Stef and Matt

Quito is not only a big mountain and outdoor sports town, it also supports a lot of activities. Every other Sunday is the ciclopaseo, where the city shuts down one of it’s main thoroughfares (Avenida Rio de Amazonas) from 7am until 5pm to cars and buses. It’s open only to pedestrians, cyclists, and rollerbladers. I rented a bike (it was 20 years old, but considering that I’m not in great cycling shape right now AND that we’re at altitude, it didn’t really matter how fast or new the bike was), and rode up and down Amazonas for a couple of hours. There were a lot of different bikes (from old-school rigid mountain bikes to full-suspension disc-brake monsters, from racing road bikes to BMX bikes, and from kids’ plastic tricycles to fully-custom cruisers), and riders of all ages. I shot pictures of the most interesting and colorful ones, check them out by clicking on the shot below!

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