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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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Beers says:

Dec 6 2015 at 6:28 pm

@frank

@tessar

@frank

If the story of Goldilocks was based on you, it’d be all wrong. ‘Just Right’ in sock-length means it near-touches the calf muscle.

Oh for fucks sake, what are you on about?

Who are you, Brad Wiggins? Goldilocks means it comes just over the narrowest part of the ankle.

Is this a 3 inch or 5 inch cuff? I can never tell...
wilburrox says:

Dec 7 2015 at 4:44 am

@Chipomark >>> ...she hasn't spoiled her legs by riding a bike too much. <<< Huh ?

@girl >>> ...surely cycling shaped legs would be appreciated. <<< For sure !
Chipomarc says:

Dec 7 2015 at 8:48 am

@wilburrox

@Chipomark >>> …she hasn’t spoiled her legs by riding a bike too much. <<< Huh ?

@girl >>> …surely cycling shaped legs would be appreciated. <<< For sure !

Yea, I guess I came off a bit like an asshole with that post.

Just was meaning to say some guys like Donald Trump and me prefer thin model type legs when used in product promotion photos.

I'll keep my future posts away from that kind of thing.
chuckp says:

Dec 7 2015 at 10:46 am

Frank is but a dilettante punter. Now, this is a REAL punter:

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/watch-rider-celebrates-going-past-a-speed-camera-and-falls-off-202899
pistard says:

Dec 7 2015 at 9:03 pm

@Chipomarc

Just was meaning to say some guys like Donald Trump and me prefer thin model type legs when used in product promotion photos.

Not to pile on, but Victoria Pendleton could model anything and I'd buy it (Stella McCartney designed the GB 2012 kit, FWIY):
Chipomarc says:

Dec 7 2015 at 9:14 pm

@pistard

@Chipomarc

Just was meaning to say some guys like Donald Trump and me prefer thin model type legs when used in product promotion photos.

Not to pile on, but Victoria Pendleton could model anything and I’d buy it (Stella McCartney designed the GB 2012 kit, FWIY):

Agree with you on that, but sadly the professional model world is more on the anorexic look.
girl says:

Dec 7 2015 at 9:18 pm

@pistard

@Chipomarc

Just was meaning to say some guys like Donald Trump and me prefer thin model type legs when used in product promotion photos.

Not to pile on, but Victoria Pendleton could model anything and I’d buy it (Stella McCartney designed the GB 2012 kit, FWIY):

You are not piling on, you make an excellent point.

'Piling on' would be addressing the reference to 'Donald Trump and me.'
RobSandy says:

Dec 8 2015 at 1:19 am

@pistard

@Chipomarc

Just was meaning to say some guys like Donald Trump and me prefer thin model type legs when used in product promotion photos.

Not to pile on, but Victoria Pendleton could model anything and I’d buy it (Stella McCartney designed the GB 2012 kit, FWIY):

Sorry, what is this post about? I got distracted.

I miss watching Vicky tear it up on the track, she was outstanding.

But should have walked away with 3 golds at her last Olympics instead of 1...
davidlhill says:

Dec 8 2015 at 5:25 am

@girl

@pistard

@Chipomarc

Just was meaning to say some guys like Donald Trump and me prefer thin model type legs when used in product promotion photos.

Not to pile on, but Victoria Pendleton could model anything and I’d buy it (Stella McCartney designed the GB 2012 kit, FWIY):

You are not piling on, you make an excellent point.

‘Piling on’ would be addressing the reference to ‘Donald Trump and me.’

The legs on the cyclist mounting her bike in the lead photo of the "Study in Casually Deliberate: Starting" are none too shabby either......
RobSandy says:

Dec 8 2015 at 8:22 am

@Mikael Liddy

@RobSandy

@frank

@Craigyboywonder

Sounds like the company understands exactly how shit their product is.

Saw them with a decent review in Cycling Weekly, and for £15 I thought they were worth a go. They were so full of holes halfway my first and only ride with them they let the water in anyway. I must admit I was in some doubt about whether they’d work, and am not astonished to find that the answer is that they, in fact, don’t.

If they had lasted through that first ride, you likely would have cleaned them off on your return home, thereby removing the powdery residue that is key to keeping the latex from sticking to itself, and ensuring that if you tried to use them again it would take nearly 15 minutes to get half way near getting them on…or so I’ve heard.

I know Apple catches some (well deserved) shit for their inbuilt obsolescence within iProducts, but to design a product as single use & then sell it at that price takes a fair bit of gall.

The postscript to my Velotoze story is that I wrote an email to the shop stating my concern that the product was full of holes after one ride...so they are sending me another pair free of charge!

Now I shall have 2 pairs of the fuckers. I'll save one for TTing.