Hey, here's one for you guys. Do you have the nerve for it?
08-27-13, 03:10 PM
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Hey, here's one for you guys. Do you have the nerve for it?
I made a comment about this on one of my threads. Would you ride a pink folding bike if there was one? Would you? Come on now --fess up. I was giving an admiring eye to a pink bike with some colorful flower patterns painted or decaled on it a couple of weeks back at a sporting goods store. It looked real nice. When I said to my wife that I would ride it, she looked at me funny like. Well, why not, I said. If girls can ride blue bikes then I can ride pink ones. OK guys, would you be embarrassed to ride it? Me, I wouldn't. It would go nice with my pink shirt. 
Here's something. A salesman in a bike shop told me to Google it -- I did. Years ago it wasn't "pink for girls" and "blue for boys". In fact it was the opposite. Go figure. I like colors, I guess the sixties are still in me. Reminds me off my VW bug years ago. I had it plastered with flower decals.
Here's something. A salesman in a bike shop told me to Google it -- I did. Years ago it wasn't "pink for girls" and "blue for boys". In fact it was the opposite. Go figure. I like colors, I guess the sixties are still in me. Reminds me off my VW bug years ago. I had it plastered with flower decals.
08-27-13, 03:19 PM
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Yeah why not? Seriously, I really have no issue riding a pink bicycle. I mean, sure, I'd think twice if it was a horrible bike, but just because it's in pink, doesn't make me stay away at all.
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Good for you. I know that if I rode one back when I was a boy I would have had to get my parents to pick me up at the hospital. Nice to see that male paranoia is changing.
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I don't do pastels,just not my thing. I also don't ride blue bikes,they've always been unlucky for me.
Brompton has had pink for years.
Brompton has had pink for years.
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This guy doesn't seem to mind a pink bike.
08-27-13, 03:58 PM
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I had a Pink Frame Once ... could never get comfortable with it ..
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I had a Pink Frame Once ... could never get comfortable with it ..
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08-27-13, 04:50 PM
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Pink Jersey is to the Giro D' Italia, what the Yellow one is to the Tour D France .. GC Leader. Final Winner.
08-27-13, 04:55 PM
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That's right. Forgot about that. Pink jersey in the Giro. How about the T de F -- two Brits win back to back last two years running, and from the same team as well.
08-27-13, 05:06 PM
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that's why Super Mario doesn't mind Pink, it's hard earned.. have to be at the front at the end of the day,
then the sprint for the line, before the stage Win can happen.
then the sprint for the line, before the stage Win can happen.
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Pink is just another color. My MIL is a Breast Cancer survivor so there is lots of pink stuff around the house. Hell even my dog has a pink leash... like he cares. 
FWIW I even ride step through frames too.
At 6'-2" and 215# I don't get much guff about what I ride... other than the "get the F off the road" from the cagers. 
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FWIW I even ride step through frames too.
At 6'-2" and 215# I don't get much guff about what I ride... other than the "get the F off the road" from the cagers. Aaron
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Had my eye on a well known Italian bike frame, beautiful, but the pink gave me pause. Love pastels as a color for my dress shirts for work, but..., my bike has to be black or blue.
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A guy can get away with riding a pink bike.
A guy can get away with wearing a kilt.
But a guy cannot get away with riding a pink bike while wearing a kilt, unless he is drinking a strawberry daiquiri.
A guy can get away with wearing a kilt.
But a guy cannot get away with riding a pink bike while wearing a kilt, unless he is drinking a strawberry daiquiri.
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Sons bike. Almost mint dumpsterfind. He is no too happy about the colour. 60 cm Miyata912.
Bought a 914 for myself- 58 cm for £30. We could have swapped but different frame size.
Bought a 914 for myself- 58 cm for £30. We could have swapped but different frame size.
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From my journeys to both Indonesia and the Philippines years back, people, in general, are not bothered or concerned about things such as this. What part of SE Asia are you from?
Nice color combinations -- pink bike, blue bag and green helmet.
By the way, what rear hub is that?
Nice color combinations -- pink bike, blue bag and green helmet.
By the way, what rear hub is that?