Mark Denovich

Quick thoughts on Amsterdam

2007-08-17 09:54:23 · Mark Denovich Categories: Uncategorized

I love girls riding bicycles, and Amsterdam has plenty of them. I can't explain why it's so sexy, but it makes for pleasant bit of people-watching, and leaves a very favorable impression of the city... the whores and dope are just icing on the cake. I'm apparently not alone in my appreciation of sensible urban transport for females. My friends have made similar comments. I should start a photo magazine dedicated to the subject. Maybe I would, but the only catchy title I can imagine is "Dykes on Bikes" and that invokes the entirely wrong imagary. I've got a strict no-girl-crewcut policy.

Comments

[Melanie](http://n/a) 2007-08-28 04:41:55

"I love girls riding bicycles"

"I’m apparently not alone in my appreciation of sensible urban transport for females. My friends have made similar comments."

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're built for, that is. Just always though they looked better and I'd rather not deal with "gears." 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't get me wrong I don't care what people in general think about me in the least it's just that I'd rather not egg the stereotypes along and deal with the ignorance of the mass's repercussions. So, that being said...in all actuality...how many guys really do appreciate a chick that bikes?!?

[Melanie](http://n/a) 2007-08-28 04:44:30

Oh, disreguard...I see now your from England. I'd image you guys arn't nearly as awful and judegmentally inclined as us americans! LOL! :)

[mark](http://mark.denovich.com) 2007-08-28 09:11:15

I am an American living in England (as of November '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, "serious"-cyclists... but women using a bicycle for transport... preferably wearing boots & a nice skirt. I never saw this in the US, but it's fairly common in Europe.

I don't have a statistically valid sampling of other men's opinions on the subject, but my view is shared unanimously with my coworkers who have traveled with me.