Originally Posted by
noglider
You could get a lot of joy if you bought that blue ladies bike, fixed it up with a trigger shifter, and sold it to a nice college student. I did that. The young women have nice senses of style, and you will find someone who just loves the way it looks.
I've noticed this too. Last winter, I bought a 69 Sprite in what the catalog called "burgundy" color and younger women have gone out of their way to compliment my pretty bike. I was surprised at this because none of them seemed to have an interest in vintage bicycles. Not sure if they even knew it was an old bike. I think it appealed to them purely on it's aesthetics. Note to bicycle manufacturers...You might want to consider making modern bikes that aren't so darn ugly.