| Re: Have you ever noticed...
"maxo" <maxo@NOSPAMhome.se> wrote in message
news an.2005.01.08.17.36.14.413567@NOSPAMhome.se. ..
> On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 09:16:15 -0600, Pat wrote:
>
> > and if a woman is
> > the rider, her bike will be the old step-through design
with full fenders
> > AND have a wicker basket on the handlebars?
>
> The men seem a lot more rare than the woman--I've seen
that image half a
> dozen times this week. She usually has a cardigan tied
around her neck
> indicating that she's fit enough to have had to take it
off.
>
> Too bad you can't actually buy a bike like that at any
normal bike shop in
> the States.
>
There's something about a woman's bike with fenders and a
basket.
My (nonriding) wife saw this picture of such a bike turned
into a lawn ornament and planter
<http://gallery.mtbr.com/showphoto.ph...582&password=&
sort=1&size=medium&cat=507&page=>
and now is convinced we should put something similar in our
yard.
I think it's the girlishness of the bike, which gives the
impression that the rider is still youthful. You still can
get these step-through designs with a wicker basket for
little girls (no fenders, though).
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