DD's are 3 and 5. MIL wants to know what they'd like for Christmas, so I thought bikes.
Should be easy to achieve right? Except on Amazon the attached image is what I found. To get something that doesn't assault the senses and actively reinforce the "girls like ribbons!" mentality, you have to go up to about £200 for (admittedly lovely) Islabikes and the suchlike. Why can't the more affordable companies go down the plain/primary colours route? Surely the customers are there for it?
Why does something as basic as a bike have to be gendered to within an inch of its life? When I was a child, red was the standard colour for bikes and I don't remember ever seeing a gendered one for children (born in 78).
I'm annoyed.