Some bikes are natural hams. They won’t miss any chance to have their photo taken. And that’s certainly true of Petra, my Long Haul Trucker, who insisted we pull off the road to investigate this trailhead along The River. She wouldn’t leave till she’d posed for a picture, either.

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The rough, cut-stone roads of northern Europe are the focus of attention for many cycle-racing enthusiasts. But not all roads lead to Paris. This flagstone path goes nowhere in particular, but it, too, calls out to passing cyclists, beckoning them on. And who knows where their journey will end?

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Like rocks uncovered by an ebbing tide, many things long hidden from sight emerge from the retreating snow — garbage tossed from car windows, the carcasses of road-killed animals, and this lacerated bike saddle:

We love our bikes, right? And we never tire of looking at them. At least I don’t, and if I’m to judge from what others tell me, I’m not alone. So each Monday I’ll publish a bike-related picture. Most of the time it will be a photo, but don’t be surprised if a few drawings and paintings get added to the mix from time to time. I might even include a sculpture or two. (OK. A photo of a sculpture.) Anything, in short, that evokes the world on two wheels. And don’t be shy. If you have a picture you’d like to share, just email it to me. I’ll do the rest.

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