I am on my dad’s computerscanning Craigslist andstressing over thepurchase of a new bike,as I am adamantabout getting one thatdoesn’t have a sloped bar,which is a trait of stereotypically“girl” bikes,and I don’t want one witha horizontal bar either,a “men’s” bike,so the one I wouldreally like would have ahalf bar,like my current bike,that sits without curve on adiagonal,and look—here is a red one,with the bar that I want,simple gear shifters,and just my size of 16,and it is listed asa women’s bike,but I will get it anyway,so my dad and Ischedule a tripto pick it up,and it takes less time thanformerly thought,only thirty minutes with thepandemic and all and—oh right.The pandemic.