Steven Rea, curator of Rides a Bike and author of the newly released Hollywood Rides a Bike, owns and rides several vintage steel bikes.
Bike riding movie critic Steven Rea curates the popular Rides a Bike Tumblr blog that features movie stars riding their bicycles. He’s compiled 125 images of those stars into a nice coffee table book titled Hollywood Rides a Bike: Cycling with the Stars.
Today is the birthday of cabaret star Eartha Kitt.
Slugger Manny Ramirez was seen riding coach Manny Mota’s trike in 2010 when he still played for the Dodgers.
81 year old actor Gene Hackman was hit from behind by a car pickup truck as he rode his bicycle on Islamorada in the Florida Keys this afternoon. He’s been released from the hospital.
No charges have been filed against the driver of the pickup truck who hit Hackman, according to the Miami Herald.
More at TMZ: Gene Hackman Airlifted to Hospital — Hit By a Car in Florida.
H/T to Murph.
