Electra complex

Can’t stand the suspense, can you?  Here’s the bike for which I am pining.

The Electra Gigi

So cute and retro.  Also pricey, so it may not happen.  Over $600 pricey.  Yeah, that pricey.

What I like about the Electras are their “flat footed technology.”  In other words, you can sit on the seat and your feet actually touch the ground flat-footed, not tippy-toed.  This has been a real issue for me.  I’m only 5′ and if I feel like I’m falling, I don’t have the security of just putting my feet down.  When I put my feet down, they still hit air.  I realized only recently that every bike I’ve ever been on has not had short people in mind.  I ran across a similar discrimination when I was weight-training in college.  Old Nautilus machines did not have small women in mind.  I over-extended my arms constantly because I didn’t fit the machine.  Flat-footed technology makes me feel welcome and the funky detailing doesn’t hurt either.  Add a wicker basket to the front of this baby and I’m sure to start riding around the neighborhood with fresh flowers from the farmer’s market!

Check out the Electra website: http://www.electrabike.com/

I even like their motto: The official bike of nothing official.  Dude, that is me in a nutshell.  Oh yeah, they have guys bikes too.