thanks for the link kshep. LOL @ jeans. I wear jeans sometimes and sometimes it's running pants.

I wish i could take pics of some of the people i see on the bike path. i have seen business men in suits on bikes, i even saw one guy standing on the peddles of his dahon folding bike with his wife sitting on the seat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it's the bike equivalent of the clown car! LMAO!

i've seen people carring construction materials and riding - not hammers - im talking about 8 feet long pieces of molding. i have seen people texting while riding. the worst thing i saw was a woman riding against traffic on a really busy street with her (maybe 5-6 year old) son riding on a bike behind her - wobbling because he couldnt control the bike - inches away from cabs, trucks, etc. =/

so i think im quite normal wearing jeans

back onto topic - im going to get biking shorts the next time im at a sports store - sports authority, dicks sporting goods or even paragon sports here in manhattan.

and thinking about it - i dont know why saddles have that extrmely long extension/nose for men. that thing is sooo painful. i feel like having just a squared off or rounded off seat - almost like a rectangle- would be soo comfortable...