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To: bicycle thug
I shaved my legs when I raced, I don't race, so I don't now.

The thing about leg shaving is that you have to earn it. If you're not fast enough or at least logging enough hours on the bike, you're the dorkiest kind of poser if you shave. The team kit thing is similar. A US Postal yellow jersey is usually the sure sign of a beginner. Full team kit--jersey and shorts--is much more gauche than just the jersey. Most serious guys wear either a club jersey or just a plain-colored one. Or a souvenir one from some organized ride they've done.

Coincidentally to this thread, in the last few weeks I've heard about three cyclists killed by drunks. Two retired guys on the second day of their dream cross-country bike trip were plowed off the shoulder by a drunk in the California desert, and in the south somewhere, a fairly well-known bicycle advocate (not a critical mass hippie type, just a long-distance rider who had written extensively about traffic safety) was run over by a drunk in a pickup who had literally just been released from jail on a DUI charge a couple of hours before. He apparently went straight from jail to a bar, got drunk, got in his truck and ran over this guy. He's facing murder charges now.

381 posted on 10/01/2003 10:33:08 AM PDT by Heyworth
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To: Heyworth
Unless you are me, with my Spiderman Jersey, and No Fear shorts. I bought the jersey due to my being very tall and thin, and long before the movie came out.
391 posted on 10/01/2003 10:49:47 AM PDT by stylin_geek (Koffi: 0, G.W. Bush: (I lost count))
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To: Heyworth
"The thing about leg shaving is that you have to earn it. If you're not fast enough or at least logging enough hours on the bike, you're the dorkiest kind of poser if you shave."

I took my son to the local bike shop to get his brakes fixed on his bmx. We walked in and there were 3 or 4 guys hanging out waiting for one guy to get some parts. They were all in their little bicycle outfits and each taking an extra look at themselves in the mirrored wall. Of the group, one looked to be in extremely good shape (I guess) for a bicyclist. The others were working overtime to keep the guts in.

One of the oversized bicyclists was actually talking about shaving his legs! My son looked at me and rolled his eyes and we both had a good chuckle.

396 posted on 10/01/2003 10:57:50 AM PDT by Hatteras (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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