A Chic Fabric Bike

I was out and about  yesterday visiting some of my favorite fabric showrooms.  I discovered the Baker pamphlet which has  a bright upholstered  bike-shaw (a  revised Rickshaw). Baker is a  British company and  I can relate as my parents were both British…no wonder I like them.   This bike totally reminds me of two things. First,  a  fun memory of  Rick ( my late husband )  and I riding a bike-shaw  in New York from the theater to our hotel  because it was raining so much we couldn’t get a cab. Of course, our bike-shaw didn’t look anything like this beauty. The other memory is of my mother. She lived in Hong Kong when she was a young bride in the 1930’s.  The  family photo of her  is  my mother riding on an actual Rickshaw but the photo is vintage and in sepia,  not  color.  What a great idea…I see a new  bike seat in my future…do you?

Photo from Baker Cataloque and photo courtesy of GP & J Baker Group.