What people are saying about Preferred Mode and New York Bike Style:

“The Sartorialist on two wheels.” –Vanity Fair (Spain) (Link)

“What separates the work from countless other street-style projects is yes, the bikes, but also the fact that most everyone looks genuinely happy.” –Feature Shoot (Link)

“Each of his portraits stylishly portrays urban riders in their leather jackets, T-shirts, or business suits standing alongside their selected mode of transportation. His colorful collection conveys the unique and expressive individuality of each NYC resident.” –My Modern Met (Link)

“Polcer is a stylish man with a good eye.” –Esquire (Link)

“When photographer Sam Polcer began snapping photos of New York City cyclists in 2012, his goal was “to make cycling look as good as it feels.” The self-proclaimed fashion nonexpert, who works for education and advocacy group Bike New York, wound up with arresting portraits for a book, New York Bike Style, and his blog, preferredmode.com.” –Bicycling (Link)

“A bicycle street style blog that has captured bicycling New Yorkers sporting their individual and colorful styles and ‘wearing’ their two-wheelers like the badges of honor that they are.” –The Phoblographer (Link)

“Photographer Sam Polcer sees popular portrayal of urban cycling style as more than just pretty pictures. He believes in its power to seduce.” –Velojoy (Link)

Other press coverage includes the following:

Feature Shoot: “Portraits of Hip New Yorkers With Their Bikes”
Flavorwire: “New York Bike Style Depicts a Growing Subculture”
Jay-Z’s Life+Times: “Photographer Sam Polcer Talks New York Bike Style”
The Daily Beast: “Badass New York Bike Style”
Brooklyn magazine: “Photos: Sam Polcer’s New York Bike Style, Which Launches Friday With a Party in DUMBO”
Fast Company‘s Co.Design: “The Chicest Bicyclists of New York City”
Nerve.com: “Stylish Portraits of hip New Yorkers and Their Bikes”
Travel + Leisure: “New Book of Portraits Spotlights New York City’s Most Stylish Bicycle Riders”
Momentum: “Big City Rollers”
Time Out New York: “Meet New York’s Most Stylish Cyclists”
BikeNYC.org: “New York Bike Style Photographer Shares the Stories Behind the Shots”
Manhattan magazine: “Be-Spoke Style”
Gear Patrol: “Photo Essay: New York Bike Style”
Velojoy: “Snap! New York Bike Style Photos Seduce”
Bike Snob NYC: “You can’t spell “vernal” without the “ernal.”
Cyclr: “Preferred Mode’s Sam Polcer On His New Book, New York Bike Style”
Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German): “Bildband über New York – Tritt rein”
Zeitjung (in German): “Auf’s Rad gekommen”
Ciclosfera (in Spanish): “De La Etica, A La Estetica”
CycleLove: “Preferred Mode- a conversation with cycle style photographer Sam Polcer”
BikeBlogNYC: “Preferred Mode- Photo Blog and Book by Sam Polcer”
Rhapsody magazine: “Pedal Pushers”
i-D: “New York Bike Style”
Metro: “Explore New York City in These New Books”
George Hahn: “New York Bike Style”
Get Addicted To: “New York Bike Style”
Style She Spoke: “Rides to Drool Over: New York Bike Style”
CycleLove: “Preferred Mode Goes Monstertrack”
Bike Pretty: “Outfit Ideas: Bicycle Portraits on Preferred Mode”
Iva Jean: “Preferred Mode | New York Bike Style”
Eleanor’s NYC: “Bike Style: NYC”
Urban Velo: “Preferred Mode”
Swedish Elle: “Hej cykelbok”
Papillionaire: “Vintage Bicycle Blog Love”
Fixie Rider: “Gente con bici por New York“