I don’t get the “ill-fitting” jeans part. Aside from the fact that riding in jeans is not the regular fashion, those are far from “ill-fitting”.
They look a little snug in the thighs, but that could just be because he’s pedaling.
From the lack of air in his back tire (which, IMO, is the most embarrassing thing in the picture) and having the kiddie attachment, he’s probably having to push hard.
I guess some salon owner is just bitching that they are $30-$40 jeans instead of $300 jeans.
In an article in today's New York Daily News, writer David Saltonstall shows no mercy, declaring: "It wasn't a pretty picture: ill-fitting jeans, a tucked-in golf shirt, black-and-white socks and a helmet that could make Michael Dukakis blush."
If I didn't know it was Obama, I would just say he's a normal guy out for a little bike ride. Since he's wearing jeans and a polo shirt I would assume that he's just going a couple of miles from one place to another. And bike helmets make anyone look like a dork, but you still should wear one because tipping a bike and having your head hit the pavement once is worse than looking like a dork a hundred times. I don't know if this was a photo op or a candid shot, but if it is the first they learned something from Kerry about how not to handle a bike ride.