Ladies Cycling Day
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bicyclesToday I intend to pop in to this event: Velo Belle: Ladies Cycling Day. I'm reserving my disdain until I see what they have to offer - I'm all for promoting women cycling, advising on safety and such like. I'm not quite so convinced that I need a £19.00 sparkly ankle cuff because I'm, ya know, a woman. I am fairly disdainful of fashion in general though, so I guess each to their own.
The ankle cuffs I will almost certainly not buy.
I'll report back on my findings - especially if I buy a rear pannier that I've been pondering for weeks.
Have you ever been to an event like this? What do you think of the idea of a 'ladies only' day?
The ankle cuffs I will almost certainly not buy.
I'll report back on my findings - especially if I buy a rear pannier that I've been pondering for weeks.
Have you ever been to an event like this? What do you think of the idea of a 'ladies only' day?
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Date: 2010-03-16 07:41 pm (UTC)Around here, women-only events seem to be of the lycra-clad variety, and are for women who view themselves as athletes first, with cycling as their competitive sport. The closest thing we've had to a "ladylike" event was the Tweed Ride in January, which I couldn't get kitted out for in time, but which looked like exactly my cup of tea. Civilized, don't you know. Leisurely, ten miles, with pretty clothes and old-fashioned bikes and some picnic hampers with bottles of bourbon in them.
As to sparkly ankle-cuffs...I just tie a bandanna around my trouser leg. $1.19 apiece, and I have them in all kinds of colors.