are nice like that and only take what they need.”

    1. Ich frage mich immer, wo die alle herkommen… Außerdem brauche ich echt ein neues Fahrrad. Lustig, wie sich der Blog manchmal unterbewusst füllt 😉

    1. Sometimes I think people jsut can’t be bothered to sell them for 30 bugs, but I’m really not sure. It’s a sad sight

  9. I think of them as insect carapaces that are disintegrating …. we have so many chained to posts here in NYC.

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