Raise Your Bicycle to the Heavens!

Ever try, just for the hell of it, to lift your ride completely above your head?

Trust me, it ain't as easy as it sounds.

Especially when you have only 10 seconds to run, from where you set up your camera, to where your bike calmly, patiently, waits for you to squat and lift before the picture snaps. ;-D

So just what in the world prompted me to attempt this feat of near Olympian Strength?

Blame Dubi Kaufman, of Chicago. ;-D

He is the one responsible for a very cool photo project in Chicago where people are photographed raising their bicycles over their heads.

Why?

As he writes:

Because I want to document a certain look and sentiment.

Because cycling is a fun way to commute.

Because of the primal/celebratory nature of the gesture.

The aim is to create a photo collection of 1000 bikers in Chicago over the summer of 2008.

Begun on June 26th, as of this writing he has snapped 46 photos.

Anyone in the Chicago area can pariticipate.

Part Blog, part Photo Collection, all cycling Advocacy, the website tells you how, when, and where, he will be, and has a Gallery of all who have had their picture taken.

Check out Bike Salute, then...

Get out there and show your support! ;-D