Obelix@feddit.org to Bicycling@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoThe Picture of Free, Untrammeled Womanhood - How the bicycle liberated womenworldhistory.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down10
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkThe Picture of Free, Untrammeled Womanhood - How the bicycle liberated womenworldhistory.substack.comObelix@feddit.org to Bicycling@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareShowroom7561linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI love how they basically wore parachutes on their bikes back then, but they still enjoyed the hell out of the ride!
minus-squareObelix@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoJust imagine how people back then would be thinking about women riding in lycra
minus-squareShowroom7561linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThey’d lose their minds. 😂 Even women riding as they were must have pissed off so many people back then.
minus-squarepet1t@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days 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?”
I love how they basically wore parachutes on their bikes back then, but they still enjoyed the hell out of the ride!
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.
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." 😂