New Zealand Local Weather Forum
General Category => Members Lounge => The Why Question => Topic started by: JennyLeez on October 09, 2020, 02:28:24 PM
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First Question:
Why do men's bicycles have crossbars?
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'Cos that's how they were first designed for strength & stability. Later it was removed for the ladies and their long skirts and as they were more refined and genteel the bicycle didn't need to be as strong.
I guess once the bikes without crossbars became associated with "the girls", the boys didn't want to be seen dead on them, so the crossbar has remained the blokes choice, and then it comes down to what sells ....................
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Methinks it to do with wight men are heaver.
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One vote for tonyc :D
Edit: Plus it was unseemly for ladies to sit astride anything C:-)
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Not only that @beteljuice (http://www.localweather.net.nz/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=26) imagine getting on and off the bike in a mini skirt :)
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@JennyLeez (http://www.localweather.net.nz/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=6)
... Luckily I'm old enough to remember it ...
Ah, the good old days :o
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I have never seen a happy bar (So close to a blokes nether bits!)
Also, from experience, it is to provide a painful lesson when your out of the saddle giving it some grunt & a foot slips off the pedal.
Cheers 8)
Yep I'm still about, struggling with time but.