Her Bike Style with Rachel Ravitch
We are happy to kick off our Her Bike Style series here at Iva Jean and couldn’t be more please to have Seattle’s Rachel Ravitch as our first feature. She’s an absolute inspiration and I hope that you’ll enjoy a look inside her bike style. Rachel Ravitch Title/Occupation: Designer/People Person Location: Seattle, WA Bike: Vintage [...]
Preferred Mode | New York Bike Style
Sam Polcer is the editor, writer and photographer behind Preferred Mode, a collection of New York Bike Style. Congrats Sam - it’s one of the best we’ve seen in a while. Pictured above: Romane, rides a no-name single-speed bicycle; photographed in front of the Old Stone House on 3rd St., Brooklyn; just after buying this [...]
Stylish Rear Bike Baskets
I started biking with a backpack, but a few years ago I added a quick-release mesh rear basket and it changed my stinkin’ life. Why do I love it? I keep my back cool and free of aches, I can haul around twice as much stuff (sometimes four times); it frees me up to carry [...]
Shinola Bicycles | His and Hers
As a Michigan native, I couldn’t be more excited to see these beautiful pieces coming out of the mitten. Shinola Bicycles are made from American Steel with frame production in Wisconsin and assembly operations at the Detroit workshop within the College for Creative Studies. We love the easy style that a cruiser bike implies, but not [...]
Bike Theme Wedding Ideas
I just got married last year and while we kept our day pretty minimal, I decided to showcase my love for bikes by arriving by pedicab (or cycle rickshaw). It was the perfect way to start to my day. The driver and I took our time going from my apartment to Volunteer Park, he would [...]
Biking as a Couple
Summer biking can be a wonderful way to connect with our partners and lovers - sunshine, dewy skin and chilled wine pit stops. Biking has always been my own thing and while my husband and I have taken a few short city rides together, I could never plan on biking as a couple. Much like [...]
Loeffler Randall Rider Bag
We’ve known for a while that Loeffler Randall loves to bike, so when Sea of Shoes posted about her Loeffler Randall Rider Bag in May we weren’t surprised, but we did fall hard in love. Jane writes: My Rider bag has drawn a lot of compliments when I am out biking, I’ve even had some [...]
Bike Shelf by BBD
You might have noticed that I love a simple, well designed apartment bike shelf. As much as I want one, my lovely mixte never works with them - this is why BBD’s Bike All has me super excited. Different from the rest, The Bike All relies on the single component that all bikes share…a saddle [...]