Ah, why women get their own bike frames

tardington
tardington Posts: 1,379
edited July 2009 in Commuting chat
Just been told:
I can't ride men's bikes - you're always leaning just that little bit further forward, so all your weight goes where ... weight didn't ought to go.

:lol::lol::lol:
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    The ram air scoop effect.

    I love summer
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

    What would Thora Hurd do?
  • gb155
    gb155 Posts: 2,048
    Greg T wrote:
    The ram air scoop effect.

    I love summer

    You sir are a legend :D
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Greg T wrote:
    The ram air scoop effect.

    I love summer

    It's an issue.

    Scoop-neck dresses don't look quite the same in the mirror when you're standing up as they do when you're hunched over riding along.

    Especially when you go as damn fast as I do.
    FCN 7/1
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Speaking of this did anyone else laugh at some of the BBC's camera shots during the Murray game last night. There was one lingering slo-mo of a rther well endowed young lady bouncing up and down in glee. Even McEnroe was rendered speechless. But being the beeb there was something for the ladies as well - a rather fat bloke bouncing his moobs and jowls, again all in slo mo. Sometimes I love BBC HD sometimes not so much!
  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    lost_in_thought wrote:

    Scoop-neck dresses don't look quite the same in the mirror when you're standing up as they do when you're hunched over riding along.



    Nothing to see here.


    Pay attention - ride straight.
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

    What would Thora Hurd do?
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Greg T wrote:
    The ram air scoop effect.

    I love summer

    It's an issue.

    Scoop-neck dresses don't look quite the same in the mirror when you're standing up as they do when you're hunched over riding along.

    Especially when you go as damn fast as I do.

    yup saw a lady yesturday that looked one bounce away from boobage escape.
  • iclestu
    iclestu Posts: 503
    roger merriman wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Greg T wrote:
    The ram air scoop effect.

    I love summer

    It's an issue.

    Scoop-neck dresses don't look quite the same in the mirror when you're standing up as they do when you're hunched over riding along.

    Especially when you go as damn fast as I do.

    yup saw a lady yesturday that looked one bounce away from boobage escape.

    :shock: I'm moving to london
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    I passed a young lady going the other way from me about a month ago, and the view was frankly spectacular. Her top was quite low cut and she was at most a pothole away from causing a nasty accident. Quite made my week. :D

    Only later did I find out that it was my eldest's teacher :oops:
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  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    I passed a young lady going the other way from me about a month ago, and the view was frankly spectacular. Her top was quite low cut and she was at most a pothole away from causing a nasty accident. Quite made my week. :D

    Only later did I find out that it was my eldest's teacher :oops:

    Exactly the reason I never miss open evening, I'm sure they didn't have teachers like that in my day :shock: :lol::lol::lol::lol:
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  • woodyonthebeach
    woodyonthebeach Posts: 583
    I want to work in London. Anybody got jobs going. Seriously looking as well. PM me if you do
    The doctor said I needed to start drinking more whiskey. Also, I’m calling myself ‘the doctor’ now
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    I drove into a lamp post once....near the Vogue offices in London, young laydees and summer attire you see. Luckily it was a company car.
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    I've very nearly ridden into the back of a Landrover in the Blackheath area :shock: :lol: I now keep my eyes firmly on the road :wink:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

    Revised FCN - 2
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    woodyonthebeach wrote:
    I want to work in London. Anybody got jobs going. Seriously looking as well. PM me if you do

    jokes aside it's not full of busty ladies about to burst forth, at least mostly it's not. though the streets are paved with gold which is why the roads are so bad, gold being soft...
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    Damned clever those chaps down at the Dept. of Transport! Finally I see their reasoning behind leaving so many potholes scattered about! :shock:
    Cycling weakly
  • woodyonthebeach
    woodyonthebeach Posts: 583
    roger merriman wrote:
    woodyonthebeach wrote:
    I want to work in London. Anybody got jobs going. Seriously looking as well. PM me if you do

    jokes aside it's not full of busty ladies about to burst forth, at least mostly it's not. though the streets are paved with gold which is why the roads are so bad, gold being soft...

    Sadly I realize this. But I would have ride in London one morning just to see how good it is.
    The doctor said I needed to start drinking more whiskey. Also, I’m calling myself ‘the doctor’ now
  • iainmoss
    iainmoss Posts: 88
    You're all missing the point, although the tangent you lot followed is an agreeable one!

    The lady quoted at the beginning is talking about a part of her anatomy that wasn't designed for load bearing. Comprendé? No, think leaning forward & saddles....

    Pedaling Pedants Rule OK.
  • laughingboy
    laughingboy Posts: 248
    iainmoss wrote:
    You're all missing the point, although the tangent you lot followed is an agreeable one!

    The lady quoted at the beginning is talking about a part of her anatomy that wasn't designed for load bearing. Comprendé? No, think leaning forward & saddles....

    Pedaling Pedants Rule OK.

    So all these ladies experimenting with the "ram air scoop effect" are doing it in spite of the discomfort? The devilish minxes! :twisted:
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    laughingboy wrote:
    iainmoss wrote:
    You're all missing the point, although the tangent you lot followed is an agreeable one!

