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November 23, 2006
Thanksgiving Tights
I ordered some cool-weather riding gear from Nashbar this past Sunday. I ordered gloves, socks, tights and a jacket of some sort. My goal is take the Schwinn out once in a while during the winter months.
I'm a little concerned about the tights. You've probably seen people wearing tights on bikes and thought to yourself they looked a little goofy (or hot in the case of women). I was a little late to the game when it came to wearing bicycle shorts and, well, this is what I said ...
I will never make, even to myself, snide comments about bikers wearing Lycra. I always thought these were Tour de France wannabe poseur-types. Really, they just had a better understanding of the equipment needed to ride comfortably.
So, regardless of the goofy factor, I'm going to squeeze into these babies and see how far they go toward keeping me warm. They must be popular for a reason.
Shortly after I ordered the stuff from Nashbar I ordered a Cateye EL 530 front light on Ebay.
The light arrived today and I had hopes the stuff from Nashbar would as well. It didn't.
It wasn't a big deal though. It was 52 degrees F today (11.11 C) -- plenty warm enough to hit the bike path in shorts and a jacket, I thought, so I pulled the Mighty Schwinn out of the garage.
This would be the first ride since surgery.
I'm happy to report that sitting on the bike was not uncomfortable in the least. There were no odd pulling sensations. No pains.
Unfortunately, about 4.5 miles (7.2k) into the ride I started feeling like crap in a weak sort of dizzy way. Rats. It was going to be another 4.5 mile ride home if I turned around giving me a total of 9 miles for the ride. As I'd only planned on doing 13 anyway, I decided to trudge on.
At no point during the remainder of the ride did I start to feel any better. I guess that by the end, though, I only felt a little worse. A little more puny.
At least I wasn't wearing a goofy pair of tights. I'll save that experience for next time.
Posted by delmer at November 23, 2006 12:30 AM
Comments
You won't show modelling pics of the new clothes you bought but you'll go out, in public, in daylight, on a bike wearing TIGHTS!!! Hmmmmmm alright then, I can see your logic....of course I can ;)
Posted by: Pen at November 23, 2006 11:24 AM
Ahh ... but I'll be in front of people I don't know and I'll be less concerned about how much I look like a big dork.
Posted by: delmer at November 23, 2006 5:18 PM