maybe a step in the direction

[inquisitor]

19 hours ago, Shyheels said:

My first bicycle was a girl's bike. It was secondhand and the only one in the shop my mother could afford. I was seven years old and so damned happy to have a bike at all I barely noticed and couldn't have cared less. I do not remember ever hearing a single word from anybody at all about it's being a girl's bike. It was my bike.

I learned to ride a bike in college (yep, it took that long) on a Women's Roadmaster in pink and black. After a little apprehension about the color, I soldiered on and learned. My bike now is blue (my favorite color), but I'll ride it in a minute.

[Shyheels]

Well, the winner of the Giro d'Italia - a stage race every bit as tough as the Tour de France and over mountain passes that are often much steeper - wins the pink jersey. And nobody - nobody - laughs.