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Paul_MCMLIX

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Came across a dandy alternative to expensive cycling jerseys the other
day. Places that specialise in work clothes have those fluro orange or
yellow polo shirts that the council and roadwork blokes wear...for about
a third of the price of a cycling jersey. Also available in larger sizes
for cyclists who aren't quite within the average range. No pockets in
the back, but a viable option I thought.



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On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 18:10:12 +0950, Paul_MCMLIX wrote:

> Came across a dandy alternative to expensive cycling jerseys the other
> day. Places that specialise in work clothes have those fluro orange or
> yellow polo shirts that the council and roadwork blokes wear...for about
> a third of the price of a cycling jersey. Also available in larger sizes
> for cyclists who aren't quite within the average range. No pockets in
> the back, but a viable option I thought.


They come in long sleeves too.

-kt
 
"Paul_MCMLIX" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Came across a dandy alternative to expensive cycling jerseys the other
> day. Places that specialise in work clothes have those fluro orange or
> yellow polo shirts that the council and roadwork blokes wear...for about
> a third of the price of a cycling jersey. Also available in larger sizes
> for cyclists who aren't quite within the average range. No pockets in
> the back, but a viable option I thought.


The only reason I wear a jersey is for the pockets on the back! :)
That and promoting my LBS.

Any time I don't require the pockets, i.e. commuting, when
I carry a backpack, I wear the dreaded "T-SHIRT". Only
1/10th of the price of an average jersey too ;-)

Yes, yes I know all about their non-wicking properties and
how everyone but me seems to think they are evil for riding
in, but tough! They are cheap and work fine when pockets
aren't needed. Oh, I wear white ones.. fluoro went out with
the 80's...

hippy
Not a retro-grouch, just a grouch ;-)
 
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 01:01:38 +1000, hippy wrote:


> ... fluoro went out with
> the 80's...


So I guess my "Choose Life" t-shirt is out too then ;)
 
In article <[email protected]>, Paul_MCMLIX wrote:
> Came across a dandy alternative to expensive cycling jerseys the other
> day. Places that specialise in work clothes have those fluro orange or
> yellow polo shirts that the council and roadwork blokes wear...for about
> a third of the price of a cycling jersey. Also available in larger sizes
> for cyclists who aren't quite within the average range. No pockets in
> the back, but a viable option I thought.
>


If your in Melbourne there is a story on Sydeny road called Episode
which stocks 2nd hand jerseys I got my three from there from about $15
each.

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Right up there with the heat sensitive ones that change colour ;-)

Rob

>So I guess my "Choose Life" t-shirt is out too then ;)
 

> Yes, yes I know all about their non-wicking properties and
> how everyone but me seems to think they are evil for riding
> in, but tough! They are cheap and work fine when pockets
> aren't needed. Oh, I wear white ones.. fluoro went out with
> the 80's...
>


Same. I don't care what people say about the wicking properties. Most of
the time I am going to wear a t-shirt. Although I reckon you should not
worry about style when it comes to visibility. I still wear fluoro. :)

I reckon if I wore one of those multi coloured clown wigs over my helmet
then I would be seen by most people. :). Laughing and pointing does not
bother me. Getting hit does.

Pete
 
"John Doe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Same. I don't care what people say about the wicking properties.

Most of
> the time I am going to wear a t-shirt. Although I reckon you should

not
> worry about style when it comes to visibility. I still wear fluoro.

:)

Oh, I look just as daggy in my crusty whites..
I just don't have any fluoro - It's jealousy on
my part, pure and simple :)

Is fluoro really more visible than pure white?
What about at night or in full daylight - which
is better?

hippy
 

> Is fluoro really more visible than pure white?
> What about at night or in full daylight - which
> is better?
>
> hippy
>


Crikey, You going to blow my false sense of security here! :)

To tell you the truth I don't really know. I would have guessed that fluoro
was going to be more visible. I mean I notice when someone has a really
bright shirt but not really white. Thats just subjective though. I am sure
someone might know a little more.

Pete
 
hippy wrote:
>
> :)
>
> Oh, I look just as daggy in my crusty whites..
> I just don't have any fluoro - It's jealousy on
> my part, pure and simple :)
>
> Is fluoro really more visible than pure white?
> What about at night or in full daylight - which
> is better?
>
> hippy
>
>

I'm guessing pure white would reflect a greater amount of light, but
fluoro is an unnatural/uncommon colour that gets peoples attention.
 
These fluro jobbies from the safety shop are about $25-30,they are also SPF
50+ and 100% Micromesh Polyester,I believe its the same material stuff as
the real deal jerseys.