    The lady quoted at the beginning is talking about a part of her anatomy that wasn't designed for load bearing. Comprendé? No, think leaning forward & saddles....

    Pedaling Pedants Rule OK.

    So all these ladies experimenting with the "ram air scoop effect" are doing it in spite of the discomfort? The devilish minxes! :twisted:

    I would wager that this ram-air scoop effect isn't particularly aerodynamically efficient either. I will have to study this in far greater detail than I have to-date. Now, I just need to find a wind-tunnel and some young laydees to step-forward to volunteer. It's all in the name of pushing-back those scientific boundaries! :lol:
    Cycling weakly
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    skyd0g wrote:
    laughingboy wrote:
    iainmoss wrote:
    You're all missing the point, although the tangent you lot followed is an agreeable one!

    The lady quoted at the beginning is talking about a part of her anatomy that wasn't designed for load bearing. Comprendé? No, think leaning forward & saddles....

    Pedaling Pedants Rule OK.

    So all these ladies experimenting with the "ram air scoop effect" are doing it in spite of the discomfort? The devilish minxes! :twisted:

    I would wager that this ram-air scoop effect isn't particularly aerodynamically efficient either. I will have to study this in far greater detail than I have to-date. Now, I just need to find a wind-tunnel and some young laydees to step-forward to volunteer. It's all in the name of pushing-back those scientific boundaries! :lol:

    not so much any aerodynamic effects but my wife claims that low top + ample frontage means people let her out at junctions etc...
  • woodyonthebeach
    woodyonthebeach Posts: 583
    on a hot day like this. makes me wish I was experiencing Copenhagen after seeing some pics on a blog
    The doctor said I needed to start drinking more whiskey. Also, I’m calling myself ‘the doctor’ now
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Il Principe wrote:
    Speaking of this did anyone else laugh at some of the BBC's camera shots during the Murray game last night. There was one lingering slo-mo of a rther well endowed young lady bouncing up and down in glee. Even McEnroe was rendered speechless. But being the beeb there was something for the ladies as well - a rather fat bloke bouncing his moobs and jowls, again all in slo mo. Sometimes I love BBC HD sometimes not so much!

    Yes. :D
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    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Greg T wrote:
    The ram air scoop effect.

    I love summer

    It's an issue.

    Not for me it's not.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • sheepworryingbhoy
    sheepworryingbhoy Posts: 167
    Cobbles must be a Godsend. Depending on your point of view of course.......
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    cjcp wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Greg T wrote:
    The ram air scoop effect.

    I love summer

    It's an issue.

    Not for me it's not.

    and hot off the phones been informed by wifely that she's had to tie the top up a bit more as the new bike has a lower position, she *thinks* she didn't cause any accidents....
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    roger merriman wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Greg T wrote:
    The ram air scoop effect.

    I love summer

    It's an issue.

    Not for me it's not.

    and hot off the phones been informed by wifely that she's had to tie the top up a bit more as the new bike has a lower position, she *thinks* she didn't cause any accidents....
    Now, that's just not cricket!
    Cycling weakly
  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    Tell her to WTFU and readjust herself :lol::D

    not that I'm envious you understand :roll:
  • woodyonthebeach
    woodyonthebeach Posts: 583
    this is completely unfair. we are being teased and toyed with now. just been outside for the first time today all I can is delightful bright sun shine and pretty office ladies just no bikes
    The doctor said I needed to start drinking more whiskey. Also, I’m calling myself ‘the doctor’ now
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    Top-notch thread hi-jack! :)

    ...if I can remember, it started with some guff about equal heights for ladies frames or suchlike nonsense, but it has moved into an entirely more interesting direction.

    ...now lets see, if we take ambient air temperature multiply that by wind direction and speed of travel... ...factor in the height of the cobblestones... ...we should be able to calculate escape velocity! 8)
    Cycling weakly
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    skyd0g wrote:
    Top-notch thread hi-jack! :)

    ...if I can remember, it started with some guff about equal heights for ladies frames or suchlike nonsense, but it has moved into an entirely more interesting direction.

    ...now lets see, if we take ambient air temperature multiply that by wind direction and speed of travel... ...factor in the height of the cobblestones... ...we should be able to calculate escape velocity! 8)

    Only if you apply some kind of weighting factor, for the... erm... weighting. Plus the natural jiggleability.
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  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    skyd0g wrote:
    Top-notch thread hi-jack! :)

    ...if I can remember, it started with some guff about equal heights for ladies frames or suchlike nonsense, but it has moved into an entirely more interesting direction.

    ...now lets see, if we take ambient air temperature multiply that by wind direction and speed of travel... ...factor in the height of the cobblestones... ...we should be able to calculate escape velocity! 8)

    Only if you apply some kind of weighting factor, for the... erm... weighting. Plus the natural jiggleability.

    Drat!
    *reaches for board-rubber*
    I must admit, 92.6mph did seem a little-bit on the high side. :?
    Cycling weakly

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