http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: how NOT to get women cycling! en Sun, 31 May 2026 23:11:21 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6979#post-73503 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:04:06 +0000 Zenfrozt 73503@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not really...more human nature...sex sells...usually anyway. I was more trying to point out that scantily clad women do encourage some people to buy and that I see no reason why this effect would be limited to heterosexual men, when bisexual and lesbian ladies may also be susceptible.</p> <p>I fear I may be digging myself a deeper hole though so I shall stop. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6979#post-73496 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:26:53 +0000 ruggtomcat 73496@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>But its showing a bit of steriotyping about lesbians no? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6979#post-73489 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:03:22 +0000 Zenfrozt 73489@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ruggtomcat that isn't what I meant... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6979#post-73488 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:59:46 +0000 ruggtomcat 73488@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yeah cos none of <em>them</em> are feminists. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6979#post-73480 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:28:20 +0000 Zenfrozt 73480@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe gay women might like it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6979#post-73462 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:51:44 +0000 Claggy Cog 73462@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@DaveC is that hand operated or a treadle? Singer used to make bikes, motorbikes and cars too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6979#post-73451 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:40:06 +0000 DaveC 73451@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You can get carbon Fibre sewing machines!?!? Wow can I trade in my 60's Singer? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6979#post-73450 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:15:47 +0000 Pocopiglet 73450@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can see blokes in semmits and long johns being more in keeping with Ms Pendleton's machines. Hardly what I'd envisage when I hear the name. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6979#post-73449 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:42:22 +0000 Uberuce 73449@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I always thought carbon was a newfangled fad, prone to catastrophic structural failure, as well as ugly.</p> <p>Now that I've seen the woman in her pants near one, I'm sold! I'll have three, thanks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6979#post-73444 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:06:09 +0000 wee folding bike 73444@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ms Pendlaton has been advertising her own range of bikes. I assume she was paid a lot for this.</p> <p><a href="http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_14552_productId_871172_langId_-1_categoryId_null" rel="nofollow">http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_14552_productId_871172_langId_-1_categoryId_null</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6979#post-73434 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:43:25 +0000 Claggy Cog 73434@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not semi-nekkid butt we women do see a lot of butt in lycra, or so many complain!! Don't hear the chaps complaining...and have never understood why they have this urge to get past us!!</p> <p>Pirelli have been selling tyres for years with saucy lasses semi-pornographic calendars, and the car industry is well-known for having scantily clad, pretty young things (s)lavishly lying across bonnets...</p> <p>@Arellcat do sewing machines come in carbon fibre? Zinging along due to being so lightweight! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6979#post-73432 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:19:20 +0000 Arellcat 73432@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Nil points</em> for the Ferrari rip-off typeface, and -2 points for inspiring the comments from Jean Ann Terrell and Valerie Brannon.</p> <p>Where are the semi-nekkid guys draping themselves over high modulus ultra-responsive carbon fibre sewing machines? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6979#post-73414 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:24:41 +0000 ruggtomcat 73414@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>hard to believe in this day and age but they do have an Italian name</p> <p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/StradalliWheels" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/StradalliWheels</a></p> <p>what the hell semi-nekid girls have to do with carbon wheelsets I don't know. </p>