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	<title>Comments on: Quick thoughts on Amsterdam</title>
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	<description>More uninteresting crap... Now from England!</description>
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		<title>By: mark</title>
		<link>http://mark.denovich.com/2007/08/17/quick-thoughts-on-amsterdam/comment-page-1/#comment-464</link>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am an American living in England (as of November &#039;06)...  if anything the Brits are more judgmental and certainly more class-aware than any American...  they are just very subtle when/if they choose to express it.

And to clarify my post...  which may have been a bit more crude than you may have noticed.   There is something fundamentally extra sexy about an attractive woman riding a bicycle.  Not cross-training, spandex-clad, energy-bar munching, helmeted, &quot;serious&quot;-cyclists...  but women using a bicycle for transport...  preferably wearing boots &amp; a nice skirt.   I never saw this in the US, but it&#039;s fairly common in Europe.  

I don&#039;t have a statistically valid sampling of other men&#039;s opinions on the subject, but my view is shared unanimously with my coworkers who have traveled with me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am an American living in England (as of November &#8217;06)&#8230;  if anything the Brits are more judgmental and certainly more class-aware than any American&#8230;  they are just very subtle when/if they choose to express it.</p>
<p>And to clarify my post&#8230;  which may have been a bit more crude than you may have noticed.   There is something fundamentally extra sexy about an attractive woman riding a bicycle.  Not cross-training, spandex-clad, energy-bar munching, helmeted, &#8220;serious&#8221;-cyclists&#8230;  but women using a bicycle for transport&#8230;  preferably wearing boots &#038; a nice skirt.   I never saw this in the US, but it&#8217;s fairly common in Europe.  </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t have a statistically valid sampling of other men&#8217;s opinions on the subject, but my view is shared unanimously with my coworkers who have traveled with me.</p>
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		<title>By: Melanie</title>
		<link>http://mark.denovich.com/2007/08/17/quick-thoughts-on-amsterdam/comment-page-1/#comment-461</link>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh, disreguard...I see now your from England. I&#039;d image you guys arn&#039;t nearly as awful and judegmentally inclined as us americans! LOL! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, disreguard&#8230;I see now your from England. I&#8217;d image you guys arn&#8217;t nearly as awful and judegmentally inclined as us americans! LOL! <img src='http://mark.denovich.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Melanie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I love girls riding bicycles&quot;

&quot;I’m apparently not alone in my appreciation of sensible urban transport for females.  My friends have made similar comments.&quot;


Really, now? Would I be wrong, therefore subjected to further shock in assuming these statements just apply to Mt. Bikes? Once upon a time I rode freestyle bikes...minus the tricks that they&#039;re built for, that is. Just always though they looked better and I&#039;d rather not deal with &quot;gears.&quot; Anyway, the guys I knew back then really appreciated my biking company but around high school I gave it up for fear of standing out...in a not so positive way. Don&#039;t get me wrong I don&#039;t care what people in general think about me in the least it&#039;s just that I&#039;d rather not egg the stereotypes along and deal with the ignorance of the mass&#039;s repercussions. So, that being said...in all actuality...how many guys really do appreciate a chick that bikes?!?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I love girls riding bicycles&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I’m apparently not alone in my appreciation of sensible urban transport for females.  My friends have made similar comments.&#8221;</p>
<p>Really, now? Would I be wrong, therefore subjected to further shock in assuming these statements just apply to Mt. Bikes? Once upon a time I rode freestyle bikes&#8230;minus the tricks that they&#8217;re built for, that is. Just always though they looked better and I&#8217;d rather not deal with &#8220;gears.&#8221; Anyway, the guys I knew back then really appreciated my biking company but around high school I gave it up for fear of standing out&#8230;in a not so positive way. Don&#8217;t get me wrong I don&#8217;t care what people in general think about me in the least it&#8217;s just that I&#8217;d rather not egg the stereotypes along and deal with the ignorance of the mass&#8217;s repercussions. So, that being said&#8230;in all actuality&#8230;how many guys really do appreciate a chick that bikes?!?</p>
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