I'm not intentionally trying to be mean but in what other environment would an obese person wear tight Lycra spandex? Maybe a yoga class but that's indoors and more or less private. If bicycle racing has lauded it self for (and this is highly questionable and been answered by Grant and others on this forum) advancing the sport then this ubiquitous use of Lycra deflates some of that supposed claim. There needs to be BB&H store in every major urban center to re-educate the masses of non-racers acting like racers. Let's stop the insanity. Disclaimer: I think you should wear what feels comfortable to you I'll just avert my gaze in another direction.
Ron, you were just too close to the group and well "sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes the bar eats you". What would have been their response had you laughed back at them? Anyways knickers are cool or warm depending on your geographic location and sense of style. ~Hugh "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." -- Albert Einstein http://velocipedemusings.blogspot.com/ On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Ron Mc <bulldog...@gmail.com> wrote: > something else crossing the club ride yesterday - a pair of large women. > I had already peeled my windbreaker, but was still wearing my knee socks, > and they would get swapped for merino footies at my halfway stop. But this > woman looked at me and burst out laughing at my togs - knickers, knee > socks, a red merino long-sleeve with a yellow tee over it - it really > wasn't for them to see me, it was for pickup trucks. The club leader > always wears crazy hats - yesterday it was a headdress of colored feathers > like a comic bird crest. I guess she thought I was part of the show. I > would have cried for her, but her spandex was already crying. > > > On Saturday, January 18, 2014 5:13:40 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: > >> I remember the low, narrow, aero position. Almost 15 years ago I commuted >> for 2-3 years or so on a too -small (56 cm c-c) mid '60s Bottechia that I >> had built up as my second fixie with custom Salsa upjutter to get the bar >> high enough (a lot lower than I could tolerate now, it must be said). The >> bike was light and nimble, and with the levers placed more or less a la >> Grant (ie, far up on the curves) I could get low and narrow while gripping >> the hoods. Nelson longflap on the back. Good times. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Ron Mc <bulld...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I do love my M bars - they have a nice aero spot on them I dug into >>> this morning climbing that mile against a 15mph headwind. I'm spending a >>> lot more time in 80" gear on this wheelset. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> Burque (NM) >> >> Resumes that get interviews: >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/xM0mFyxbilA/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
