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@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 6:43 PM

Thelma Carpenter and Nipsey Russell in the 1970 TV sitcom version of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park

#BicycleBirthday Nipsey Russell
September 15 (1980-2005)

Photo of a woman and a man with small wheeled bicycles at an intersection in a city. The woman is pointing at the man.

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 6:27 PM

"Il Campionissimo" (Champion of Champions) Fausto Coppi at the 1951 Giro d'Italia

#BicycleBirthday
September 15 (1919-1960)

Photo of a man sitting low to the ground, taken through the rear wheel of a bicycle.

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 4:00 AM

Fay Wray, actress most well known for performing opposite the big ape in the original 1933 King Kong movie.

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Fay!
September 15 (1907-2004)

Photo of a woman in summery clothes posing standing with a bicycle in front of a house.

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 6:41 PM

In the process of re-upping Nas's #BicycleBirthday post, I discovered that the Williamsburg Sweet Chick has recently closed ☹️(but it doesn't look like the one Nas is riding in front of, so 🤷)

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 4:00 AM

Hey, kids, back in the day we'd watch TV celebrities compete against each other because it was the only thing on. And we loved it!

TV starlets Catherine Bach, Mary Crosby, and Victoria Principal in Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes, 1980

#BicycleBirthday Mary Crosby
Born September 14, 1959

Photo of three women on an outdoor track with a crowd in stands behind them. The two women on the left are on bicycles, and the woman on the right is standing.

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 5:43 PM

Actress Lili Reinhart in a shoot for InStyle magazine

#BicycleBirthday
Born September 13, 1996

Photo of a woman in an extravagant dress posing on a banana seat bike in a yard.
Photographer: Graham Dunn

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 9:04 AM

Producer Frank Marshall (left) and Steven Spielberg take a spin on the studio lot during the production of Poltergeist

#BicycleBirthday Frank Marshall
Born September 13, 1946

Photo of two men riding bikes on a film studio lot.

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 4:00 AM

Actress Jacqueline Bisset riding during production of The Deep (1977)

#BicycleBirthday
Born September 13, 1944

Photo of a woman riding a bicycle with a large from basket. She is wearing a white shirt and a sun visor.

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 7:38 PM

Rush lyricist/drummer Neil Peart was the author of The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa. Peart is shown here on one of his African cycling adventures.

#BicycleBirthday Neil Peart
September 12 (1952-2020)

Photo of a man standing with a touring bicycle on the side of a dirt road. Another person is laying on the road next to him, and there's another bicycle with an open umbrella on it.

Book cover for "The Masked Rider, Cycling in West Africa" by Neil Peart featuring an illustration of a wooden bike-riding figure overlaid on an antique map of Africa.

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 7:32 PM

"It's an expression, it is art, and I like to ride it."
- singer/actress Jennifer Hudson on why she spray-painted her bike purple

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Jennifer!
Born September 12, 1981

Photo of Jennifer Hudson posing with a bicycle that has been spray-painted purple.

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 4:00 AM

Entertainer Maurice Chevalier takes on a donkey driven by famed French cyclist Charles Pélissier at Le Stade Buffalo in Paris, 1938

#BicycleBirthday Maurice Chevalier
September 12 (1888-1972)

Photo of a helmeted man riding a bicycle on a track next to a donkey pulling a carriage with driver.

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 4:00 AM

Actress, writer, and psychotherapist Betsy Drake riding on the Warner Brothers lot

#BicycleBirthday
September 11 (1923-2015)

Photo of a woman riding a bicycle. Behind her is a building with "Make Up and Hairdressing" printed above the door.

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 4:00 AM

On one episode of motorhead show Top Gear, filmmaker Guy Ritchie told host Jeremy Clarkson: "I live on a bicycle... I live in central London, probably 90 percent of my travel is done on a bicycle. I love bicycles."

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Guy Ritchie!
Born September 10, 1968

Photo of a man wearing a flat cap, warm jacket, and white trousers riding what appears to be a fixed-gear bicycle.

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 7:25 PM

Adam Sandler's portrayal of Hubie Halloween (2020) may be yet another in a string of loser man-babies with a bike in American cinema, but at least he's got some skills.

#BicycleBirthday Adam Sandler
Born September 9, 1966

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 7:16 PM

Hugh Grant on a 1994 GQ photo shoot in New York City

#BicycleBirthday
Born September 9, 1960

📷Gregory Heisler

Photo of Hugh Grant riding a bicycle on a New York City street. He's wearing a white button-down shirt.

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 7:00 PM

After being sent a Rover Safety Bicycle as a gift, Leo Tolstoy learned to ride at the tender age of 67

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Leo!
September 9 (1828-1910)

Photo of a a man with a large beard standing with a bicycle.

Text: Leo Tolstoy, The novelist learns to bicycle. The author of "War and Peace" took his first bicycling lesson at age 67, only a month after the death of his 7-year-old son, Vanichka. He was grieving, and the Moscow Society of Velocipede Lovers provided him a free bike and instruction along the garden paths on his estate. He became a devotee, taking rides after his morning chores. "Count Leo Tolstoy ... now rides the wheel," declared Scientific American in 1896, "musch to the astonishment of the peasants on his estate." A close friend noted: "Tolstoy has learned to ride a bicycle. Is this not inconsistent with Christian ideals?"

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 4:00 AM

The Ross Apollo 3-speed muscle bike was a less-iconic knock-off of the Raleigh Chopper. Which hopefully doesn't diminish actress Michelle Williams riding one on a rooftop.

#BicycleBirthday Michelle Williams
Born September 9, 1980

Photo of a woman in a low-cut blouse posing as she straddles a Ross Apollo bicycle on a rooftop.

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 6:35 PM

TV comedy pioneers Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, and Imogene Coca take Italian neorealism to the next level on Your Show Of Shows, December 23, 1950.

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Sid Caesar!
September 8 (1922-2014)

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 4:00 AM

Alfred Jarry on a Clément bicycle in Corbeil-Essonnes, France, 1898

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Alfred!
September 8 (1873-1907)

Photo of a hatted man riding a bicycle on a street. There's a big house with a wall-fence behind him.

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 7:16 PM

Chrissie Hynde wore the Road Spiders jacket throughout the 1980s. It now resides in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

#BicycleBirthday Chrissie Hynde
Born September 7, 1951

Rockers Joan Jett and Chrissie Hynde in Los Angeles' Whiskey a Go Go club in April 1980. Jett is drinking beer from a bottle and Hynde is holding a lit cigarette. Hynde is wearing the Road Spiders jacket, with "Akron, Ohio" written in cursive on the left shoulder.
Photo by Donna Santisi.

Photo of the back of the Road Spiders jacket. It's a black jacket with Road Spiders written across the shoulder area, with a red spider in a web under it.