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| Jakarta local hipster. This guy made me want to buy a roadster, strip it down and customize it. Incredible style - both bike and self. His mates all had off-the-peg single speeds, and not half the style. Jakarta, Indonesia. |
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| Transportation is a spread out rural town. Ubud, Indonesia. |
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| Kid (dressed in white) on stripped-down and hand painted (white) ladies bicycle in a tough Djibouti City quartier. Djibouti City, Djibouti. |
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| Brakeless Indian or Chinese roadster with mountain bike wheel set and customized rear mudguard. A man on a bicycle is a rare sight in Djibouti. This stretch of road seemed to be the only course, with limited fleeting sightings. Outskirts of Djibouti City, Djibouti. |
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| Two kids on a kids bike. Same rough Djibouti quartier. Djibouti City, Djibouti. |
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| Street trader. Balance on the handlebars, onions on the crossbar, hessian sacks on the rack. Mobile business. Kathmandu, Nepal. |
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| Raw and worn saddle. Nizwa, Oman. |
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| Roadster with BMX mags. Hand painted sand coloured. String on the bars. Nizwa, Oman. |
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| Green on with with rust. Khasab, Oman. |
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| Delivery bicycle with human cargo. Empty road on a weekend post revolution in downtown Cairo. Cairo, Egypt. |
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| Working bicycle. Cario, Egypt. |
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| The simplicity of this Cresent is beautiful. The frame colour with the silver chair guard. The fun green rear tire. Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| Monark. Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| Head-tube angle matches seat-tube angle? Formal looking Cresent. Good posture. Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| Mix of cast metal badge laid on the paint and foiled frame. Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| Custom build bicycle. Fairly unique set-up. Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| German Mustang. Black and red. Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| So many bicycles in the city that they've become a hassle in certain places and situations. Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| Frame detail is special. With distressed paint work makes the finish incredible. Look at the crown of the fork; it is a crown... Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| Vintage German bicycle from the 1940s. Still in daily use by an aristocratic Stockholm-er. Very proud of his bicycle, in particular the drum coaster brake back hub. Notice the wooden hand grips. Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| Beautiful old bicycle. Frame colour with touches of rust and mudguard fade against the texture and hues of the wall. Plasticine blue hand grips. Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| Gardener on his early morning ride to work. Hand painted bashed up Atlas. Lawnmower on the back, rake under the bottom bracket, various items over the bars. Jumeriah, Dubai, UAE. |
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| Al Ain camel market traders transport. Great typography on the window. Red stars on the bikes. Someone went crazy with the adhesive vinyl. Al Ain, UAE. |
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| Emulsion painted white with black electrical tape zebra pattern. Aerial on front and rear. Rado on phone speaker. Midday cruising. Al Ain, UAE. |
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| Metallic blue Phoenix. Strained orange wall. Green vinyl seat cover. Deira, Dubai, UAE. |
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| Laundry bicycle. Late night, Deira. Dubai, UAE. |
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| Typical Jumeriah morning street scene. A gardeners bicycle propped outside a villa whilst his daily visit is made. Dubai, UAE. |
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| On all my travels and thought out all the cities I've visited, this is probably my favorite bicycle. Stripped down Hero customized with trippy patterned foil and 70s-bathroom-green primer paint. Riders attire is very typical of UAE. Football shirt, below-the-knee shorts and flip-flops. Umm Al Qwain, UAE. |
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| 'The Gladiator'. Loose pink and grey custom paint job. Massive decals. Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. |
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| 'The Gladiator'. The owner was a barber. Very proud of his vehicle. Loose pink and grey custom paint job. Massive decals. Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. |
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| 'The Gladiator'. Loose pink and grey custom paint job. Massive decals. Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. |
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| Al Quoz industrial area 're-cyclist'. Hero Jet Gold bicycle. Plastic pannier on the front, full load on the rear. Dubai, UAE. |
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| Al Quoz industrial area 're-cyclist'. Hero Jet Gold bicycle. Plastic pannier on the front, full load on the rear. Dubai, UAE. |
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| The Al Dhaid 'funny bike'. Odd ladies roadster with BMX rear wheel (yellow tread tire), anodized-blue coloured handlebars, psychedelic pink seat cover, hand painted frame in cream emulsion. Odd. Location added to the mystique. Bike-locked to a post in an abandoned skeleton of a warehouse in a J. G. Ballard-esque freeway junction no-mans-lands. Al Dhaid, UAE. |
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| The Al Dhaid 'funny bike'. Odd ladies roadster with BMX rear wheel (yellow tread tire), anodized-blue coloured handlebars, psychedelic pink seat cover, hand painted frame in cream emulsion. Odd. Location added to the mystique. Bike-locked to a post in an abandoned skeleton of a warehouse in a J. G. Ballard-esque freeway junction no-mans-lands. Al Dhaid, UAE. |
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| The Al Dhaid 'funny bike'. Odd ladies roadster with BMX rear wheel (yellow tread tire), anodized-blue coloured handlebars, psychedelic pink seat cover, hand painted frame in cream emulsion. Odd. Location added to the mystique. Bike-locked to a post in an abandoned skeleton of a warehouse in a J. G. Ballard-esque freeway junction no-mans-lands. Al Dhaid, UAE. |
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| Plywood patchwork fishermens' accommodation. Working bicycles. Yellow plastic rear delivery crates. Kalba, UAE. |
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| Fishermens' accommodation. Working bicycles. Yellow plastic rear delivery crates. Kalba, UAE. |
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| Aspirations of being a developing-world Kronan. Roadside snap. Kalba, UAE. |
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| Aspirations of being a developing-world Kronan. Roadside snap. Kalba, UAE. |
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| Fujariah ice-cream man. Fujariah, UAE. |
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| Fujariah ice-cream man. Fujariah, UAE. |
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| Al Shams cows and bicycle. Al Shams, UAE. |
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| Industrial area Ras Al Khaimah. Worker clocking out. Cornflower blue on terracotta slate red. Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. |
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| Road from Dibba to Khor Fakkan. Friday ride. Dibba, UAE |
