How come bicycle clothing looks so silly?

Actually, I kinda *like* men in tight, black panties... but, my
question has always been: How do you wear that stuff in public and
keep a straight face?

I recall when a decent bicycle cost a day's wages and you could ride
the damn thing in cut-offs, a T-shirt, and sneakers. If you were
*really* high-tech, you had a Bendix two-speed kick-back. It was
heavy, noisy, and difficult to ride; however, real *men* rode bicycles
in those days... and no self-respecting faggot would have been caught
in Spandex!

Nowadays, bicycles cost more than an African wage-earner can hope to
make in his or her lifetime! There's something wrong here!

Why can't I buy a decent friction shifter anymore? Indexed shifters
are OK until they wear a little bit, then they're useless. I can't
adjust my front cage with an indexed shifter...

.... but, mostly, how come I gotta wear these goofy-looking panties? I
simply cannot be seen in public wearing these things! I'd sooner ride
nekkid!

Eat yer heart out, Nitla!

Jones

On Jan 13, 10:34*pm, !Jones' Sock Puppet wrote:
Actually, I kinda *like* men in tight, black panties... but, my
question has always been: How do you wear that stuff in public and
keep a straight face?

I recall when a decent bicycle cost a day's wages and you could ride
the damn thing in cut-offs, a T-shirt, and sneakers. *If you were
*really* high-tech, you had a Bendix two-speed kick-back. *It was
heavy, noisy, and difficult to ride; however, real *men* rode bicycles
in those days... and no self-respecting faggot would have been caught
in Spandex!

Nowadays, bicycles cost more than an African wage-earner can hope to
make in his or her lifetime! *There's something wrong here!

Why can't I buy a decent friction shifter anymore? *Indexed shifters
are OK until they wear a little bit, then they're useless. *I can't
adjust my front cage with an indexed shifter...

... but, mostly, how come I gotta wear these goofy-looking panties? *I
simply cannot be seen in public wearing these things! *I'd sooner ride
nekkid!

Eat yer heart out, Nitla!

Jones

You tell 'em, Jones! What the devil is wrong with riding in a linen
shirt and khakis or, this time of the year in the northern hemisphere,
in cords and a flannellete (brushed cotton) workman's shirt? At least
in those you don't look like an escapee from the circus who stole a
bike for a getaway vehicle.

Andre Jute
Charisma is the talent for inducing apoplexy in losers by merely
existing elegantly

i know you are but what am i

On Jan 13, 4:34*pm, !Jones' Sock Puppet wrote:
Actually, I kinda *like* men in tight, black panties... but, my
question has always been: How do you wear that stuff in public and
keep a straight face?

I recall when a decent bicycle cost a day's wages and you could ride
the damn thing in cut-offs, a T-shirt, and sneakers. *If you were
*really* high-tech, you had a Bendix two-speed kick-back. *It was
heavy, noisy, and difficult to ride; however, real *men* rode bicycles
in those days... and no self-respecting faggot would have been caught
in Spandex!

Nowadays, bicycles cost more than an African wage-earner can hope to
make in his or her lifetime! *There's something wrong here!

Why can't I buy a decent friction shifter anymore? *Indexed shifters
are OK until they wear a little bit, then they're useless. *I can't
adjust my front cage with an indexed shifter...

... but, mostly, how come I gotta wear these goofy-looking panties? *I
simply cannot be seen in public wearing these things! *I'd sooner ride
nekkid!

Eat yer heart out, Nitla!

Jones

functional = funky looking ?

On Jan 13, 2:34*pm, !Jones' Sock Puppet wrote:
Actually, I kinda *like* men in tight, black panties... but, my
question has always been: How do you wear that stuff in public and
keep a straight face?

I recall when a decent bicycle cost a day's wages and you could ride
the damn thing in cut-offs, a T-shirt, and sneakers.

In 1968, a Schwinn Varsity was around $75. That much per day works out
to an annual salary of $19,500 (assuming a five day work week). In
1968, the average annual wage was $5,571 (according to SSA) -- which
is $21 per day. So you had to work almost four days to get a
Varsity. The current average annual wage is $40,405.48 -- or $155 per
day. Now, for $600 you can get a pretty sweet bike like http://tinyurl.com/6sevh8
(plus an additional 15% off!).

