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The Punter

Socks over the booties? Please say it ain't so.

They say you can measure the quality of a man’s character by his ability to admit when he’s wrong. That in itself seems wrong, since it would obviously be better to be right in the first place, but I’m probably missing the point because I’m Dutch and everyone knows Dutch people are 97% more righter 84% of the time than the rest of the world.

I must confess to a certain hubris when it comes to kitting up for a ride; I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I’ve gotten accustomed to making good decisions about what to wear and how to wear it. But today I strayed from the path: my socks were carefully and deliberately pulled out over the tops of my overshoes. Not only is it the most concrete evidence that my socks are too long, it looked like I had two orange gaskets stuck to my ankles. Not to mention that this resulted in only a tiny amount of my shins being exposed between my knee warmers and socks.

Sometimes we must stray from the Path in order to understand where it lies; today I have wandered far indeed but have found my way back. Do not lose faith and always seek to return to the Path.

VLVV.

frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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Mikael Liddy says:

Dec 1 2015 at 5:47 pm

@frank

@Haldy

Do it in the 53×17 like a proper punter.

or at least stage a photo so it looks like you tackled it in the big dog.
Mikael Liddy says:

Dec 1 2015 at 5:48 pm

@frank

@Haldy

Here’s @Brett and @Rigid krushing it last April. Man, Bretto was on form that week – look at him kill that thing!

new bike stoke will do that to a man
frank says:

Dec 1 2015 at 5:49 pm

@Mikael Liddy

This.

@Mikael Liddy

And this.
Haldy says:

Dec 1 2015 at 5:53 pm

@frank

@Mikael Liddy

This.

@Mikael Liddy

And this.

Ummm...are you silently swearing at him...flipping him off...forgetting to attach a file..? Give us a bone here man!
Jay says:

Dec 1 2015 at 6:29 pm

I see no problem with the photo. In fact the colors are complementary. You could have just said: "I meant to do that".
Barracuda says:

Dec 1 2015 at 6:40 pm

@Mikael Liddy

@frank

@Haldy

Do it in the 53×17 like a proper punter.

or at least stage a photo so it looks like you tackled it in the big dog.

Capacity crowd gathered too !
pistard says:

Dec 1 2015 at 6:56 pm

In truly wet weather, socks or tights that extend above waterproof booties are only going to wick the rain in. I'd rather have dry feet and bare calves.

I've occasionally resorted to the gaskets @frank may be alluding to -- cut-up dishwashing gloves -- but they only come in hideous shades of yellow, pink and baby blue.
EBruner says:

Dec 1 2015 at 7:18 pm

@frank

Yeah, I pretty much figured I would get that response. Cheers.
frank says:

Dec 1 2015 at 7:21 pm

@Haldy

@frank

@Haldy

Do it in the 53×17 like a proper punter.

I knew you were going to rub it in and post that pic!! Chapeau!

Or this one:
Mikael Liddy says:

Dec 1 2015 at 7:23 pm

@Haldy

@frank

@Mikael Liddy

This.

@Mikael Liddy

And this.

Ummm…are you silently swearing at him…flipping him off…forgetting to attach a file..? Give us a bone here man!

I'd like to think he was confirming my correctness on both counts.