Bike Ass
July 2, 2008 by Tracee Sioux
Filed under Parenting
I’ve been dragging out Fun Mommy, my alter ego who comes out to instigate fun and bonding with the kids. (As opposed to my alter ego called Mean Mommy, which you can read about in Attitude Boot Camp.)We’ve been trying to take family bike rides, but one of the bikes always seems to have a flat.
I bought this WeeRide bike seat for the baby. It’s groovy because Zack gets to see the world – instead of just my back – as we ride.
It was uncharacteristically expensive at $60. I know, can you believe someone as cheap as I spent that much on a baby bike seat? Well, to be fair I scavenged at thrift stores and garage sales for over a year and could not find a baby bike seat. Evidently, this is one of those things people save in the garage for visitors and grandkids.
The bike itself was only $7.
I had no memory of Bike Ass from childhood.
Bike Ass is the terribly painful bruise you get from the rigid bike seat right on your butt bones. I can only bike through 15 minutes of this excruciating pain before Fun Mommy has to call it a day.
Bike Ass is the reason you won’t catch me in spin class in a million years. I gave birth twice. My crotch has been through enough torture thanks very much.
Did you hear about the time the neighbor tattled on Ainsley for riding her bike?
Did I tell you how I taught Ainsley to ride her bike by riding through her fear?
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I’ll bet that’s the best $60 you’ve ever spent. Really great family activity. I dont’ remember bike ass either – and I lived on my bike.
That looks so fun. I’ve been looking for a bike I like for a while now.
Look for any old bike and splurge on the bike seat. Holy Moses it’s like a bizarre form of torture. I’ve been making excuses not to go bike riding with Ainsley all day – “gee I really have to clean my office” really means – “my ass is sore, please don’t make me submit to that torture.”
Isn’t there like a male seat and a female seat? Maybe you’ve got the wrong one?
Maybe there is – we put the Weeride on my husband’s bike, so I’ve just been riding it instead of my woman’s bike. But, they sell these wide cushiony seats for extra (like $50) to combat bike ass.
Oh, tell me about it!!!! A few years ago, my friend and I had this idea that we were going to go bike riding a few times a week for exercise. After a few times, we could hardly get on our bikes because our butts hurt so bad!!! I even bought one of those special gel seats and my butt still hurt! What’s up with that?
When I lived in Virginia, I saw a news segment about the cops going through bike boot camp. Those poor guys. One of them was wearing a diaper on his rear for cushion. I can’t imagine having to bike all day long for a week!
BTW, your bike pic isn’t showing up.
LOL!!! Maybe I just need to strap Zack’s diaper on!!
It’s not hurting Ainsley one bit and I don’t remember it from childhood.
Really, maybe our butts are just different as adults. But, WHY?