Getting drunk and driving is a very bad thing. However getting drunk and riding your wife’s “girl bike” is not only dumb but also kinda funny. People may laugh at you cruising along on a bike you are way too big for but it might stop when you crash it into a mailbox and smash your face into it.
Hope you have the $$ for a good restorative dentist
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Oct
How come boy bikes have a bar across the frame? This puzzles me. I’d think they would be more comfortable if they slipped of the pedals without the bar.
The crossbar makes for a stronger frame. When a person is sitting in a bicycle, pushing on the pedals and pulling on the handlebars, there is a lot of stress in that triangle. Keeping it closed reduces flexing.
The only reason bicycles for women leave the top open is to allow for a long skirt; a compromised mechanical solution for a sexist social standard.
As for slipping off the pedals – without support from the feet on the pedals or ass on the seat, it’s going to hurt whether you land on the crossbar or not. Both situations result in a heap of limbs and torso tangled up with bicycle parts sliding down the street.