I've got a new one: I can ride my Trek Pure Crank-Forward
Semi-Recumbent (pedal-powered wheelchair for short) without sticking >band-aids on my face.
I can even wear a niqab instead of my surgeon-style mask, because the
PPW doesn't go fast enough to blow it around. I haven't tried the >headband-style niqab yet, mostly because it's gauze and wouldn't keep
enough sun off my incisions. I should complete a double-layer linen
niqab tomorrow; perhaps I'll try it then. [I did; it works.]
Old news: I can back the PPW without dismounting. I can *walk* it
without dismounting, but it's more comfortable to walk beside it and
use it for a cane: the deep notch makes it possible to walk with the >handlebars in front of me.
I can ride it while wearing an ankle-length skirt -- but I have to
wear black pedal-pushers instead of frilly white drawers. I *could*
keep the skirt down, but it's more convenient to pull it up to my
knees.
I think. I haven't worn a skirt since April.
And, knock wood, I've always been healthy enough to walk to church.--
(Maybe it's because I haven't been catching colds or anything.)
Or perhaps the classic "Bicycle Suit". Dated perhaps but you might
turn it in to a new fad :-) http://yesterdaysthimble.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Bicycle_suit_punch_1895v.jpg
On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 08:56:05 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:
Or perhaps the classic "Bicycle Suit". Dated perhaps but you might
turn it in to a new fad :-)
http://yesterdaysthimble.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Bicycle_suit_punch_1895v.jpg
I do wear the knickers! Never on the BSO, of course.
I wonder about keeping stuff in those pockets; they would bounce
around a lot when pedalling. And the skirt is long enough to catch on
the saddle when mounting a top-bar bike. I suppose the mini-skirt was >managed the same way I manage my floor-length skirts, without the need
to pull it up before sitting down.
Pity the picture doesn't show what sort of bike the lady would ride.
Yesterday's Thimble is a cool website; I have bookmarked it.
The Bicycle Suit seems to date from about 1895 and "safety bicycles"
were pretty much the rage by then, I believe. https://bikehistory.org/history/1895-1900.html
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