Dear Reader,
Greetings from Texas! I have so much news to share with you:
1. We adopted twins!
(Meet Muffy and Buffy)
Fit Lesbian and I just acquired a pair of Raleigh Twenties. Apparently
they belonged to a set of spinster twins who owned them since the
seventies. We’re going to clean them up
and use them as our “around town” rides. Stay tuned for the DIY awesomeness to
ensue.
2. I had my first run-in with the dreaded Toe Overlap. Toe overlap is a
design flaw mostly in lady bikes where your toe can overlap your tire when you
are making a sharp turn resulting in this:
(Mom, don't look, I'm totally fine)
Fit Lesbian warned me about this early in our bike riding adventures,
but I was then distracted by something shiny and forgot about it entirely. Everything on the interwebs says this happens during low speed sharp turns. LIES. This assumes that the ladies aren't trying to burn though sharp turns at high speeds. I like to power through turns, whether I'm on a snowboard, driving someone else's car, or riding on my bike. If we can fly a man
to the moon, we can make bikes for women that do not have such basic
engineering flaws. If this was a problem in men’s bikes, you can be sure it
wouldn’t be a problem for long…I'll be getting off my soap box now.
Coming up: Travel and the Art of
Not Eating Fried Chicken at Every Meal, as well as Can Fat and Fit Out-Pedal a Hillbilly? Hill Training in the Mountains
of North Carolina.
Sincerely,
Fat Lesbian
Fat Lesbian
I had no input on the names chosen for the twins and respectfully insist that they be changed.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, watching Fat Lesbian go down IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION at high speed had me rethinking this whole road biking thing....
Ok I am glad you are totally fine! Consider your boo boo kissed to feel better by your mom!
ReplyDeleteI have a man's bike with toe overlap. It happens. If you want a fast responsive frame you have a shorterwheelbase and overlap. I also have a man's bike without toe overlap. It's a plush ride and better suited to me. But it's not as responsive as the other.
ReplyDeleteLmfao. It made my day to find this blog randomly.
ReplyDeleteGood deal! Glad you liked it. Just wrote another entry if you're killing time!
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