Are bike racks the gold-plated, spinning rims of the Gap set? Am I getting all “Jetta” when I put my Thule fairing up on my $100 Camry? (That's right, I said $100 Camry, I got a price so nice, I could buy it twice.) Who do I think I’m fooling?
I use my racks a couple of times a year, tops. And that’s not counting moving a love seat for a friend, or bringing home a Christmas tree. The basic purpose of a my Thule rack is to represent the ghost of my early twenties, Me: B.G. (Before G-Man) It’s advertisement. It says, I’m white, I own at least one Dave Matthew’s Band CD, I have a college degree, I shop at Trader Joes. Of course, if I had Yakima racks it would also say, I’m a card-carrying, Subaru-driving, white-water-rafting lesbian. But I’m not, so I’ve got the Thules.
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