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Anatomy of a Photo: Take a Look While You Still Can

FDJ guy: Is that the new fizik Kurve in Bull?

Fast Phil: Oui.

FDJ guy: Mind if I have a look?

Fast Phil: Do it while you can because it’ll be blowing past you later.

Marko

Marko lives and rides in the upper midwest of the States, Minnesota specifically. "Cycling territory" and "the midwest" don't usually end up in the same sentence unless the conversation turns to the roots of LeMond, Hampsten, Heiden and Ochowitz. While the pavé and bergs of Flanders are his preferred places to ride, you can usually find him harvesting gravel along forest and farm roads. He owes a lot to Cycling and his greatest contribution to cycling may forever be coining the term Rainbow Turd.

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  • @Cyclops

    Speaking of pimps - I got my new Jawbones today and what with the matching S-Works and Podium shoes... Well, I may not go too fast but I look marvelous doing it.

    Everything was all in line and you looked Fantastic, but those shades you had were awful. Overjoyed you've pulled it together to get the Jawbones. Did you end up going prescription?

  • @Buck Rogers

    @Mikael Liddy

    @Cyclopsbut surely you only wear The V-Kit, no? Whoops, forgot the state champs jersey.

    Actually, we are not allowed to wear The V kit in USAC sanctioned races, are we? Only USAC recognized and registered teams can wear team kits. I have just been wearing my generic cycling outfits in my races so far this year.

    I've been thinking about registering as a team, but haven't made it on my priority list as of yet. If you need something done in order to wear the V-Kit (and you actually want to race in it) let me know and I'll kick it up the list. I'm planning on racing in mine this year as well.

  • @frank

    @Cyclops

    Speaking of pimps - I got my new Jawbones today and what with the matching S-Works and Podium shoes... Well, I may not go too fast but I look marvelous doing it.

    Everything was all in line and you looked Fantastic, but those shades you had were awful. Overjoyed you've pulled it together to get the Jawbones. Did you end up going prescription?

    My eyes are so bad that Oakley can't make Rx to fir me so I'm going with contacts.

  • @Cyclops

    @frank


    @Cyclops

    Speaking of pimps - I got my new Jawbones today and what with the matching S-Works and Podium shoes... Well, I may not go too fast but I look marvelous doing it.

    Everything was all in line and you looked Fantastic, but those shades you had were awful. Overjoyed you've pulled it together to get the Jawbones. Did you end up going prescription?

    My eyes are so bad that Oakley can't make Rx to fir me so I'm going with contacts.

    I'm the same way. Now how the hell am I supposed to spend all those flex dollars?

  • @The Oracle @Cyclops

    Ha, I'm lucky my eyes aren't so bad yet that I can't get Rx sunnies, as I despise putting in contacts.

    I am determined to get new shades this year before summer rolls around, as my current ones let in too much air, and aren't really bike specific. Riddle me this: would it be stupid to have sunglasses with transitions lenses?

    The thing I hate about needing eyeglasses is that summer rides after work can often run past dusk. I then have to remove my sunglasses to see, but now everything more than 10 feet from me is blurry. And I'm certainly not going to carry around another pair of glasses.

    Transition lenses would allow me to continue to wear my sunglasses past dusk with no problems. You normally only see those on regular glasses, however. I've never seen someone with a pair of sports sunglasses that transition.

  • @The Oracle

    @Cyclops


    @frank

    @Cyclops

    Speaking of pimps - I got my new Jawbones today and what with the matching S-Works and Podium shoes... Well, I may not go too fast but I look marvelous doing it.

    Everything was all in line and you looked Fantastic, but those shades you had were awful. Overjoyed you've pulled it together to get the Jawbones. Did you end up going prescription?

    My eyes are so bad that Oakley can't make Rx to fir me so I'm going with contacts.

    I'm the same way. Now how the hell am I supposed to spend all those flex dollars?

    Myself as well. Trust me, the irony of being an eye surgeon who is fellowship trained in cornea and refractive surgery not being able to have refractive surgery (too large a prescritpion with too thin of corneas) is not lost on me.

    Contacts and oakleys for me as well.

  • @frank

    @Buck Rogers


    @Mikael Liddy

    @Cyclopsbut surely you only wear The V-Kit, no? Whoops, forgot the state champs jersey.

    Actually, we are not allowed to wear The V kit in USAC sanctioned races, are we? Only USAC recognized and registered teams can wear team kits. I have just been wearing my generic cycling outfits in my races so far this year.

    I've been thinking about registering as a team, but haven't made it on my priority list as of yet. If you need something done in order to wear The V-Kit (and you actually want to race in it) let me know and I'll kick it up the list. I'm planning on racing in mine this year as well.

    I would wear my V-kit in a second if it was legal in races, without a doubt. Hell, they V kits I have are by far the nicest and best kits I own. Maybe I am paranoid but the regs say that you cannot wear any kit from a team unless it is officially registered with the USAC. Not sure what the process is or if it costs money (probably) but if it was an easy process and free, I would encourage you to do it. But I imagine that's all you need, a little more work on the whole Velominati side of your life!

  • @Buck Rogers
    Yep. that's definitely ironic. And it sucks, to boot.

    Actually, I can see okay without glasses, and I don't use contacts. However, I have a huge contrast between how well my left and right eyes see. One of the lenses in my glasses is very "coke bottle," while the other has hardly any curvature. My understanding is that this difference is the reason why I can't get prescription sunglasses (for reasons that I'm not really smart enough to grasp). Actually, I wouldn't even need them for the daytime; it's when I put in the clear lenses at night (I do a fair amount of riding after dark) that I could use the extra depth perception and lower fatigue that prescription lenses provide.

    @mcsqueak
    Methinks that most sport sunglasses give you a transitions option. Oakley calls them "Photochromic." It looks like you can get them with prescriptions, as well.

  • @The Oracle
    Oracle -I have the exact same problem. My Dad is an Optometrist and I have tried everything and the best so far has been contacts and clear lenses for night time riding. I did get him to grind some lenses to try in my Jawbones and after 20 minutes of riding I pulled over, threw up, then pitched the lenses into the ditch...it was horrible. The curve of the lense combined with my Mr. Magoo prescription was like riding with fish eye lens over one eye and a telescope on the other. Maybe time to kick it like Fignon?

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