Whitley Bay In Regular Clothes

Number Five - The Retro Bicycle Birthday Girl:

  • Rod brakes? Check!
  • Hub dynamo? Check!
  • Basket tied up with a ribbon? Check!
  • Regular clothes for a warm summer’s evening? Check!
  • Glasses perched on top of head? Check!
  • Chain guard? Check!
  • Old bike in lovely condition, which was a birthday present from Boyfriend, inducing a big grin? Check!
  • “Really comfortable to ride, especially the handlebars”? Check!

Filed under: Bike Culture

Tags: , ,

4 Responses to “ Whitley Bay In Regular Clothes ”

  1. ROC on July 7, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    Helmet….Fail!

  2. Amoeba on July 8, 2011 at 5:36 am

    ROC,
    Can helmets reliably deflect cars? No!
    ROC - Fail!

  3. KarlOnSea on July 8, 2011 at 4:06 pm

    Amoeba - I wouldn’t have put it quite so bluntly, but yes you’re quite right.

    This post’s title is “Whitley Bay In Regular Clothes”, and I’m yet to see people walking around wearing helmets, driving wearing helmets, using stairs wearing helmets, or any one of the myriad other activities that are more “dangerous” than riding a bike. So my guess is that a helmet does not constitute normal clothes.

  4. PaulM on July 9, 2011 at 9:18 am

    I read recently that the tyre company Michelin had sent out a whole load of freebie cycle helmets for kids, painted in bright yellow.

    I hope they gave them added realism by painting black tread-marks over them as well, because that is about how useful they are.