Charles Channing, retired and 70, was the cause of it all because he asked an innocent question. Innocent to him and his two pals, anyway, George Bradford, retired and 71, and Dick Kendrick, retired and 69, but not so innocent to others -- a fact they found out when they tried to find an answer to Charley's question. Charley asked, rhetorically, at the time, and completely innocently with nothing in his mind but idle wonder: "How do women ride bicycles?" George and Dick looked at him in surprise for a moment then they both grinned as George said, "They push on the pedals, Charley!" Dick, grinning widely, said, "They sit on the seat and pedal, Charley!" George and Dick both laughed softly, and that would have been the end of it, but Charley said, "No no, not that, I know that, what I mean is, how do they sit on the seat? He went on: "What I mean is, it just seems t'me that those dumb bicycle seats would hurt 'em. Those dumb bicycle seats hurt me when I sit on 'em. George said, "Well, you got that right, Charley, those dumb bicycle seats are too damn narrow 'n' hard for me too, they hit me right square in the ass an' they hurt, dammit, jammed up between your legs like that! I don't see how those bicycle riders stand 'em." Dick said, "Yeah, that's right, they shore hurt me when I tried 'em, it felt like that seat would cut me in two. You know what, Charley? I don't know how women sit on those dumb bicycle seats either. I never thought of it before. Man, you'd think it'd cut 'em in two", . . . which is how the scientific investigation into the mysteries of how women sit on bicycles started. The three ol' guys go on and meet an almost over-the-hill hooker who agrees to help them with their scientific investigation into the mysteries of how women sit on bicycles seat. Two more almost-over-the-hill hookers join the scientific investigation into the mysteries of how women sit on bicycles seats and then the expected happens, the three ol' guys and the three almost over-the-hill hookers take notice of each other and the fun begins. Charley's Conundrum is all about how to find out how women sit on bicycle seats, and it is also a great love story. After all, love, like gold, is where ya find it.