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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:36:37 -0400, Badger_South
wrote: Heh, I was standing by my car in the parking lot of trail I ride. It's the early am dawn ride, and I have on new black tights and a light L/S Nike black lycra jersey. Had a good ride and more weight is melting off. Steam is coming off of me from the hard ride down the road and I still have my helmet and ambersunglasses on and am putting the bike in the back. A car pulls up and this 6 y.o. kid and his mom are gonna power walk or something. He runs up to his mom, sees me and says, 'hey mom, is that guy over there a superhero?' It was a bit embarrassing, to say the least... -B ...at least he didn't say 'gay' superhero...;'- That sounds like a compliment to me. Nobody ever mistakes me for a superhero;-) Life is Good! Jeff |
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:51:28 -0500, Jeff Starr wrote:
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:36:37 -0400, Badger_South wrote: Heh, I was standing by my car in the parking lot of trail I ride. It's the early am dawn ride, and I have on new black tights and a light L/S Nike black lycra jersey. Had a good ride and more weight is melting off. Steam is coming off of me from the hard ride down the road and I still have my helmet and ambersunglasses on and am putting the bike in the back. A car pulls up and this 6 y.o. kid and his mom are gonna power walk or something. He runs up to his mom, sees me and says, 'hey mom, is that guy over there a superhero?' It was a bit embarrassing, to say the least... -B ...at least he didn't say 'gay' superhero...;'- That sounds like a compliment to me. Nobody ever mistakes me for a superhero;-) Life is Good! Jeff Well, first of all, while my wife says 'nice legs', as a cyclist, I totally suck. lol Better to look good than be good, as Billy Crystal used to say (NOT!) Plus think 6 y.o. kid - compliment? Think 'Halloween' tomorrow. He probably meant 'cartoon character'. Actually I think he said 'looks like a'. -B Working on a stylish lycra/spandex cape... |
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Someone in my building left a bunch of stuff down in the lobby,they're moving. SO there's a box with all kinds of stuff, various assorted items- among them a skinsuit (short legs). I've never seen anyone in my building with a road bike. I have no idea who these people are. THe suit is blue, yellow and red and the logo says COSMIC and Cueva Custom Cycles. However, i am not sure I'd want someone else's used skinsuit. IF I knew it had never been used, maybe I'd nab it and wear it for indoor training or something. IT looked like it might be my size. However, I draw the line at wearing somoene else's used shorts. EWWWW! Check the shammy for skidmarks. If there are none, just wash the thing twice in warm water and it'll be as clean as new. Polyester really is a miracle fabric. However I did get some useful stuff: a candle holder, tupperware containers and a set of perfectly decent ice cream bowls. I picked up a Royal typewriter with a 14-inch platen off the street out front of my apartment in Cambridge, MA, at the end of one semester. I don't think I'll add it to my bike, though. Unless they come out with one in Titanium. --Blair "Then I'd be tempted..." |
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Hunrobe wrote:
What's the big deal? You never try on clothes before you buy them? Just an idea, Marlene. If it is yours for the asking, is your size, and you like it a replacement chamois pad is much cheaper than a decent skinsuit. My old bike shorts have an actual slip of chamois, and it's sewn in. Now, a "chamois" is a centimeter-thick piece of foam rubber, and I'd make fun of it but it's saving my ancient ass the trouble of breaking in on the seat again... I use the old shorts at the gym, where I ride a recumbent to warm up, and like showing off my legs while lifting. --Blair "You'd be surprised how many bodybuilders have no legs." |
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Badger_South wrote:
A car pulls up and this 6 y.o. kid and his mom are gonna power walk or something. He runs up to his mom, sees me and says, 'hey mom, is that guy over there a superhero?' It was a bit embarrassing, to say the least... Embarassing, hell. That's one of the reasons I wear the things. --Blair "Why yes, son, I *am* a superhero." |
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:40:52 GMT, Blair P. Houghton wrote:
Badger_South wrote: A car pulls up and this 6 y.o. kid and his mom are gonna power walk or something. He runs up to his mom, sees me and says, 'hey mom, is that guy over there a superhero?' It was a bit embarrassing, to say the least... Embarassing, hell. That's one of the reasons I wear the things. --Blair "Why yes, son, I *am* a superhero." Not if you totally still suck as a cyclist, like me. Imagine there was an -actual- cyclist there, and heard that said about an obvious newbie. ;-D -B Oh, the horror... |
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:36:29 GMT, Blair P. Houghton wrote:
wrote: Someone in my building left a bunch of stuff down in the lobby,they're moving. SO there's a box with all kinds of stuff, various assorted items- among them a skinsuit (short legs). I've never seen anyone in my building with a road bike. I have no idea who these people are. THe suit is blue, yellow and red and the logo says COSMIC and Cueva Custom Cycles. However, i am not sure I'd want someone else's used skinsuit. IF I knew it had never been used, maybe I'd nab it and wear it for indoor training or something. IT looked like it might be my size. However, I draw the line at wearing somoene else's used shorts. EWWWW! Check the shammy for skidmarks. If there are none, just wash the thing twice in warm water and it'll be as clean as new. Polyester really is a miracle fabric. I'll toss it in with my next cold wash. It's in excellent condition and seems to be hardly used, which I'm sure is the case. Like I said, I have never seen anyone in my building with a road bike. I just moved here sept 1 but by now I'd have seen someone bringing their bike downstairs for a ride at least once. Once I've washed it,thenI have to mull over where i'll wear it. As for looking like a superhero, that wasn't the case,but because the suit is a bit snug across my chest (it's obviously a men's skinsuit, and made for a small man) it sort of made me feel like I should be in starfleet. Except for the shorts. Those starfleet uniforms for women always seem to be rather SNUG in the old chestal area, and of course seem generously padded. Hey, maybe I'll cut out the chamois and use it for that! LOL Anyways, looking like a superhero - there could be worse things. I remember one of those anti-bike columnists once sneering about how cyclists imagine themselves being LANCE ARMSTRONG. Well, there could be worse things to aspire to. Better that than aspiring to be an overweight, slobby couch potato! |
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