City Daily Photo Theme Day: Cyclists

The first day of each month is a theme day for members of City Daily Photo. For May, that theme is Cyclists. Check out how others are interpreting the theme right here. 

I start with this holdover from Winterlude, an ice sculpture outside a shop on Sparks Street.

Here's the shop, taken a few nights later.

Here we have Fosters, a former bike shop in Centretown that at the time of this photo was in the process of moving a short distance away under a new name. The new location is down below. Its replacement? An art supply shop moving in from a couple of blocks to the north.

I was heading to the Portage Bridge for my twice a month series looking downstream from there. This cyclist biking the other way was suitable for the theme. In the background is Christ Church Cathedral and the Garden of the Provinces and Territories.

After taking my shots on the bridge, I saw this cyclist heading to the Gatineau side of the Ottawa River, which can be glimpsed through the railing at left. Victoria Island is up ahead, with the ruins of the old carbine mill at left, while the rising spike of the War Museum is off at right. 

I kept walking, en route to other photo opportunities, and saw this bike.

At the intersection of an office building a couple of blocks away, bikes were locked up around both corners of the building.

And here's the former Fosters, now moved into its new location as Quickcranks. It looked like the shop staff inside were mostly done for reopening.