When I got married, my wedding present from my husband was a Trek 800 mountain bike. It is very nice. It is currently hanging in my parents' garage. Now I have an old lady bike. Complete with basket so I can go to the grocery store.
Admittedly, it's a little embarrassing, but when you have vertigo, you can't look down like the mountain bikes (or any cool bike really) make you look. So a few years ago, I bought an old lady bike, so I could do grocery runs, etc. I just ordered a new basket (thank you Colleen Coble!) because my last one fell apart.
Kate Spade makes a bike basket. How cute is this? But I worry it would get stolen...not worth it.
It would be far easier to deal with my old lady bike if my kids didn't make the music of Miss Gulch from the Wizard of Oz every time I got on it. You know I hate that movie, right? I'm just saying, it doesn't help. Since I live near Apple, there are a LOT weirder things I could drive. To name a few: Recumbent bikes with windshields, Segues, scooters, a ten-speed with a motor like it's a motorcycle or a skateboard. I'd say I'm in the cool zone, quite frankly.
A lot of designers are making bikes now. The Lilly pulitzer ones are cute!
Posted by: Tonya | September 14, 2012 at 08:46 AM
Yes. I have a junkie bike on purpose. I dont worry about it!
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Posted by: Kristin Billerbeck | September 14, 2012 at 08:49 AM
Cool zone? Yeah, you keep telling yourself that. LOL
Seriously, the people in Amsterdam rides bikes everywhere and they never have a super dooper bike because it'd get stolen so you and your bike would feel quite at home there.
Posted by: NickiNooOz | September 14, 2012 at 12:56 PM
I hated Amsterdam. Except for the butter. I think they put drugs in their butter.
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Posted by: Kristin Billerbeck | September 14, 2012 at 01:09 PM
LOL I love your boys sense of humor. Besides it's not an old lady bike, it is a classically styled bike :)
The Segway's look pretty cool though. They have tours of a state park to the north that I have been meaning to do one of these days
Posted by: Tony | September 14, 2012 at 03:49 PM
And yes I know it speaks volumes about my maturity level :)
Posted by: Tony | September 14, 2012 at 07:16 PM
I didn't like the main part of Amsterdam but the dykes and the beautiful trees and gardens outside Amsterdam were stunning. I'd visit Edam again in a heartbeat…but not on a bike.
Posted by: NickinooOz | September 15, 2012 at 02:56 PM