I have a few left over from my postie days,very light material,have cut the
arms off one long sleeve to make 'back' pockets for the others.

Be safe,be seen thats what I say.................


"kingsley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 18:10:12 +0950, Paul_MCMLIX wrote:
>
> > Came across a dandy alternative to expensive cycling jerseys the other
> > day. Places that specialise in work clothes have those fluro orange or
> > yellow polo shirts that the council and roadwork blokes wear...for about
> > a third of the price of a cycling jersey. Also available in larger sizes
> > for cyclists who aren't quite within the average range. No pockets in
> > the back, but a viable option I thought.

>
> They come in long sleeves too.
>
> -kt



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fluoro works by converting ultra violet light into visible light
(fluorescing) its MUCH more visible in twilight and when its cloudy,
compared to white stuff, because the ratio of uv to visible light is
much higher then.

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 04:31:48 GMT, "hippy"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>"John Doe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Same. I don't care what people say about the wicking properties.

>Most of
>> the time I am going to wear a t-shirt. Although I reckon you should

>not
>> worry about style when it comes to visibility. I still wear fluoro.

>:)
>
>Oh, I look just as daggy in my crusty whites..
>I just don't have any fluoro - It's jealousy on
>my part, pure and simple :)
>
>Is fluoro really more visible than pure white?
>What about at night or in full daylight - which
>is better?
>
>hippy
>
 
Paul_MCMLIX wrote:
> Came across a dandy alternative to expensive cycling jerseys the other
> day. Places that specialise in work clothes have those fluro orange or
> yellow polo shirts that the council and roadwork blokes wear...for about
> a third of the price of a cycling jersey. Also available in larger sizes
> for cyclists who aren't quite within the average range. No pockets in
> the back, but a viable option I thought.




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Spider1977 <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Paul_MCMLIX wrote:
> > Came across a dandy alternative to expensive cycling jerseys the other
> > day. Places that specialise in work clothes have those fluro orange or
> > yellow polo shirts that the council and roadwork blokes wear...for about
> > a third of the price of a cycling jersey. Also available in larger sizes
> > for cyclists who aren't quite within the average range. No pockets in
> > the back, but a viable option I thought.

>
>
>
> I have trouble finding a place to put the shovel


You are meant to lean on it ;-)

Rob
 
Arpit <[email protected]> wrote in
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> luoro works by converting ultra violet light into visible light
> (fluorescing) its MUCH more visible in twilight and when its cloudy,
> compared to white stuff, because the ratio of uv to visible light is
> much higher then.
>


It sounds like much of the stuff this thread has mentioned isn't really
fluoro, but "day-glow" i.e. eye pokingly bright colours. Apparently it is
incredibly difficult (impossible?) to get true fluoro into the fibres they
make the cloth from and even if they could the effective life span is
pretty short.

Don't take my word for it though, this is from discussions with a friend
who runs a business making outdoor/industrial clothing including hi-vis
jackets.

Cheers,

Graeme
 
I stand corrected...whatever the stuff is called, I just meant 'really
bright stick-out-like-dogbally stuff' that decreases the chance of you
getting skittled by a semi...



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"Paul_MCMLIX" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I stand corrected...whatever the stuff is called, I just meant 'really
> bright stick-out-like-dogbally stuff' that decreases the chance of you
> getting skittled by a semi...


But insects are attracted to bright things...

hippy
;-)
 
Graeme wrote:
>
> Arpit <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > luoro works by converting ultra violet light into visible light
> > (fluorescing) its MUCH more visible in twilight and when its cloudy,
> > compared to white stuff, because the ratio of uv to visible light is
> > much higher then.
> >

>
> It sounds like much of the stuff this thread has mentioned isn't really
> fluoro, but "day-glow" i.e. eye pokingly bright colours. Apparently it is
> incredibly difficult (impossible?) to get true fluoro into the fibres they
> make the cloth from and even if they could the effective life span is
> pretty short.


Graeme, I respectfully differ on both points you make.

