There is little better on a hot summer day than to take a nice breezy bicycle ride. While I do advocate wearing a helmet for safety reasons, I appreciate the fab looks of these gals who did not have to succumb to dreaded helmet hair. The great photographer David Hamilton captures girls on two-wheels in his signature dreamy hazy style behind the lensAnna Karina loves to bike - and not just when her charming Bande à part costars Claude Brasseur and Sami Frey are next to herAudrey Hepburn was often seen bicycling on the studio backlots in between filming - The Beatles took to bikes on the set of HelpHollywood supercouple Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart shared a deep love ... of bicyclesThe beautiful Brigitte Bardot Carole Lombard with her pet dachshund Fritz Cate Blanchett shows off her skills Catherine Deneuve still manages to look every inch the sophisticated French style icon, even when traveling on two wheelsClaudia Schiffer hitches a ride in one of her ads as a legendary 'Guess?' girlFrance Gall, my favoriteFunny men: Bill Murray, Alfred Hitchcock, Albert Einstein, Ray Walston and Anthony Perkins in a polo game, and Bing Crosby all ham it up on bikesA famous photo of Jacques Tati and Alain Bécourt as they ride a bikeGrace Kelly in Monaco and on the lap of Jimmy Stewart on the set of Rear Window Jeanne Moreau and Henri Serre get a little relief from their Jules et Jim melancholia with this brief bike breakJulia Roberts ate, prayed, loved, and biked her way to happiness in her 2010 film Both Katharine Hepburn and Veronica Lake find creative ways to sit on their bicyclesA redheaded Marilyn Monroe - first in a photo by Richard Avedon, then in an early modeling photo when she was still known as Norma JeanSofia Coppola's confectionary creation for the Miss Dior Cherie advertisement features Maryna Lynchuk  on a vintage Schwinn Marilyn Monroe takes a ride with then-husband Arthur Miller(top row) Hilary Rhoda, Kate Moss, Gemma Ward, model, Ellen Page, Christina Ricci, Victoria Beckham(middle) Agyness Deyn, Kristen Stewart, Penelope Cruz, Monica Belucci, Michelle Williams, Amanda Seyfried(bottom row) Doutzen Kroes, Chloe Sevigny, Lily Donaldson, Sienna Miller, Mischa Barton, Kate Hudson Seth and Summer (love) Rita Hayworth was often seen on two wheels - even getting Gilda costar Glenn Ford to join in on the funFrançoise Hardy looks so untouchably cool Groovy singers and Hollywood heartthrobs: (top row) Elvis, Sean Connery, Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen(bottom row) Paul McCartney on the set of Magical Mystery Tour, James Dean with galpal Pier Angeli, Paul Newman and Butch Cassidy costar Katharine RossYeah, this is how my best friends and I dress whenever we go out togetherThis is how the Tour De France used to be. Seriously.A darling Shirley Temple - not even on training wheels!Warren Beatty and Jean Seberg in the film Lilith Twiggy has a ball on a bikeThe loveliest ladies of film: (top row) Deborah Kerr, Geneviève Bujold, Ava Gardner, Brenda Joyce, Susannah York, Isabelle Adjani, with Yves Montand holding an umbrella overhead(bottom row) Eartha Kitt, Romy Schneider, Ginger Rogers, Gene Tierney, Ingrid Bergman, Sophia LorenZooey Deschanel's most famous moment on two wheels came in (500) Days of Summer, where her character was called 'of average height and slightly above average shoe size', but she shows she's anything but average in real life
Wanna see some more bicycle pics? Check out these sites:Beauties on BicyclesChicks and BikesRides A BikeCozy BeehiveCycle Chic (Australian Cycling Forums)
Title: from "Bicycle Race" (Queen)