Obelix@feddit.org to Bicycling@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThe Picture of Free, Untrammeled Womanhood - How the bicycle liberated womenworldhistory.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down10
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkThe Picture of Free, Untrammeled Womanhood - How the bicycle liberated womenworldhistory.substack.comObelix@feddit.org to Bicycling@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareShowroom7561linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI love how they basically wore parachutes on their bikes back then, but they still enjoyed the hell out of the ride!
minus-squarepet1t@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoImagine the bike snobs back in the day: “this corset saves 3 watts!” “fellas, do you wear your monocle chain over or under your bowtie?”
minus-squareObelix@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoJust imagine how people back then would be thinking about women riding in lycra
minus-squareShowroom7561linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThey’d lose their minds. 😂 Even women riding as they were must have pissed off so many people back then.
I love how they basically wore parachutes on their bikes back then, but they still enjoyed the hell out of the ride!
Imagine the bike snobs back in the day: “this corset saves 3 watts!” “fellas, do you wear your monocle chain over or under your bowtie?”
“Aero top hats were 16” tall." 😂
Just imagine how people back then would be thinking about women riding in lycra
They’d lose their minds. 😂 Even women riding as they were must have pissed off so many people back then.