Ode to Bicycles

Oh, bicycles! Let us speak of spokes. 
You could ride a bicycle to summer with Saul Steinberg.
Salute the finest form of transportation! 

Have some wheel fun ( a papercut I made in 2012).
Bicycles are good for all species, as you can see in these Polish circus posters.
Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad share a bike. Sweet!

But they aren’t the only cycling amphibians.

The above creature is from The Broken Spoke – Edward Gorey’s 1976 book of bicycling cards. 
Each card is inspired by a different school of art, but essential Gorey-ness shines through in every picture, and in the text.     
Here Gorey shows us bugs on bikes.

Pablo Neruda had a similar idea with a completely different mood in this excerpt from his Ode to Bicycles.
Today I finished this painting/drawing of bicycles. I’m not sure if it is really finished, but I don’t want to paint right now. It’s time to take a bike ride.