"Pretty cool bike, huh Dad?"
"Yea... uh. Yea, it's cool. It's a girls bike."
"What? No. Nah."
"No, yea-- it's a lady bike, son."
"Oh. Well..." (under breath: gdmnit)
Mens Bikes are identified by the "skirt bar" ironically enough. A woman's bike swoops down.
And so I gave both bikes I had acquired away, thinking that I can't be seen with a girly bike. It's just wrong. I can't shame my family that way.So off they go, and I'm off to the bike store. I asked the bike pro about it and he kinda chuckled...
"Yea... that doesn't really matter anymore. Nobody cares. A bike is a bike."
FUCK!
2 comments:
um, did you purchase a bike to be "cool?" nope, to be green. and if cfls were for girls, wouldn't you use them anyway? if it was a hot pink girl's bike, I'd understand. silly, silly.
and I get you on the $8 bumper sticker. I like having meals too!
You get 10 points for trying.
I've heard that fancy racing/road bikes aren't made with the girly lower bar anymore, and they're all considered unisex. I thought that was interesting. My crappy bike is from 8th grade. I want a new one, but keep telling myself that there's nothing wrong with my current bike.
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