CNN Article Quote

[Laru]

"Giant's Suede Coasting DX bike is a great women's commuter bike because it has an automatic transmission."
- caption under photo of said bike in this article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24759055/


Wow, I guess us girls are so dumb we can't figure out what to do with those pesky shifter thingies.


--- oops, not CNN - it was MSNBC

[maillotpois]

I was ready to fume at the author of the article, but the exact quote is: "The coolest women’s commuter bike out there includes a new transmission from Japanese parts giant Shimano that shifts automatically." Not quite so bad as re-quoted here. The article doesn't state that it was a good women's bike because it shifts automatically - just that this was a feature of the bike.

[Laru]

The quote was the caption from under the picture. I cut and pasted it so it is actually the exact quote.

[KnottedYet]

Yup, scroll down to the pic of the women's bike, and that's exactly what the caption says.

My, I'm not sure how I want to react to that lovely caption....

[maillotpois]

Ah - sorry about that! I was focused on the article.

I wonder if the author of the article wrote the photo captions.

[mimitabby]

i have a male friend who bought a bike with an automatic and really liked it. it was rather heavy though.