Okay so this week for the black and white challenge, Cee wants bikes or anything related to two wheels. Initially I thought I had only two photos but rifling through my archives I was surprised to find how many bikes had crept in without my knowledge! Good for me and them ๐
A surreptitiously taken photo of the fascinating insides of a bike in a busy marketplace.
The good old bicycle, the lifeline for many. I used to love cycling as a child and often wish I could cycle now as well, but I feel shy and embarrassed.
This one I have shared before, perhaps some of you remember. Quite an eye-catcher right?
A front view with minimal color. Which one do you prefer?
On the streets of Udaipur, while admiring a camel with its nose in the air.
The car and bike halt deferentially as the camel made its way sedately across the highway ๐
A bike parked near a distillation flask used to prepare rose essence.
Two bikes near a massive gulmohar tree (at least the leaves look like that). The creepy roots are fascinating aren’t they? Oops I forgot the bikes were supposed to be the focus!
Hmm not sure if those are the same bikes as in the previous pic. But the tree is definitely different – such character don’t you think? I’m fascinated by how trees don’t seem to have any requirement to follow rules. Anything goes and each to her own is their mantra. Yet each is particular and conscientious about fulfilling their CSR (corporate social responsibility) for the less fortunate. By just being, they replenish the oxygen in the air – isnt that amazing?
Tree Cheers to them.
Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful week.
Stories and more 
Camels and bikes are something I don’t see together … ever. At least not here. Great gallery of photos.
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It’s a rare sight here too – except for Rajasthan, the desert state of India. Thanks Cee ๐
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Bikes and the trees.Bikes are mechanical structures and useful to transport people from places to places. Trees have a different energy. Even though they are stationary you can see the movement in the way the roots, the trunks and the branches grow. Of course, the camel has his nose in the air. Bikes (the one in that picture) can only go on until the petrol lasts but he can go on for months without water.
Good Night Dahlia.
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Wonderful observations! Thanks Ferdi and Good Morning ๐
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PS Since you are so pained by typos I took the liberty of correcting (patrol). I have discovered that authors can ‘edit’ reader comments. Not quite sure why or even if it is a good thing but since the facility is there I thought I would do my good deed of the day ๐
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Thank you, Dahlia. I did not even notice the wrong spelling.
Have a great day.
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I anticipated it ๐
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Great photos!
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Thanks Laura ๐
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Wonderful trees and the bicycles. I like the cycle rikshaw but the seat seems so high up.
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I think that’s more for decorative purposes, though we sat on it to click pictures ๐ Thanks Rupali ๐
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Wow.
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Lovely pictures!loved the bikes, loved the trees too….my God….the black and white gave a nostalgia….
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Thanks
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3 cheers indeed! Good to see the bikes are becoming ubiquitous!
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Thanks Tina for dropping by๐ค
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Oh! Those tree roots are very unsettling, they look like some thing from a spooky movie! ๐
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Yesss!…good old bicycle!….as a child used to have a hard time climbing on it with the bar so high…I doubt, if it would be the same even now๐
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Me too! We are on the same boat err bicycle ๐
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