Yes, it has to do with summer and lazy mornings puttering in my wee garden, hanging out with my boys at our local outdoor pool with friends. You know the drill.
I guess I could blog about what we've been doing this summer, like our first-ever road trip with the boys that went surprisingly well...but my mind is elsewhere ...
My mind is here:
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| Super Deluxe 3i Lady |
and here:
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| Love the Pannier |
oh, and here:
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| Nice colours and white-wall tires! |
But mostly my mind is with this beauty:
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| Amsterdam Royal 8i Lady (notice the skirt guard) |
Yep, I am recently obsessed with getting a new bike....a cruiser to be more specific.
I've been riding my old mountain bike to work or whenever I get the chance, but less for "exercise" and more for just commuting to and from where I need to be. And I've gotta say: I am loving it! I've given my bike a tune-up, some new tires, a couple of baskets and a new comfy seat. I've got it as "cruise-like" as I think a mountain bike can be, but it's not quite doing it for me.
What I'm really loving about riding my bike these days is that I'm not changing into work-out clothes to go for a bike ride. It's like a "come-as-you-are party"... I just hop on and go, flip-flops and all. And since it is summer, more often than not I'm in a summer dress.
I have discovered something about myself and that is that I love riding my bike in a dress or a skirt. LOVE IT!! I've recently read about the "Mary Poppin's Effect" and that is that when a woman wears a dress while cycling, people - and especially drivers - are far more courteous to them than if they weren't wearing a dress or skirt. I mean, who in their right mind would be rude to Mary Poppins?
Sexist?
Perhaps.
Do I care?
NOPE!
Apparently, it goes for men too though. Men in a suit or regular clothes get treated better on the road than those in more sporty or biking attire.
Whatever it is, I could always go for someone being more courteous to me. Bike shorts be gone!
I have dreams of me casually riding to the local veg store, grabbing some cilantro for my bunny, a baguette for dinner, a bottle of wine, putting them in my basket and cruising down the street...wind blowing through my hair on my hip cruiser.
It just feels like the right thing to do.
2 comments:
Oooh, me too, me too *waving hands up in the air* I want to do that Darling! xoxo
Oh, Caffe, wouldn't you just love it? Flowers, a baguette, some wine & cheese...hair and dress flowing in the wind - a picture of loveliness we will be!
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