Lee Si-young finds freedom riding motorcycle in Canada

Actress Lee Si-young has shared glimpses of her liberating summer in Canada, where she enjoyed riding a motorcycle. While her toned abs and healthy physique, revealed in a bra top, caught attention, her ability to simultaneously enjoy a month-long trip with her son and her own personal hobbies drew even more eyes. Lee's journey of proactively designing her own life, even after marriage, divorce, and becoming a mother of two, is gaining renewed attention.

On the 1st, Lee posted several photos on her social media (SNS) with the caption, “Goodbye, summer. It's so sad that I can't ride my Super Glide in Korea, but I found the bike of my life... Please let our love come true.”

The released photos capture her daily life during her approximately one-month stay in Canada with her son. Lee returned to Korea with her son on the 22nd after finishing her stay in Canada. Reflecting on the trip, she left a message saying, “A truly hot summer, I'm taking precious memories with I-an again this year,” looking back on the time spent with her son.

In the photos, the mother is seen enjoying leisure time against various Canadian landscapes. Rather than focusing on special events, the images center on sharing daily life by walking together and looking at the scenery, creating an atmosphere closer to making ordinary memories as a mother rather than the glamorous overseas stay of a famous actress.

However, the scene that undoubtedly caught the eye in Lee's update was the motorcycle. Having consistently enjoyed exercise and biking, she fully enjoyed the freedom of escaping daily life by riding the exact bike she wanted in Canada.

In particular, Lee posed on the bike in a bra top, revealing her firmly trained abs and slim physique. This drew interest not merely as a display of her body, but as the result of long-term physical self-management through boxing, running, and strength training.

Lee is well known in the entertainment industry as an actress who accepts exercise not just as a means of weight management, but as a lifestyle. In particular, she has built a unique image of balancing acting with sports by demonstrating a considerable level of skill through boxing. This physical capability also served as a strength when she performed action scenes in films and dramas.

Biking is also one of the hobbies Lee has shown interest in for a long time. The 'Super Glide' mentioned in these photos is a representative motorcycle model from the American brand Harley-Davidson, a model that has formed a dedicated fanbase due to its powerful riding feel and design unique to large motorcycles. It appears that Lee expanded the joy of her travels in her own way by experiencing a bike in Canada that is difficult to use freely in Korea.

The reason this update is garnering even more interest is that Lee's family history has changed significantly in recent years. Lee married a businessman in 2017 and had a son the following year, but she divorced last year after eight years of marriage. Since then, she has drawn public attention by revealing her choices regarding her new family composition.

Even after her divorce, Lee has been relatively honest about her lifestyle while balancing childcare and her acting career. In the process of raising two children, she has shown that she actively embraces the form of life she has chosen rather than conforming herself to existing family relationships or social norms.

This stay in Canada is also read as an extension of such changes. In her trip with her son, she faithfully spent her daily life as a mother while also showing herself fully enjoying her own tastes and desires by riding a bike alone. She does not define the role of 'mother,' the profession of 'actress,' and her life as an individual as conflicting concepts.

The photos released on SNS perfectly capture this atmosphere. While the photos with her son emphasize relaxed expressions and familial emotions, the photos on the bike highlight an intense and independent image. This reveals Lee's unique multi-layered character, as she shows entirely different expressions depending on the situation despite being the same person.

In particular, the expression “I found the bike of my life” is not just a simple travel review, but shows her current attitude of actively seeking out what she loves. While in the past, it was important for her to present herself according to her works and the public eye as an actress, she is recently emphasizing control over her life by expanding into private realms such as exercise, travel, childcare, and hobbies in her own way.

Even now, having gone through private changes like marriage and divorce to become a mother of two, Lee does not give up her body, her hobbies, or her travels. The bike riding through the roads of Canada and the firm body she displays are more than just visual displays; they are symbols of her determination to decide her own pace and direction in life, even amidst changing circumstances.

As she continues to build a new daily life by balancing her acting career, childcare, exercise, and hobbies, interest is growing in how Lee will continue to present her life to the world.