Comments on: Buy freedom, sell fixed

By: Steve B.

Steve B. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:49:20 +0000

Yeah but only a woman can ride a bike in their briefs!

By: 32spokes » Babes On Bikes

32spokes » Babes On Bikes — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:43:29 +0000

[...] I could go on but you get the point. I’ve never considered myself, nor any of the above examples sexist. Perhaps mildly obsessive about cute girls on bikes, but not offensive to women. There was a recent post at Velorution that sparked some rather heated comments. The photo accompanying the post pictures one of the female persuasion atop a track bike. Personally I found nothing offensive about the photo or the post, in fact I queried about the 10 digits of said female cyclist. [...]

By: chris

chris — Tue, 29 May 2007 11:09:46 +0000

Can we have some more sexually provocative images please, preferably with people rather than just bikes. Don’t knock Top Gear, it’s funny. I’ll definitely pay the shop a visit.

Mandatory cycling tests!!! No way, why do they always want to get so restrictive.

cheers

Chris

By: Erik Sandblom

Erik Sandblom — Wed, 23 May 2007 08:22:02 +0000

Mrs C, why should a bike store focus on the needs of women, mothers and families? Why can’t it just focus on *anyone who wants to cycle*, regardless of sex? Your entirely unnecessary gender bias is exclusionary and fascist. Drop it.

By: mrs casalotti

mrs casalotti — Mon, 21 May 2007 06:33:58 +0000

At present I would rather watch Top Gear than read your blog. This image is sexually procative, and insulting to your female audience, and quite offensive. And the level of debate is low and lurid. I bought into the concept of this shop and helped focus the emphasis upon what was truely lacking in the retail market ‘ a friendly, knowledgable shop in central London, focusing upon the needs of women, Mothers and families’- and what are you doing pinning such images up? ‘ghost images of girlfriends of the past too’? Is this what you call work, and is this why you are staying out until 2.00 in the morning? So now you have upset your wife in the process too………….well done Andrea, you really have lost your way and your blog is just dribble at present, and soon the Velorution will be over! at home too! Mrs Casalotti

By: birdyriders

birdyriders — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:29:21 +0000

i check this ite all the time
usually i love it
also been thinking about investing in a serious bike from velorution
but tyat’s really basic sexist rubbish on your site right now, the photo and the comment. i’m appalled.
everyone goes on about less women cycling than men, and about sexist culture of cycling. i’d have thought a cool london shop was on the progressive side.
VERY DISAPPOINTED

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 16 May 2007 09:12:04 +0000

Ho hum… The ‘vision of she beauty’ I was drunkenly referring to in my original post was the Gios… Besides, what’s so wrong with men finding such a beautiful creature so worthy of their lust?

Actually, now you mention it, the girl’s not bad either

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 15 May 2007 00:39:59 +0000

Yep. I’m with you Cody.

By: Cody G.

Cody G. — Sun, 13 May 2007 14:54:42 +0000

Are there any others reading this who get tired of the same old song, men as the tough, weathered hero and women as the dainty, “vision of beauty”? Come on. Gender roles are boring.

By: Pandabonium

Pandabonium — Fri, 04 May 2007 07:01:37 +0000

“can’t we all just get along?” ;^)

Nice photo, but I liked the woman in the office two posts ago even better.

By: Ludwig

Ludwig — Wed, 02 May 2007 18:50:59 +0000

You wouldn’t happen to have her telephone number laying about there?

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 02 May 2007 11:29:51 +0000

That’s my favourite kind of track stand – grabbing hold of a railing!