Summer Loving

The Jonas Bros and Their S.O.s Take to New York’s Bike Lanes

It’s good, clean summer fun.
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Summer is passing quite quickly, isn’t it? Fourth of July is over. Heat waves are starting to break across parts of the country. This little bit of space rubble continues around a larger, glowing piece of space rubble. Get your good, clean fun in while you can. Need an example of what that might look like? Turn, as always, to the Jonas brothers—well, Nick and Joe Jonas—who were recently riding bikes with their significant others, Priyanka Chopra and Sophie Turner, respectively.

Like Leonardo DiCaprio before them, the group tied on their fanny packs and took to the bike lanes on Citi Bikes on Wednesday. They were traveling to Central Park from Soho, according to E! News, and while they didn’t necessarily look like they were enjoying the 90-degree heat, they did look like they were enduring it. They were also all matching in white tops. Does that mean anything? I can’t tell. Apparently, Chopra and Nick Jonas were wearing matching gold bands on unimportant fingers—which might mean something, but also might be a coincidence.

One more piece of mystery: Nick’s bike had a little “Ban Fracking Now” sticker over the Citi Bike logo. Did he know? Did he put it there? It doesn’t appear to be one of the causes he’s associated with. Was this whole thing a subtle protest? What a puzzling outing!

Perhaps the most confusing thing of all is the fact that so many celebrities have ridden Citi Bikes in its five years of existence in this particular city. Seth Meyers and Lindsay Lohan and Leo and more. It seems like such an open activity, so out there in the world, so exposing. Anyone could see them! And on the Fourth of July, no less. Were they paid to take a little jaunt? Are they on the Citi Bank payroll? Somehow, I don’t think so. Seems like one or the other brother or even Citi Bike itself would post a pic to Instagram and hashtag it “ad.” It’s probably safe to assume that the foursome (plus a few other friends) wanted to feel the wind in their hair without a care in the world, like DiCaprio, for once.

So that’s it: just a few brothers with their significant others, wearing matching outfits while riding Citi Bikes through a city. It’s wholesome fun. But it’s also a world of questions. And isn’t that what it’s all about?