An image for hump day

A couple of years ago there was a spate of news reports citing medical research that cyclists’ saddle might be leading to sterility due to incorrect saddle position blocking blood flow and certain nerves and vital tubes being squished. Some even suggested that smaller, harder saddles affected verility, leading to the most uncomfortable Christmas family dinner inquisition I’ve ever faced followed by, the next holiday season, an unnerving cycling-relating gift in the form of a Specialize Body Geometry saddle with its “junk channel”.

Recently, the Seattle Sperm Bank has struck a blow for the peaceful co-existence of bicycles and sperm by using a sperm shaped, motorized cargo bike to transport samples to fertility clinics. This eye-catching exercise in motility not only cuts down on C02 emissions, but gives pedestrians, motorists and fellow cyclists ample opportunities to make sophomoric jokes and puns about sperm and sex to lighten the work day.

See a photo of the spunky bike and read a little more here.