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How come bicycle clothing looks so silly?
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My facemask is the arm of a cotton polyester long sleeved shirt. Question.... how does that fit over the head? |
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How come bicycle clothing looks so silly?
On Jan 14, 11:36*am, wrote:
" wrote: My facemask is the arm of a cotton polyester long sleeved shirt. Question.... how does that fit over the head? * I should have said t-shirt. I had a cotton polyester turtleneck. More polyester than cotton. I cut the sleeves off and made a couple of ear covers with one sleeve and a balaclava sort of contraption with the other sleeve. I wear one or the the other ear cover all the time under the helmet. It protects me into the 30s and I can wear it up to the 60s without overheating. My ears ache below 55 degrees but a fleece ear cover was too hot and I would overheat. I started using a piece of sleeve and it worked wonders and keeps me warm into the 30s. I usually combine it with a face mask that covers mouth, nose, part of ears and velcros behind my head. As soon as I warm up I remove the face mask but keep the ear covers on for the whole ride. I had bought some cheap arm warmers a long time ago, but wouldn't fit me. I had cut legs from some tights that I would use as leg warmers. I put them on my arms and covered them just fine and were not tight. So, they became my arm warmers. I bought another pair of cheap supplex tights at target for $10.00, cut the legs off and they became my leg warmers. I get lots of grief from my friends but I ride very comfortably. I have tried a number of balaclavas in stores and they all seem tight, itchy and thick. The only one that seems to be warm, yet light and not to tight is the Craft brand one, but it is expensive. I am still considering it. |
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How come bicycle clothing looks so silly?
In '70, one could buy a decent bicycle for $20 - $30 at a hardware
store. I paid $48.33 in '68 for my '66 Schwinn equipped with a Bendix kickback and that was considered extravagant. In '70, I was in Vietnam, so I didn't have a bicycle; however, in '72, I was driving a cab and considered 40 bucks to be a decent night's book... I probably averaged $30 to $35. I was in Georgetown, DC in October doing a little urban hiking... granted, that's a pricey neighborhood. We walked by a bike shop and their window display bike had a $22K price tag!!! Sheeze! That's more than I paid for my first *house*! It's even a fairly large part of it when adjusted for inflation. When you put multiple thousands of dollars into a bicycle, what you have is a fetish, not transportation. Jones |
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How come bicycle clothing looks so silly?
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:42:23 +0000, in alt.war.vietnam Peter Clinch
wrote: The bar end shifters on my touring bike, and my wife's, can have the indexing turned off just with a twist of a D-ring on the side. That turns them into a pure friction shifter. I'm fairly sure these are still available. We have a set of what are sometimes called "rapid fire" shifters on one of our tandems... their name escapes me and I'm at the office, so I can't go look; however, they're Shimano mid - to - good "mountain bike" shifters where you have two levers... one for up and another for down. I'd dearly love to turn that indexing stuff off on the front shifter. It doesn't help any and prevents me from fine tuning the cage when it rubs on slight cross chaining. I'm looking for a decent set of friction shifters on eBay. The rear is getting slightly worn and the damn things look as complicated as an analog watch. Jones |
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How come bicycle clothing looks so silly?
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:59:12 -0800 (PST), in alt.war.vietnam The Troll
Feeder wrote: On Jan 13, 2:34*pm, !Jones' Sock Puppet wrote: Actually, I kinda *like* men in tight, black panties... but, my Your trolls suck. Practice elsewhere, n00b. I got a reply from *you*... you even cross-posted it. If you reply, then don't whine. Jones |
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:30:56 -0600, in alt.war.vietnam "BobT"
wrote: I wear bike shorts because I want to look like this incredibly macho man, perhaps the greatest cyclist of all time: Actually, that makes sense! I wish I could get a J-strap that had Velcro (hook and pile) closures on it so that I could get into and out of it easily without undressing completely. Maybe there's an invention here? Jones |
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:50:03 -0800 (PST), in alt.war.vietnam
" wrote: If you need to go commute by bike, you can wear street clothes and you'll be fine. However, even though I pretty much hate cycling clothes, they are more comfortable and practical for riding. I recall back in the early '80s, there was a line of clothing that looked a lot like "normal" clothes with accomodation for cycling. They had a shoe that worked reasonably well in a pedal and in which it was possible to walk a short distance comfortably. I forget the name; however, Nashbar sold them when BN was in a newsprint format. I didn't say that bicycle clothing wasn't practical; I said that it always seems to look so damn silly. I suspect that the manufacturers go out of their way to make it thus! I agree with you that any dedicated clothing is out of place in an office environment; imagine walking in wearing a SCUBA outfit... but, if cycles are to become a viable form of daily transportation, then reasonable clothing will have to develop. Jones |
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:22:33 -0800 (PST), in alt.war.vietnam bluezfolk
wrote: There's no law that says you can't wear whatever you want. There is where I live. We even have a bicycle helmet law! The interesting part is that we don't have one for motorcycles. Jones |
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"!Jones' Sock Puppet" wrote in message
... I agree with you that any dedicated clothing is out of place in an office environment; imagine walking in wearing a SCUBA outfit... but, if cycles are to become a viable form of daily transportation, then reasonable clothing will have to develop. Already has - go to most clothing shops. See what people wear in places where they do use a bike for daily transport - it's nothing special. Re expensive bikes - your 22K bike example is about as relevant as a Ferrari showroom. There's always the market for those who want to spend silly money, but that doesn't make that the going rate. Walmart will flog you some cheap equivalent of your $20-$30 bikes now. Re friction shifters - thumb shifters still exist in various forms. OTOH what I've done for the LH (front) shifter on our MTB tandem is gone to SRAM grip-shift. 9 positions gives me the trimming you desire. (make sure you get one which has all the positions, not just three). However for the rear shifter, indexing isn't a problem IME. |
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