http://www.bicycle.net/2007/accidents-happen-version-2-by-velowife cycling news, product reviews, original bicycling essays, bike podcasts and video -- Tour de France 2010 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:29:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.bicycle.net/2007/accidents-happen-version-2-by-velowife#comment-19661 bicycle .NET » Do These Bike Shorts Make My Butt Look Big? | bike and cycling blog Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:38:07 +0000 http://www.bicycle.net/2007/accidents-happen-version-2-by-velowife/#comment-19661 [...] In a way, it’s nice that my husband wants to share something with me that’s so important to him. His face lights up when he talks about anything that has to do with cycling. The rational part of me says that I should do this. Heck, we even have a tandem! My children can be hooked on the back in a trailer. It’ll be fun for the whole family! But another part of me thinks this is just silly. I’m supposed to wear this little outfit and look like I know what I’m doing when the truth is I don’t even know how to shift a road bike. In fact, until recently I didn’t even know what a road bike was, or how it was any different from any of the other bikes my husband has hanging in our garage. And I’m not sure it will benefit my marriage for my husband to be yelling over his shoulder at me something about cadence while I’m trying to avoid oncoming traffic. I get kind of testy when I’m trying not to be hit by a car. [...] [...] In a way, it’s nice that my husband wants to share something with me that’s so important to him. His face lights up when he talks about anything that has to do with cycling. The rational part of me says that I should do this. Heck, we even have a tandem! My children can be hooked on the back in a trailer. It’ll be fun for the whole family! But another part of me thinks this is just silly. I’m supposed to wear this little outfit and look like I know what I’m doing when the truth is I don’t even know how to shift a road bike. In fact, until recently I didn’t even know what a road bike was, or how it was any different from any of the other bikes my husband has hanging in our garage. And I’m not sure it will benefit my marriage for my husband to be yelling over his shoulder at me something about cadence while I’m trying to avoid oncoming traffic. I get kind of testy when I’m trying not to be hit by a car. [...]

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