27 November 2006

built in mittens



Parma just may have something here.

What keeps people from using their bikes in the winter? You might answer snow. Or sleet. Or ice on the roads. But what if you live in balmy Italy and just want to get on your charming vintage bicycle, in a skirt and six-inch stilettos, and pedal your way to a nice bottle of wine. What might keep you from using your bicycle?

Well, duh! It's obviously the age-old dilemma of cold hands. But now this enterprising cyclist will never again have to add "put on mittens" to their to-do list in the morning. They simply have to get on their bike and their mittens are put on for them.

Who says Italy never melds fashion and function?

1 comment:

Freewheel said...

Awesome. Might be a bit dangerous if you start to fall off and can't use your hands to break the fall. But still, awesome.