Tiny car, Medium bike, BIG bottom!

[Hetty]

Hi everyone,
Just thought I would say hi and how glad I am that I found such a friendly and useful forum.
I'm from the UK and there don't seem to be many female mountain bikers in my area so I have to grumble about my cycling problems to the sheep in the park I cycle in!

Here is a pic of my little car and bike on a rare sunny day in Cheshire. (It's a Smart car and a Stumpy FSR Pro for any gadget geeks out there).
I am hoping that all this cycling will help me lose some lard and get back in shape for the field hockey season.
If only I could find a cheese and wine diet I'd be a size 6!

Happy riding,
Hetty.

[snapdragen]

Welcom Hetty! Love the car! Looks almost like you could tow it with your bike!

[pedalfaster]

Cute car! and I am not a car person

As for the wine and cheese diet...hey I am on that one! As long as one rides at least 200 miles each weekend it works too. Don't forget the ice cream on Sundays.

[gabrielle]

Cute! I love those Smarts. They were all over So. Germany last times I was there. Too bad we can't have them in the States...but I won't even go there about why not.

"Cheese, Gromit!"

gabrielle

[Hetty]

Hee hee, great idea Snapdragen - I could burn some extra calories by towing the Smart on my rides!

It really is the silliest car and makes me giggle when I'm flying round the corners. Of course I look completely insane to all other road users and it just gets worse when I get out of the car and they see my cycling outfit.

Who cares eh! I'm 30 next year and my mum has advised me to be as silly as possible from now on so that I can follow in her footsteps and grow old disgracefully. Cheers girls!

[jobob]

grow old disgracefully - I love it

Welcome Hetty !

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LOL gabrielle, I lent a friend my Wallace & Gromit tapes a couple of weeks ago so we've been exchanging W&G-isms

That's it Gromit...cheeeeeeese. We'll go somewhere where there's cheeeese...

[moonfroggy]

thats an awsome car, when you say smart car do you mean electric hybid some other fuel? it is really pretty
and i like the bike, and growing old disgracfully thats what i wana do, awsome

[moonfroggy]

thats cool, i do some theatrical clowning i could use a car like that in my clowing! but alas i live in the states and fromw hat i hear you can't get them here, it's ok i got my bike and one day i will learn to ride my unicycle

[trekin']

USA Today says the Smart Car will be in the US in 2006.

[moonfroggy]

Originally posted by trekin'
USA Today says the Smart Car will be in the US in 2006.

that would be awsome i might actually get a drivers licence and a car if they where/are in my price range, tho the who car insurence thing and gas is still expensive would be nice for taking kitties to the vet and grocery shopping in the rain

[trekin']

Wow, moonfroggy, you must be the only person living in CA who doesn't own a car! (And you're better off, in my opinion)

[Trek420]

nooo, moonfrogy's not the only one. I have a car but 3 of my best friends do not own one, I know several other folks but less well who don't drive. In one case it's because the gal has epilepsy and can't drive but all of the half dozen or more I know it's a choice for a more relaxed less stressful life.

The story most have in common is that for some reason or other they had to do without a car for a while such as a complex repair and while car-free found they could easily do without and...."wow, i feel better!" and most just never get a car again.

If I lived in San Francisco I'd join 'em, too hard to park.

Berkeley has a community cars program (forget what it's called) where you pay x ammount and can reserve a car when you need it. great for those who mostly use public transportation/bike but sometimes need a car for trips to costco or vet (it's funny to imagine taking a cat carrier on a car, I've seen dogs and dog trailers but cats? noooooo)

[syklnsoph]

we have a neighborhood tom that is really cute. all black with white spot on his chest. his name is Bouncer and will come when you call his name. running down the block to you. the mr. was out doing maintainence on the bikes one day and here comes bouncer and jumps on the bike, sitting on the top tube with paws on the handle bars. he's ready to ride! i thought this was just a once thing, but he's done it several times, even when we start off on our rides. he's really cute, but i think Trek420 is right.......kitties and bike rides would not mix.......

[moonfroggy]

Originally posted by trekin'
Wow, moonfroggy, you must be the only person living in CA who doesn't own a car! (And you're better off, in my opinion)

i know lots of people who don't drive cars, it is one of the reason i don't when i was in highs chool one of my favorite teachers had never owned a car in her life, and she had two kids just a few years younger than me, she really inspired me to want to live my life car free, tho i might eventually get a car, i also live in the san francisco bay area and cars are really not needed here, we have awsome public transportation and there are bike boulivards everyplace so i can get wherever i am going very easily

[moonfroggy]

Originally posted by syklnsoph
we have a neighborhood tom that is really cute. all black with white spot on his chest. his name is Bouncer and will come when you call his name. running down the block to you. the mr. was out doing maintainence on the bikes one day and here comes bouncer and jumps on the bike, sitting on the top tube with paws on the handle bars. he's ready to ride! i thought this was just a once thing, but he's done it several times, even when we start off on our rides. he's really cute, but i think Trek420 is right.......kitties and bike rides would not mix.......

i have a special back pack cat carrier i use to take my cats to the vet, if more than one cat is going i take the bus, the backpack carrier also has wheels and i can roll it liek a stroller, the vet is close enough to me that i have done this befor, and with my lighter cats i just walk, it is only a mile and a half, with my big 15 pound echo bean cat i prefer to roll him take the bike or the bus