Devon,
You don't happen to fish, too ...do you?
Scott Gabriel
Cape Cod
> From: devon warner <crabulux@yahoo.com>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Attracting women with bicycles, or not
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 2:48 PM
\r?\n> Guys, As a woman, i will give you all
\r?\n> a clue: i like (and i think most women
\r?\n> like) to see a guy on a bike who looks like he rides a lot
\r?\n> and loves it so much
\r?\n> that he takes good care of himself so he can ride
\r?\n> alot. that, and i love very
\r?\n> good race bike tastes. i am not impressed by guys who look
\r?\n> out of car windows at
\r?\n> me on my bike. i have to say that until recently most
\r?\n> guys have not even
\r?\n> noticed my good taste in bikes and i have only had one guy
\r?\n> ever who was smart
\r?\n> enuf to see that i like bike parts much better than flowers
\r?\n> and smart enuf to
\r?\n> know what sort of bike parts he should give me on my
\r?\n> birthday. so i guess that
\r?\n> means i don't understand the opposite sex either, unless
\r?\n> they really like nice,
\r?\n> steel race bikes... i have no idea why there aren't more
\r?\n> women and men like us!
\r?\n> what is wrong with people?? don't they like fun?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> btw: acquiring a bike never repels me unless it is, in my
\r?\n> view, an unworthy
\r?\n> bike.
\r?\n> devon warner
\r?\n> san francisco, CA USA
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> ----- Original Message ----
\r?\n> From: Scott Gabriel <slipangle2@yahoo.com>
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Sent: Thu, January 20, 2011 11:26:38 AM
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Attracting women with bicycles, or not
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I know how to repel a woman. Just mention acquiring another
\r?\n> old bicycle. Works
\r?\n> like a charm on my wife.
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Scott Gabriel
\r?\n> Cape Cod
\r?\n> US
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> --- On Thu, 1/20/11, Michael Shiffer <dennisflange@gmail.com>
\r?\n> wrote:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > From: Michael Shiffer <dennisflange@gmail.com>
\r?\n> > Subject: [CR] Attracting women with bicycles, or not
\r?\n> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> > Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 2:03 PM
\r?\n> > Quoth Mr. Kohler, "Personally, I
\r?\n> > think a Rose Colnago would be more of chick
\r?\n> > magnet..." It is hard for me to imagine any bicycle,
\r?\n> in any
\r?\n> > color, being a
\r?\n> > chick magnet. The only exception that springs to mind
\r?\n> is a
\r?\n> > tandem with one
\r?\n> > winsome, wispy hipster rider. If I were one I'd ride
\r?\n> > nothing else.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > My daughter had the following experience a couple of
\r?\n> years
\r?\n> > ago: astride her
\r?\n> > fine old orange Lejeune track bike in Philadelphia in
\r?\n> the
\r?\n> > wee hours of the
\r?\n> > morning, she paused for a stoplight outside a bar. A
\r?\n> young
\r?\n> > lady, leaving the
\r?\n> > saloon, saw Isis, ran up and enthusiastically embraced
\r?\n> her
\r?\n> > while announcing
\r?\n> > to no one in particular and to her male escort's
\r?\n> obvious
\r?\n> > discomfort, "I LOVE
\r?\n> > fixie chicks!"
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > This is the only incident of actual bike-induced
\r?\n> chick
\r?\n> > magnetry I have heard
\r?\n> > of, and I don't think it is quite what PK had in
\r?\n> mind.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Bicycles have featured in my own romantic life, but
\r?\n> not in
\r?\n> > so direct a
\r?\n> > manner. My wife claims to have fallen for my
\r?\n> > bicycle-sculpted legs & rear
\r?\n> > before giving consideration to the rest of the
\r?\n> package.
\r?\n> > Again, it wasn't my
\r?\n> > pearlescent Olympia she was hot for, just the job it
\r?\n> did on
\r?\n> > me. She was only
\r?\n> > 17 at the time, and must be forgiven her youthful
\r?\n> > preferences.
\r?\n> > --
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Michael Shiffer
\r?\n> > EuroMeccanica, Inc.
\r?\n> > 114 Pearl Street
\r?\n> > Mount Vernon, NY 10550
\r?\n> > (914) 668-1300
\r?\n> > euromeccanicany.com