" If you fall and get scars as big as quarters on your legs, you'll never win Miss Universe ", was the admonishment given to me when I begged for a bike for my 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th birthdays.
I was 9 years old when I heard a story about my grandmother, Amona Maria, biking to her own wedding in a wedding dress made of white bedsheets during the Spanish civil war . That story made me realize that: A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!
So, I unearthed a rusty 2 wheeler bike from before I was born (reject of an American cousin I had never met). With one hand holding on to the garage wall and one hand steering, I went back and forth for hundreds of times until I learned how to balance. Then , I let go.... and pedalled so fast I felt like I was flying!!!
As a reward for my sheer determination, and probably fear of my getting tetanus, my pops replaced the 1960's clunker with the most beautiful metallic blue cruiser with a seat in the back and a wire basket.
My mom was right. From that day on, I threw myself with wild abandon into the most unladylike activities imaginable: Trying to pop a wheelie in my brother's BMX, jumping over canals, getting gashes and scars as big as the map of Africa (this is clearly the only reason why I never joined the Miss Universe pageant!hahaha!).
I will never feel as free and fast and fearless as when I was ten years old on my blue cruiser....
These days, I ride a Dahon foldable bike by the beach in the East Coast park.
I wish I had bikes like these when mini-sassy was a toddler:
The Madsen cargo Bike....
The Taga Bike....
Lela Rose's custom-made Tricycle....
I think I need this helmet! It has accessories:)
I also like chic panniers....
Right now I have a snap-on wicker basket like this...
Some girls bike in heels.....
Some girls bike in vintage skirts....
I like to bike in my Havaianas:)
XOXO,
sassy
(image: via thesartorialist, jak&jil, kellygreen, cyclechic, cupofjo, marieclaire)
Ask sis-in-law P about getting scars on knees and not being Miss Toledo. She cried buckets!
ReplyDeleteOh My! The answers in the Q&A portion should be important than scar-free legs! hahaha! How's London Town, M?
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