We find the above statement pretty hard to disagree with. Life simply is better when you pedal!

This photo comes to you via the Facebook Page of Girl Bike Love, a website and community that empowers more women to ride bikes. From the About Us page at girlbikelove.com:

We provide personal experiences, technical information and gear reviews with a focus on what women want.  By bringing a community of women together to ride with and learn from, we will have a louder more unified voice for women’s cycling.

We dream of a day when riding a bike to the store is daily routine and women’s races have the attendance of the Tour de France.

Despite the gender-specific slant of the site, Girl Bike Love is quick to comment to followers on its Facebook posting of the above picture that “men are always welcome at Girl Bike Love,” so no matter who you are, don’t hesitate to explore the site and the Girl Bike Love Facebook page for pedaling photos and more!

Every Monday on Lane Love, we’ll be featuring bicycling news, stories and photos from around the world. Have a lane that you love? Send us a photo! You can post it to our Facebook page or upload to our Flickr group and we might just feature it here on Lane Love.

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We’ve just discovered this book, I love My Bike, a photo essay of sorts that celebrates the inherent beauty of the bike. Here’s the full rundown via Chronicle Books:

I Love My Bike is a photographic celebration of the grand kinship of bicycles, a bond shared by millions of peoplearound the world. This distinctive and affordable coffee table book for cyclists collects the best of the stories, photographs, and bicycles encountered by the authors during numerous cross-country photo-journaling trips. Readers will meet longtime messengers and hardcore roadies, casual commuters and weekend day-trippers, tattoo artists and skateboarders, bike builders and first-time owners—all of them in love with their two-wheeled contraptions. With gorgeous full-color photos on every spread, I Love My Bike delivers the trifecta of awesome for any cyclist: cool people, cool photos, and really, really cool bikes.

Pick up your copy here and in bookstores as well, according to Momentum magazine. You can also check out the I Love My Bike Facebook page to view photos, then show us how much you love your bike. Post a photo of you and your two-wheeled steed on our Facebook page!

Every Monday on Lane Love, we’ll be featuring bicycling news, stories and photos from around the world. Have a lane that you love? Send us a photo! You can post it to our Facebook page or upload to our Flickr group and we might just feature it here on Lane Love.

PHOTO: ew.webster via Capitol Hill Seattle

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Bikes are most often seen traveling or resting on the ground — but what’s the harm in switching up what you’re used to every once in a while? In fact, why not decorate your home with the beauty of a bicycle like architect David Baker did in the case of his living room?

Naturally, we advocate for the act of bicycling itself, but there’s definitely something to be said for the aesthetics bikes have to offer in almost any environment. For the sake of practicality, it can be a great space-saver to craft a way to hang your bike in your home (just make sure it’s practical and within reach, not just for aesthetics’ sake). After all, what better way is there to showcase your ride when you’re not on the road than by having it integrated into your home?

PHOTO Via: SW Stark

Every Wednesday on Ditch Your Car we’ll be bringing you just another reason to spend more time on two wheels. Be it a photo, a statistic or an inspirational video, we want to keep reminding you about why riding is great!

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The holiday season is in full force this week, so we thought we’d pull together a couple of photos with people getting festive on their bikes. Whether you’re hitting the road for a morning ride, or carting home groceries for your holiday feast, cheers to those of you out there on your bikes! Happy holidays!

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Last week, the New York Department of Transportation announced that bike commuters have doubled in the last four years — that’s 102 percent — and quadrupled since 2001. Big ups to the Big Apple! Keep on riding!

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PHOTO via downtownfrombehind

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Osprey Bike athlete Joe Schwartz posted this photo from his morning ride on Twitter last week: “Fresh asphalt #lanelove this morning. New bike lane in Vancouver.”

Happy Monday riding to you!

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Here at Osprey, we love our four-legged friends — especially the ones who are down to go just about anywhere with us… even on our bikes. Loving this photo via Copenhagen Cycle Chic. Want to check out more dogs on bikes? We thought so. Just click here.

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One of our friends in Seattle, Washington sent us this photo she took last week. With the sherbet-colored sunset, the Olympic Mountains reaching into the sky and a tiny, neon cyclist riding through, we think this shot is pretty great. Happy Monday!

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Oh, Portland, Oregon… we love you for so many reasons. But today, our favorite is this photo from one of our Osprey friends snapped at a late-night out on the town.

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Children from a West Philadelphia neighborhood painted this mural designed by artist Jane Golden. It creates a perfect splash of color for riders biking to and from work. via Matador.

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PHOTO via pwbaker

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