Being a woman pushing toward the 60 mark, I take a little umbrage in the concept that bike planners use a 60-year old woman on a shopping trip as their target rider. Hey, I am not a fragile thing! Shouldn't they be thinking, a 40 year old pot-bellied male? Seems he would be more unlikely to be getting on a bike than a60 year old woman.
But, I digress. Justification that the analogy might be flawed hit the Milwaukee bike coordinator. During the wind storm when the die hard bikers were not to be found, but he snapped a shot of cyclist braving the wind and the cyclist was.....a 60 year old woman on a shopping run! Woohoo!
Excellent photo to be seen here (it is too large to bring into TE and, well, while I would be proud to be a role model cyclist, I don't feel right doing more than just pointing to the original)....
http://overthebarsinmilwaukee.wordpr...esign-vehicle/
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10-28-2010, 07:15 AM #1
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In Support of 60-year old Women Everywhere
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