It's a commuter bike. Most bikes in the US are sports bikes, designed for athletes. Most bikes in the Netherlands are commuter bikes, designed for average people. It's not "small dick energy" for a man to not be an athlete. That's toxic masculinity that harms men. It's misandrist and it upholds patriarchy. Part of destroying patriarchy is liberating men from judgement like this.

[–] storcholus@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am pretty sure "small dick energy" refers to the truck

[–] PM_ME_FAT_ENBIES@lib.lgbt 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good point, but calling a commuter bike a girl's bike because it's not for athletes has the same problem.

I for one think men should be allowed to have a comfy and easy ride to work or the grocery store no matter what their fitness level

[–] storcholus@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Absolutely, that's why I got one of those bikes.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 7 points 2 years ago

They're also called "step through frame bikes" in places where people don't associate them with cycling in a skirt

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

they were girl's bike when I was a kid, 70s. I'd ride it. heck I'd put on a skirt and ride it just to piss off the dork in the monster truck