{"id":145237,"date":"2016-12-01T14:49:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T14:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=145237"},"modified":"2016-12-01T14:49:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T14:49:02","slug":"gallery-can-try-hard-youll-never-cool-nyc-cyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/12\/01\/gallery-can-try-hard-youll-never-cool-nyc-cyclists\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: You Can Try Hard but You\u2019ll Never Be as Cool as NYC Cyclists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New York is the so called &#8220;melting pot&#8221; of the USA \u2013 a term that projects itself into all layers of human existence here, be it culture, religion, cuisine, and of course, style. It wouldn\u2019t be New Yorkers if they wouldn\u2019t flaunt their impeccable and sometimes peculiar taste in everything even when on the bike. Photographer Sam Polcer decided that the NYC cycling motley crew deserves its own photo series called Preferred Style, which was recently published by Prestel publishing as a book titled New York Bike Style.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I fell in love with biking here in New York City,&#8221; explains Polcer. &#8220;Once you realize what biking in New York can do for you as a New Yorker &#8211; being able to explore places that you wouldn&#8217;t normally explore, get places faster, see neighbourhoods better, meet cool people, and do that without having to struggle on the subway, or taking buses, or taking cabs, or getting stuck in traffic &#8211; It opens the city to you in a way that nothing else can,&#8221; Polcer pretty much sums up all the benefits of urban cycling.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145242\" style=\"width: 827px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-145242 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-01-at-13.01.02.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-12-01-at-13-01-02\" width=\"827\" height=\"550\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cargo bikes can be used even for your lazy beloved canine companion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145244\" style=\"width: 721px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145244\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/12\/SamPolcer6.jpg\" alt=\"We guess he plans his cycling routes depending on the density of surrounding railings.\" width=\"721\" height=\"1082\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We guess he plans his cycling routes depending on the density of surrounding railings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145241\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145241\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-01-at-13.02.02.png\" alt=\"If the Tour de France was held in New York.\" width=\"368\" height=\"552\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If the Tour de France was held in New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145243\" style=\"width: 721px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145243\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/12\/SamPolcer8.jpg\" alt=\"Next time somebody tries to preach onto you that you should \u201cact your age\u201d show them this picture.\" width=\"721\" height=\"1082\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Next time somebody tries to preach onto you that you should \u201cact your age\u201d show them this picture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145240\" style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145240\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-01-at-13.03.04.png\" alt=\"The dapper classic.\" width=\"364\" height=\"546\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The dapper classic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145239\" style=\"width: 827px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145239\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-01-at-13.03.22.png\" alt=\"Let\u2019s not kid ourselves \u2013 punk\u2019s not dead and it never will be.\" width=\"827\" height=\"547\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Let\u2019s not kid ourselves \u2013 punk\u2019s not dead and it never will be.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145246\" style=\"width: 365px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-145246 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-01-at-13.11.50.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-12-01-at-13-11-50\" width=\"365\" height=\"547\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This picture deserves to be in the dictionary next to the \u201ccasual\u201d entry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145248\" style=\"width: 365px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145248\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-01-at-13.14.15.png\" alt=\"Relaxed and effortlessly elegant, this lady is an inspiration.\" width=\"365\" height=\"548\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Relaxed and effortlessly elegant, this lady is an inspiration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145249\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145249\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/12\/IMG_3377.jpg\" alt=\"Bromptons have been approved by the NYC style committee. \" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bromptons have been approved by the NYC style committee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145252\" style=\"width: 721px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145252\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/12\/SamPolcer13.jpg\" alt=\"When your style is on fleek and you know it.\" width=\"721\" height=\"1082\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When your style is on fleek and you know it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>You can see the series and his other works <a href=\"http:\/\/sampolcer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York is the so called &#8220;melting pot&#8221; of the USA \u2013 a term that projects itself into all layers 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