* As far as I know, "day-glow", aka "dae-glo" (or something similar)
coloured pigments are the same as what are now called fluoro colours.
They were called "day-glow" because, as arpit wrote, the pigments picked
up UV but reflected it in the visible spectrum, hence "glowed" in
"daylight".
Bright pigment colour dyed clothes, like my dear old bright red wool
jumper that has kept me so on-bike warm for so many years (mostly under
fluoro gear, tho) are very visible compared to more subdued pigment
colour dyed clothes like your Japara or black Levis, but they are simply
not as visible as fluoro colours.
Consider a rainbow tie-dyed t-shirt v your standard fluoro yellow Netti
shower-resistent zip-up top. The Grateful Dead fan's t-shirt's
pigment's yellow (whew! s'o man'y a'postrophe's!) would reflect back the
(less whatever amount that isn't reflected but absorbed, and changed
from light energy to heat, or (umm.. guessing here) entropy in the form
of fading or denaturing the pigment and/or fabric in technical formulas
that we just ain't concerned with here) R:254, G:254, B:0 and similar
wavelengths of the sunlight that falls on it. The Netti top, however,
reflects back the R:254, G:254, B:0 spectrum light and similar
wavelengths, PLUS the UV converted to visible light from similar
wavelengths.
What I mean is, a garment dyed with bright yellow pigments is not as
visible as a garment dyed with bright yellow pigments that also take UV
light and reflect them yellow wavelength light.

* I forgot to take my yellow sunnies to lawlib today... now, how the
feck does that work? How does blocking out a whole lot of the spectrum
with yellow lenses make things more visible at night or in low light
conditions? OK, so yellow lenses make things look more sunny (even tho
fine day daylight peaks on the blue end of the spectrum) on rainy days,
but at night, too? What is the deal with that?

Ahem.

I forgot to take my yellow sunnies to lawlib today, and (as I would
have, anyway) took the long way back home in growing twilight. As the
sun set, I noticed that my:
- 8 years old fluoro yellow socks;
- 5 years old Netti rain-jacket; and,
- 11 years old, fabric-wise, and home-made, fluoro thermafleece jacket
were fluorescing their little hearts, if garments have hearts, out.
Most of above-mentioned garments are very faded. But they still seemed
to catch the sunset UV, and do their dayglo thing.
Moreover, whenever I'm wearing my bike gear and take a / in inner city
public toilets lit with UV lights (so that... well, y'all know why there
lit like that), my ancient kit nevertheless lights up like a Christmas
Tree.

>
> "Paul_MCMLIX" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I stand corrected...whatever the stuff is called, I just meant 'really
> > bright stick-out-like-dogbally stuff' that decreases the chance of you
> > getting skittled by a semi...


I think that
>
> But insects are attracted to bright things...
>
> hippy
> ;-)


And to hippy:
Yeep!
Do you have scary moments when you walk your bike out the door to ride
to work, and all the bees in the front garden decide that you are far
more interesting than the petals they bin bzzzing at?
Apparently, many flowers have UV-light-only pigmentation, because bees'
vision is in a shifted spectrum to us vertebrates. Or something.

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p
 
Fred Nieman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Graeme wrote:


[chopped entertaining read]

> Moreover, whenever I'm wearing my bike gear and take a / in inner city
> public toilets lit with UV lights (so that... well, y'all know why there
> lit like that), my ancient kit nevertheless lights up like a Christmas
> Tree.


actually, why are some public toilets lit like that? I've heard that it's
so that it's harder to shoot up, but is it really?


>
>>
>> "Paul_MCMLIX" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > I stand corrected...whatever the stuff is called, I just meant 'really
>> > bright stick-out-like-dogbally stuff' that decreases the chance of you
>> > getting skittled by a semi...

>
> I think that
>>
>> But insects are attracted to bright things...
>>
>> hippy
>> ;-)

>
> And to hippy:
> Yeep!
> Do you have scary moments when you walk your bike out the door to ride
> to work, and all the bees in the front garden decide that you are far
> more interesting than the petals they bin bzzzing at?
> Apparently, many flowers have UV-light-only pigmentation, because bees'
> vision is in a shifted spectrum to us vertebrates. Or something.
>
> *** (to a.b all)
>
> p


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eug k wrote:
>
> Fred Nieman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Graeme wrote:

>
> [chopped entertaining read]


Thanks from both of us (probably]!
>
> > Moreover, whenever I'm wearing my bike gear and take a / in inner city
> > public toilets lit with UV lights (so that... well, y'all know why there
> > lit like that), my ancient kit nevertheless lights up like a Christmas
> > Tree.

>
> actually, why are some public toilets lit like that? I've heard that it's
> so that it's harder to shoot up, but is it really?


Yep, 's why, AFAIK. It think it got a wee flurry in the media (oops -
no pun intended) a while ago. Just means you have to draw where to hit
up in biro before you go in - tho I notice some of the UV tubes at in
the loo on the west of Flinders St have been replaced with conventional
ones. (I'll bet that it was a nice idea at the time, but now it's too
expensive top replace them.)
Either that or it's designed to validate us "be loud, be proud" types.
>
> >

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