Eaton's Roadmaster

Posted by Damon Schreiber (Toronto, Canada) on 18 January 2009 in Transportation and Portfolio.

As some of you may know, I have a fetish for bicycles. So I interrupt the grayness of the last few days here for a jolt of robin's egg blue on this beauty from Canada's former department store, Eaton's. Long may she ride.

[Shaw & College, Toronto]

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Comments (16)

Lucca from Cologne, Germany

Oh my, everything in this is great. Wonderful blue and I love the lines of the basket.

18 Jan 2009 9:33am

k@ from Paris, France

Love your framing and that oh-so fabulous turquoise !!

18 Jan 2009 9:33am

zahai from Berlin, Germany

great perspective and colors. bicycle==win :)

18 Jan 2009 10:03am

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Too right, the lines and colour of this lovely bicycle are brought out well in your image.

18 Jan 2009 11:18am

Olivier Jules from Lanciano, Italy

great shot! very well taken

18 Jan 2009 12:25pm

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

oh she's gorgeous...you did buy it, right?

18 Jan 2009 12:48pm

@Lorraine: Thanks, Lorraine! I can appreciate it as art locked to a pole, but I'm not sure if I'd buy it even if it were for sale. I just don't have enough space to store all the cool bikes out there, so I must appreciate them from a respectful distance (comme les belles femmes).

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

Something about bicycles that gives them more character than other everyday things . . the blue really reaches out on this one !

18 Jan 2009 1:14pm

Francesc B. from région parisienne, France

Congrats for your spotlight... this original angle works well here. I like the blue.

18 Jan 2009 2:43pm

@Francesc B.: Thanks Fransesc, and thanks for letting me know. Spotlight? Wow, so exciting! There must be some mistake...

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

It's a pretty color, even the rusty chrome looks good, and I like the white background.....!

18 Jan 2009 5:07pm

zOOm from Paris, France

How great this picture is by its originality ! Clever ! Really clever ! :-)

18 Jan 2009 5:19pm

Alessandro from Calci (PI), Italy

BRRRRR... Cold :)

19 Jan 2009 12:03am

Barbara from Florida, United States

Fantastic image, I like the tight crop and blue with touch of rust against the snowy white. Well done.

19 Jan 2009 2:14pm

Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States

The post looks like a street sign of some kind, how did you get a white background like a studio background? Beautiful blue, and great shot.

19 Jan 2009 6:01pm

@Howard F.: Thanks, Howard! You probably wouldn't consider this from sunny California, but ... it's winter here.

bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada

Beautiful find Damon. I really like your frame here (no pun intended), the minimal colours and vibrancy!

20 Jan 2009 3:53am

grant from kansas city, United States

just the right way to handle this fortunate find.

20 Jan 2009 2:56pm

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

The more usual bicycle fetish is for the seats, not the bike itself.

20 Jan 2009 9:49pm

@Twelvebit: Heh, not that kind of fetish. Thanks, 12-bit!

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