Crappy bikes were very expensive back when. You can get a much better
crappy bike for less inflation-adjusted money today. -- Jay Beattie.

gnu / linux wrote:

On Jan 13, 4:34*pm, !Jones' Sock Puppet wrote:
Actually, I kinda *like* men in tight, black panties... but, my
question has always been: How do you wear that stuff in public and
keep a straight face?

I recall when a decent bicycle cost a day's wages and you could ride
the damn thing in cut-offs, a T-shirt, and sneakers. *If you were
*really* high-tech, you had a Bendix two-speed kick-back. *It was
heavy, noisy, and difficult to ride; however, real *men* rode bicycles
in those days... and no self-respecting faggot would have been caught
in Spandex!

Nowadays, bicycles cost more than an African wage-earner can hope to
make in his or her lifetime! *There's something wrong here!

Why can't I buy a decent friction shifter anymore? *Indexed shifters
are OK until they wear a little bit, then they're useless. *I can't
adjust my front cage with an indexed shifter...

... but, mostly, how come I gotta wear these goofy-looking panties? *I
simply cannot be seen in public wearing these things! *I'd sooner ride
nekkid!

Eat yer heart out, Nitla!

Jones

functional = funky looking ?

Yes, when funky looking = pretentious homosexual

On Jan 13, 5:34*pm, !Jones' Sock Puppet wrote:

I recall when a decent bicycle cost a day's wages

Really? When was that? I remember paying $40 for a 3-speed in 1970.
Wages were not very close to $5/hour where I lived then. Teachers made
about $18k/year, for example.

Why can't I buy a decent friction shifter anymore? *

You can. They're called barcons.

Brian Huntley wrote:

On Jan 13, 5:34*pm, !Jones' Sock Puppet wrote:

I recall when a decent bicycle cost a day's wages

Really? When was that? I remember paying $40 for a 3-speed in 1970.
Wages were not very close to $5/hour where I lived then. Teachers made
about $18k/year, for example.

In that case teachers would have been able to buy more than two bikes
a day. Most teachers only work about 200 days a year, the rest is just
weekends and long holidays.

"!Jones' Sock Puppet" wrote in message
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| Actually, I kinda *like* men in tight, black panties... but, my
| question has always been: How do you wear that stuff in public and
| keep a straight face?
|
| I recall when a decent bicycle cost a day's wages and you could ride
| the damn thing in cut-offs, a T-shirt, and sneakers. If you were
| *really* high-tech, you had a Bendix two-speed kick-back. It was
| heavy, noisy, and difficult to ride; however, real *men* rode bicycles
| in those days... and no self-respecting faggot would have been caught
| in Spandex!
|
| Nowadays, bicycles cost more than an African wage-earner can hope to
| make in his or her lifetime! There's something wrong here!
|
| Why can't I buy a decent friction shifter anymore? Indexed shifters
| are OK until they wear a little bit, then they're useless. I can't
| adjust my front cage with an indexed shifter...
|
| ... but, mostly, how come I gotta wear these goofy-looking panties? I
| simply cannot be seen in public wearing these things! I'd sooner ride
| nekkid!
|
| Eat yer heart out, Nitla!
|
| Jones
|

"!Jones' Sock Puppet" wrote in message
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| Actually, I kinda *like* men in tight, black panties...

Hem, hem ....


but, my
| question has always been: How do you wear that stuff in public and
| keep a straight face?
|
On public road its ok, at work well ....


| I recall when a decent bicycle cost a day's wages and you could ride
| the damn thing in cut-offs, a T-shirt, and sneakers.

you can always

If you were
| *really* high-tech, you had a Bendix two-speed kick-back. It was
| heavy, noisy, and difficult to ride; however, real *men* rode bicycles
| in those days... and no self-respecting faggot would have been caught
| in Spandex!
|



| Nowadays, bicycles cost more than an African wage-earner can hope to
| make in his or her lifetime! There's something wrong here!
|
| Why can't I buy a decent friction shifter anymore? Indexed shifters
| are OK until they wear a little bit, then they're useless. I can't
| adjust my front cage with an indexed shifter...
|
| ... but, mostly, how come I gotta wear these goofy-looking panties? I
| simply cannot be seen in public wearing these things! I'd sooner ride
| nekkid!
|
| Eat yer heart out, Nitla!
|
| Jones
|