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You must have more cycling
You must have more cycling kit than I have normal clothes!That’s a serious hoard! Is
That’s a serious hoard! Is that JUST your USPS kit? And you’ve got more from other teams?! Awesome effort sir.F*** it, wear it. Most people don’t know Lance’s history, he’s just a cheat to them. Cyclists know, but ah what the hell.
A clubmate has the old PDM kit, I’m quite jealous of that.
I nearly got it more wrong than you, anyway. Late 2011, Lance was in the past and I couldn’t care less anymore. I saw a cut-price on, IMHO, one of the best-looking kits around; the black & yellow Livestrong. It lacked the gaudy graphics of most pro kits too and I nearly bought it. Dodged a bullet there!
Good question.
1. Stiff neck,
Good question.1. Stiff neck, because my prescription lenses don’t extend high enough, with the result that I would have to keep my head higher than otherwise in order to look through the lens and down the road – this came up during a bike-fit session.
2. Peripheral vision; I wouldn’t have the same level of co-ordination regarding reaction to objects/hazards to the side, overtaking vehicles etc.
3. Fogging/condensation seems more awkward when using 2 lenses.
4. Fit/seal – thanks to the awesome rep from the distributor turning up to the Opticians with a trolley full of frames and spending 2 hours with me, I have a pair that genuinely fit my face – just enough space for airflow, but snug enough to keep the cr@p out. They don’t look as cool as some of the other models, but they fit brilliantly.
5. Redundancy – I have one ‘good’ pair of normal specs. I spend a lot on them because I wear them every waking hour, and the strength of the prescription makes it worthwhile specifying things like high-index lenses, extremely light frames etc. However, at £500-ish, I don’t buy multiple pairs. In the event of a breakage, I would have gone back to the pair that used my last prescription. I’d be able to see, but it wouldn’t be ideal. I could expect headaches etc for the 3+ weeks it would take to order a new pair. This way, I’d just wear the clear pair, which are much cheaper than my regular specs.
6. Multi-use; aside from cycling, I use the tinted pair as general sunglasses. The clear pair are ideal for other sports, DIY or whatever. If I go back to martial arts, then the clear pair will be ideal; sparring without specs is an art in itself, and I wouldn’t try it in normal specs + builders specs.
Some may baulk at the costs involved, or suggest that I would be better off having laser surgery. If I was still 22 and meeting girls I suppose I might consider it, but despite not being particularly risk-averse, I can’t justify the small risks involved when successful surgery would not change my quality of life, but unsucessful surgery would impact it massively. Your mileage may vary!
Oh, and regarding rival products, Oakley only go up to -4 or -5 depending on frame shape, Adidas Evil-eye are about the same, as are all others I checked out, while still being similar cost.
Sounds like you need some
Sounds like you need some proper rest, by which I mean in the order of two weeks off. Protein-rich diet, early nights, GENTLE stretching. A good quality multi-vitamin won’t do any harm either.I’ve not got to the point you have, but I’m not as strong even after a couple of days rest, so I’ll probably not use the bike for over a week now. Always works for me, and I feel strong when I start back.
Quite timely that someone
Quite timely that someone should resurrect this thread, as I’ve just bought my second pair of Bolle prescription specs. They work really well, I now have a tinted pair and a clear pair, in the Bounty frame. They still appear to be the only manufacturer able to produce such a wraparound lens in such a high prescription. Not cheap, but cheaper than my everyday specs, and infintely better suited to flying down the road at 30mph.http://www.bolle-europe.co.uk/products/search#57;
(I can’t wear contacts anymore – too much partying in them years ago results in even the new models feeling painful, otherwise it would have been the easy solution)
Hard times. I’m also a
Hard times. I’m also a little surprised that this doesn’t even seem to have been noted at the UCI Congress session on Friday.I need some new lights,
I need some new lights, possibly not quite as cutting edge as some of this though!Strobe jacket?
http://www.dvice.com/archives/2006/05/strobelight_jacket_for_cycling.php
Quite like the look of that prototype that used some funny chemicals in the tyre wall to light up the tyres when in motion as well.
That’s about 51rpm! Nice
That’s about 51rpm! Nice quick spin of the gears is the order of the day, or your knees aren’t going to thank you, in old age if nothing else.It might seem difficult at first because you will start stressing the cardio system more than previously, but no worries it’s all good.
Unless you live somewhere really flat, I think a compact is better for most of us. You’d need to be pretty competitive to need 53/39.
You can do a GCSE in riding
You can do a GCSE in riding your bike?!At least that’s one I would have passed…
T’m going to bookmark this
T’m going to bookmark this thread, never have known what all that stuff means!So what does all the jargon mean, like ‘each way’ etc?
I can’t believe the
I can’t believe the difference between the 4000 and the 4000s, the latter absolutely fly.hahahahahahahahaha!
Can’t
hahahahahahahahaha!Can’t believe I didn’t realise that!
[facepalm]
Thankyou kindly, people!
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Let me know what you find
Let me know what you find out, I’d be interested in similar if I can talk the mrs into it.I thought the penalty for
I thought the penalty for this seemed too light, this explains it.Knickers are just over the
Knickers are just over the knee, whereas tights are down to the ankle and often include a loop to go under the heel.I have the nanoflex armwarmers and knee-warmers, they are good but not as comfortable on the skin as others.
The Castelli system is probably no more water resistant than something like the Rapha softshell.
Fit is also a very personal thing, I’d pop along to a few shops and try stuff on. Unless you’re planning on buying online anyway, in which case just use the free returns policy of places like Wiggle.
