Comments on: Wipe Out http://erstories.net/2012/10/wipe-out/ Real Life Tales from the Emergency Room Wed, 15 May 2013 02:32:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Tarl http://erstories.net/2012/10/wipe-out/comment-page-1/#comment-33887 Tarl Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:21:57 +0000 http://erstories.net/?p=6024#comment-33887 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. 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.

]]> By: Sus http://erstories.net/2012/10/wipe-out/comment-page-1/#comment-33883 Sus Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:08:00 +0000 http://erstories.net/?p=6024#comment-33883 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. 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.

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