Playgirl magazine, August 2007

“Your Vote: Wildest New Sex Toy”

Featured Work: American Dream, Bedroom Bicycle, No. 3

“Hey, you sexual collectors and connoisseurs! What’s the wildest, weirdest sex toy this month: American Dream, Bedroom Bicycle, No 3 (www.merrysaddles.com), or Feel Addicted’s Hotdoll for dogs (www.FeelAddicted.com)?”

Flow magazine, Spring 2004

“Bike Revolutionary, Feminist Crusader, or Budding Porn Industry Icon?”

By: Laura Tomlinson

Featured Work: Oh my, Oh my, What a Pleasure to Ride; Vibrabike; Bike meets Girl photo series; Felicienne la Coquette, Bedroom Bicycle, No. 1; The Dirty Rose, Bedroom Bicycle, No. 2; American Dream (lithograph); Beauty and the Bike.

“Actually, any of the above might be appropriate descriptions for Keira Dooley. She’s a fresh-faced, girl-next-door by day, and a bike mistress creating erotic art with salvaged bikes by night. Keira’s “bedroom bicycles” are reclaimed, two-wheeled beauties she brings back to life with the adornment of sequins, lace, dildos, and other sexy accoutrements.”

“Initially, her own pedalphilia began with her simple love for cycling. This naturally evolved into harmless sketches glorifying her bike, but with her creativity and passions in full tilt, Keira’s subtly suggestive sketches turned into flagrantly sexual lithographic prints.”

“It wasn’t long before Keira’s two-dimensional fantasies came off the page and took a life of their own. Abandoned bikes everywhere began beckoning her with subtly whispers, and she heeded ther call. A small collection of rusty friends gathered in her studio and Merry Saddles™ was born, along with the reborn and well-endowed cycles.”