Bicycles are Poetic

Singer-songwriter Leslie Feist, internationally acclaimed indy-pop singer thinks bicycles are poetic. At her concert on 13 May 2008 at the Sony Centre in Toronto, she tried to divide the crowd to help her sing a song using those who rode a bicycle as their “primary source of transportation.” Unfortunately, not enough people cheered, likely as it was still early in the cycling season.

Feist laughed it off, and used Toronto’s area codes of 416, 647, and 905 saying that she would have preferred to use something, “more poetic” like bicycles.

Could the global bicycling culture benefit from a statement like this, or perhaps a song from a musical celebrity? If there is any doubt that celebrities love riding bikes, just look to Queen Latifah. In an interview with People Magazine she said, “When you’re on a bike, 80 miles an hour, no protection between you and the concrete, it can be a very spiritual place. I have four motorcycles, a scooter and, like, eight bicycles.

Celebrities on bikes are beautiful, approachable and environmentally sensitive.