While the London Topshop is in a tizzy over swine flu, the New York Topshop is giving out gifts!

Well…not exactly, but the store will be loaning out bikes from June 20th to the 27th and as far as we’ve heard, they’re free.

Topshop is showing some love for the city by helping to encourage city slickers to stay fit and have fun. While there probably won’t be a lot of actual commuters standing around at Topshop waiting for a bike to head to work, we’re hoping the New York biking trend will keep on growing to keep our city cleaner (fuel emission wise) and less congested.

We’ve been skeptically and cautiously wondering how easy biking in heels and a dress is for some time now, thanks to Scott, so maybe it’s time to give it a try? But we will definitely be sporting a helmet, and thankfully Topshop will provide you one along with the bike.

In case you needed an excuse to whip out a new (or old) pair of bike shorts…

—AMANDA JEAN BOYLE

The last time I wore bike shorts, I was ten and they were neon green and purple paired with a clashing bikini top.

I have a pretty vivid memory of catching crabs in the San Francisco marina and throwing sand on a boy - so maybe I’m having this reaction to their resurgence because it’s the first time I have to say, “Well, if I wore it once, I probably can’t wear it again.”

But I cannot believe how many pairs of spandex bike shorts I saw this weekend. Despite grumbling hints of their return—they popped up on runways and in a few editorials—it’s one of those trends you really have to see in person to believe.

It stopped raining long enough for everyone to break out the spring outfits they’ve been dying to wear and for so many that meant either a baggy band shirt with shiny spandex shorts, super-short floral dress with shiny spandex shorts and in one case - near the baseball fields in Central Park - a crop top over shiny spandex shorts.

But even if everyone from Alex Wang to Dov Charney tell you they’re the coolest thing around, are you actually going to wear them?