It's better to look like a biker...than

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Badger

South) said:

Well I went out and priced some trail bikes and talked over getting fitted and stuff. I almost
popped for a $1200 Trek that was on sale, but need to do more research. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Instead, I got the catalogue and got a nice bike T, and shopped around for bike shorts.

At least now I look like a biker. From a distance. ;-p

I feel ashamed for waffling. Fernando would be proud, though.

At least you did things in the right order, from a Systems Analysis angle: get the software that
does what you need; then get the hardware to support the software.

Sooner or later you're going to want pockets. I often wear cutoffs[*] over bike shorts, but the
pockets can't contain much, otherwise they hang out and slap against my thighs like filled colostomy
bags. Jersey rear pockets are wonderfully convenient and capacious. Wallets aren't as apt to fall
out of them as some people think. And you can bend over without having your reading glasses fall out
of your shirt pocket.

Anyhow, you've made a start, and that's the important thing. Now, how about getting the
damn bike :-)

cheers, Tom

[*] nice, soft, non-seamy gabardine ones made from a pair of hospital employee pants that I sorta
liberated.

--
-- Powered by FreeBSD Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn
[point] bc [point] ca

In article <[email hidden]>, "David L. Johnson"

Quoted message said:

Tom Keats said:

Jersey rear pockets are wonderfully convenient and capacious. Wallets aren't as apt to fall out
of them as some people think.

Not so clear. I've had my wallet fall out of my jersey twice now. One time, a passing motorist
noticed it and picked it up to give it back to me, the other time another cyclist did. I was lucky
both times.

Jeez, I've never had that happen. And I make frequent, worry-wart feel-checks to make sure it's
still there.

Maybe it has to do with my riding a more upright-positioned MTB. If you're down in the drops, I can
see stuff scootin' forward outa the pockets if ya hit the binders hard.

cheers, Tom

--
-- Powered by FreeBSD Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn
[point] bc [point] ca

In article said:

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Badger

South) said:

Instead, I got the catalogue and got a nice bike T, and shopped around for bike shorts.

At least now I look like a biker. From a distance. ;-p

I feel ashamed for waffling. Fernando would be proud, though.

At least you did things in the right order, from a Systems Analysis angle: get the software that
does what you need; then get the hardware to support the software.

I feel better, especially since I had a killer ride in my jersey with the little swoosh emblem and a
small nalgene bottle in the rear pockets.

I was wearing a ratty cotton tank top, under a raincoat.

Quoted message said:

cutoffs[*] over bike shorts, but the pockets can't contain much, otherwise they hang out and slap
against my thighs like filled colostomy bags. Jersey rear pockets are wonderfully convenient

You have a way with words...yecch! ;-)

Quoted message said:

and capacious. Wallets aren't as apt to fall out of them as some people think. And you can bend
over without having your reading glasses fall out of your shirt pocket.

Anyhow, you've made a start, and that's the important thing. Now, how about getting the
damn bike :-)

I'm entering the anticipatory phase. I believe the FAQ says I should draw this out as long
as possible.

Quoted message said:

cheers, Tom

[*] nice, soft, non-seamy gabardine ones made from a pair of hospital employee pants that I sorta
liberated.

That "Vancouver General Hospital" stamp across the butt is haute couture.

Tanks fer de encourage-mounte' ;-)

-B
--
Email Replies to johnson<nospm>01j <att> ntelos <dott> net

Tom Keats said:

Jersey rear pockets are wonderfully convenient and capacious. Wallets aren't as apt to fall out of
them as some people think.

Not so clear. I've had my wallet fall out of my jersey twice now. One time, a passing motorist
noticed it and picked it up to give it back to me, the other time another cyclist did. I was lucky
both times.

--

David L. Johnson

__o | The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're _`\(,_ | still a rat. --Lilly
Tomlin (_)/ (_) |

In article said:

Tom Keats said:

Jersey rear pockets are wonderfully convenient and capacious. Wallets aren't as apt to fall out
of them as some people think.

Not so clear. I've had my wallet fall out of my jersey twice now. One time, a passing motorist
noticed it and picked it up to give it back to me, the other time another cyclist did. I was lucky
both times.

--

David L. Johnson

__o | The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're _`\(,_ | still a rat. --Lilly
Tomlin (_)/ (_) |

Maybe get some velcro strips and make one pocket a velcro seal?

That's my plan. You can stitch 'em in if you buy your wife a preysant, she might help you with the
technical parts: osculating the filament and engaging the auger...

-B

--
Email Replies to johnson<nospm>01j <att> ntelos <dott> net

In article <[email hidden]>,=20 [email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 16:47:38 +0000, Tom Keats wrote:
=20

Quoted message said:

=A0Jersey rear pockets are wonderfully convenient and capacious. Wallets aren't as ap=

t

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

to fall out of them as some people think. =20

=20
Not so clear. I've had my wallet fall out of my jersey twice now. One time, a passing motorist
noticed it and picked it up to give it back to me, the other time another cyclist did. I was lucky
both times.

Hmmm. I've NEVER had my wallet fall out of mine. Do you maybe ride=20 with your back flat (parallel
to the pavement) so that gravity doesn't=20 help keep the wallet in place? Or is it when you go
over a bump?

--=20 Dave Kerber Fight spam: remove the ns_ from the return address before replying!

REAL programmers write self-modifying code.

In article <[email hidden]>, "David L. Johnson"

Quoted message said:

Tom Keats said:

Jersey rear pockets are wonderfully convenient and capacious. Wallets aren't as apt to fall out
of them as some people think.

Not so clear. I've had my wallet fall out of my jersey twice now. One time, a passing motorist
noticed it and picked it up to give it back to me, the other time another cyclist did. I was lucky
both times.

Dear Professor:

It is obvious from the above that Lehigh is paying you far to much!

Hahahahahah. Yeah, right.

HAND

--
³Freedom Is a Light for Which Many Have Died in Darkness³

- Tomb of the unknown - American Revolution

Get a grip! Wrap a couple fat rubber bands around your wallet. It won't slip around. bob

"H. M. Leary" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, "David L. Johnson"

Quoted message said:

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 16:47:38 +0000, Tom Keats wrote:

I've had my wallet fall out of my jersey twice now.