Bike in the Wall

Bicycle in the wall, Via Battisti.
Bicicletta nel muro, via Battisti.

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Yellow Bicycle

Bicycle art in Via Fiume.
Arte bicicletta in via Fiume.

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Tricycle

A tricycle and its reflection, Via Primo Levi.
Un triciclo ed il suo riflesso, via Primo Levi.

Bicycles of Livorno...

Bicycles of Livorno, Piazza Matteotti.
Biciclette di Livorno, piazza Matteotti.

Weeds and Bicycles

Weeds and bicycles in Via delle Colline.

External links: Bicycle Art (Inspiration Green)
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Abandoned Bicycle

Abandoned (?) bicycle, Scali Saffi.

External links: Bicycle Art (Inspiration Green)
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Giant Bicycles

“In 1995, Giant designed the first sloping bicycle, featuring a smaller rear triangle and sloping top tube. The tighter chainstay-seatstay configuration is said to be inherently stiffer than a more conventional frame design, and because less material is used, the Compact Road design is also said to be lighter. Add to that more responsive cornering and improved acceleration, as well as improved aerodynamics, and the Giant design became much imitated.” (Giant Bicycles, Wikipedia)

External links: Giant Bicycles (Wikipedia) - Bicycle Art (Inspiration Green)
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The Yellow Bike

A “personalized” bicycle in Via Cesare Battisti.

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What a Shame...

The ultimate example of bicycle art, without bicycles. The easily foreseeable disaster of our bike sharing program has left a few abandoned stations and a hole of 130,000 Euro in our city's balance sheet.

Five-Thousand-Euro Bicycles - Waste of Money - Bike Sharing - A Diabolical Endeavour

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External links: Poche, rotte e sconnesse: il “bike sharing” è a terra (Il Tirreno, in Italian)
See also: Bicycle Art
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Second Choice

This shop window in Corso Mazzini was our second choice for this month's theme day.

(Photo taken last July)

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See also: Theme Day: Shop Window

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New Paradise Bike

A windmill toy outside a bicycle shop in Via Roma. No doubt that this is bicycle art...

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External links: Bicycle Art (Inspiration Green)
See also: Wind Force

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Theme Day: Bicycle

This yellow bicycle proclaims clearly that it is a ‘green bike’. This may sounds vaguely Magrittian, but it is also true because ‘Green Bike’ is the name of the shop that rents these bicycles in Livorno.

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External links: The Treachery of Images (Wikipedia) - Bicycle Art (Inspiration Green)
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Theme Day: Upside Down

Another masterpiece of “bicycle art”, this time in Via Ernesto Rossi. Please note how the colors of the art piece match perfectly with the background, an obvious sign of an elaborate study by the unknown author.

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Lady Mara

It has been a while since my last post of “bicycle art” and I hope you will appreciate the drama of this work placed on the lungomare, not far from the new building at the Scoglio della Regina.

“Call me ‘Mara’! That’s because the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me.” (Ruth 1:20)

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New Racks

New bicycle racks in Via Pieroni.

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Irresistible Force

Bicycle rack in Via Pieroni.

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Via Paoli

Bicycle below a dilapidated window against a newly painted and already tagged wall, at the corner of Via Paoli with Via dell'Origine. With weeds.

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Tricolor Bicycle

A faded tricolor bicycle in piazza della Vittoria.

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Warning

Bicycle locked to a temporary general warning sign, Via Roma

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Expressionist Bike

An hand-painted bicycle in Via Serafino De Tivoli, a street named after a painter of the Macchiaioli group.

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External links: Serafino De Tivoli - Macchiaioli (Wikipedia)

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