The Coed on the Bike...
 

I was driving past the college yesterday afternoon when a shapely young female rode past me in the other direction on an older road bike. I think I paid more attention to her bicycle.

Is this the lead-in to a joke?

Are you 12?

:foo: What's your point? Sounds like you appreciate older bikes.

When I first saw this, I thought "are you over 75?"

You're hoping your wife sees this aren't you?

Setting the entire "shapely young female" aspect of your post aside, I always look at a bike first, and then notice who is riding it after - if I get a good enough view of the bike to satisfy my curiosity.

Living in The Springs, you probably see more shapely females than old bikes every day. It's a haven for Olympic hopefuls, or so it's rumored.

ah spring! :love:

Spring and Summer here in the city is nice too. Now pick up that jaw! :)

What bike? I didn't see a bike!

+1 Me like too!

Geez, am I the only one here who got this joke?

Sure feels 1970 all of a sudden.

+1, but more like 95.

The joke I was referring to was, "you know you're a cyclist when..."

Yes, we do!

"Coed" ... now there's an archaic term!!!

I pay more attention to shapely new bikes than old females riding them.

LOL

Following on what Dave!24 said and leaving aside the d.o.m. component of this thread, I definitely ogle any bike that goes by, just to check out what it is.

And speaking of which, today on the trail there was a guy stopped by the side fiddling with a bike, which of course I ogled. I maybe was thinking about offering some help. But it was the damnedest thing I've seen in I don't know when. It had separate drive trains (and chains) on the left and right of the rear wheel. The right looked like it was attached to a chain ring and the pedals, and the left, perhaps to a motor mounted, um, I don't know where? A DIY ebike, I guess? I wish I had stopped and taken a picture. Certainly it was pointless to offer help - I have no idea what to do with a "bicycle" like that.

I might have noticed the bike first, but once I see the lovely female, it would have been:
"What bike? I don't see a bike!" :love:

"Coed"? Did I just make a time-travel trip to the 70's??

Yeah, I suffer from that aging ailment as well.


Then again, as the father of 5 daughters I have learned to view females differently. They need protection from old guys like me.


Then again, I live in Las Vegas and show girls ride bikes a lot to keep their butts and legs toned. Sheesh that can be distracting.


Then again I may suffer from ADHD. squirrel.....bike.....babe....

I have a related problem: I look at bikes so intently as they go by that I often worry that the person riding them will think I'm checking *them* out, rather than the bike!