Now I'm doing something that I've done during the past few winters: Buying and selling on e-Bay.
If you browse for more than a few minutes, you're bound to find a few ridiculous things. Then again, people actually buy (and collect!) 8-track tapes, pastel-hued leisure suits and bike parts with designs that were obsolete the day they came out (e.g., derailleurs like Campagnolo's Valentino and Gran Turismo and almost any of Huret's.)
Funny how the worst ideas can become "collectibles." What's even funnier is that there are people who don't want to merely collect them; they actually want to use them!
So, while someone may want to add this item to his collection, I'm sure someone out there would actually ride it:
I suppose that if I were riding bikes very different from the ones I have--and if I were a different sort of rider, or a collector--I just might want this saddle. Actually, part of me wants it simply because it's one of the strangest bike components I've ever seen. But I wouldn't ride it.
This reminds me of the crochet-backed cycling gloves I just bought. If you've worn them before, you know about the "reptile tan" you get on the back of your hands when you ride with them. Hmm...Could something similar happen to your backside if you ride this seat?
If you browse for more than a few minutes, you're bound to find a few ridiculous things. Then again, people actually buy (and collect!) 8-track tapes, pastel-hued leisure suits and bike parts with designs that were obsolete the day they came out (e.g., derailleurs like Campagnolo's Valentino and Gran Turismo and almost any of Huret's.)
Funny how the worst ideas can become "collectibles." What's even funnier is that there are people who don't want to merely collect them; they actually want to use them!
So, while someone may want to add this item to his collection, I'm sure someone out there would actually ride it:
I suppose that if I were riding bikes very different from the ones I have--and if I were a different sort of rider, or a collector--I just might want this saddle. Actually, part of me wants it simply because it's one of the strangest bike components I've ever seen. But I wouldn't ride it.
This reminds me of the crochet-backed cycling gloves I just bought. If you've worn them before, you know about the "reptile tan" you get on the back of your hands when you ride with them. Hmm...Could something similar happen to your backside if you ride this seat?
I was just thinking what sort of "pattern" this seat would leave! It is unique...
ReplyDeletePaddyAnne: Indeed, it is! But it does remind me of why I've never gotten, and probably never will get, a tattoo!
ReplyDeleteI look at that and immediately think of those little wire baskets you use to put fish fillets on a barbeque grill.
ReplyDeleteOuch!
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