Let's face it: long socks are pointless
08-22-16, 02:28 PM
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08-22-16, 02:42 PM
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08-22-16, 03:50 PM
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Maybe they got the answer they were looking for. Just because they don't post a lot means little.
Has the presidential race made so many into nervous nellies?
Really, trolls are in the eye of the beholder or often are confused with the lawn gnomes that get placed so as to stare at the wooden board painted like grandma's lower end in a polkadotted dress bent over in the garden...how whimsical and naughty.
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08-22-16, 04:18 PM
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08-22-16, 04:19 PM
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I'm referring to the typical pro sock. I know they have different lengths.
If I was a pro cyclist and my team manager handed me a pair of 3" cuffs I'd be urged to ask him what the benefits are. Logically it makes zero sense.
Now if people want to talk about compression socks that's another thread itself.
If I was a pro cyclist and my team manager handed me a pair of 3" cuffs I'd be urged to ask him what the benefits are. Logically it makes zero sense.
Now if people want to talk about compression socks that's another thread itself.
The long socks you're talking about are 3"?
Huh...
Now that I think about it, I sometimes wear tall wool ski socks with knickers in winter.
Warm, but can be pulled down if the temps go up.
08-22-16, 06:01 PM
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No, more than that. However my transition are faster than most. In fact last month I came in 6th place but my transition was faster than the 5 places that came in before me. The winner in my age group averaged 24.7 on the bike, I only averaged 22.6 on the short 12 mile bike course. However his bike to run transition was 38 seconds slower than me
Back in the 80s and early 90s I was pretty competitive in triathlons, then stopped. Three years ago when I turned 50 I participated in a half ironman triathlon, then stopped training again. This is my first year back, and no stopping til I can ride no more........with no socks.
Back in the 80s and early 90s I was pretty competitive in triathlons, then stopped. Three years ago when I turned 50 I participated in a half ironman triathlon, then stopped training again. This is my first year back, and no stopping til I can ride no more........with no socks.
08-22-16, 07:10 PM
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No, more than that. However my transition are faster than most. In fact last month I came in 6th place but my transition was faster than the 5 places that came in before me. The winner in my age group averaged 24.7 on the bike, I only averaged 22.6 on the short 12 mile bike course. However his bike to run transition was 38 seconds slower than me
Back in the 80s and early 90s I was pretty competitive in triathlons, then stopped. Three years ago when I turned 50 I participated in a half ironman triathlon, then stopped training again. This is my first year back, and no stopping til I can ride no more........with no socks.
Back in the 80s and early 90s I was pretty competitive in triathlons, then stopped. Three years ago when I turned 50 I participated in a half ironman triathlon, then stopped training again. This is my first year back, and no stopping til I can ride no more........with no socks.
08-22-16, 07:15 PM
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Long socks are cool. Under Armours in bright orange or pink, or lime green is even better. A combo of all three would be sublime.
Makes you faster too.
Makes you faster too.
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08-22-16, 07:46 PM
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08-22-16, 07:57 PM
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08-22-16, 08:16 PM
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Under 60 degrees I do a ls jersey. Under 55 I do gloves. Under 40 I do knickers and thermal top with ski gloves... and wool knee high socks... ...but I don't do under 40... I ride after lunch in the winter.
08-22-16, 08:23 PM
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And a biathlon is a perfectly good cross country skiing jaunt interrupted my target shooting.
No wait, target shooting is the fun part.
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08-22-16, 08:25 PM
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What was the question, I saw noodle soup and made a sandwich.
Long socks are not pointless, you can filter more coffee grinds.
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08-22-16, 08:50 PM
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08-23-16, 05:38 AM
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Yes pretty much all the time, as I mentioned in my sig.
I rather enjoy it, thanks. I couldn't stand flip flops though, why put something completely useless on your feet? I suppose if you needed to go into somewhere that required footwear after/during the ride and you had no bag on the bike to stash em.
Running, cycling, hiking... plenty have lost toenails, got blisters, besides just usual sweaty feet, because of shoes. At nearly every single race I've ever done, mountain I've climbed, my bare feet have been in better shape that my friends wearing shoes, albeit a bit more dirty (big deal). 
First century ride barefoot:
First 3 day trip barefoot:
Sorry for the contradictory t-shirt there, most all my shirts are from running races. I won first place in that 10k the shirt is from though, barefoot.
I lost a toenail wearing shoes and socks: https://www.bikeforums.net/long-dista...mile-ride.html
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First century ride barefoot:
First 3 day trip barefoot:
Sorry for the contradictory t-shirt there, most all my shirts are from running races. I won first place in that 10k the shirt is from though, barefoot.
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08-23-16, 06:27 AM
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Yes pretty much all the time, as I mentioned in my sig.
I rather enjoy it, thanks. I couldn't stand flip flops though, why put something completely useless on your feet? I suppose if you needed to go into somewhere that required footwear after/during the ride and you had no bag on the bike to stash em.
Running, cycling, hiking... plenty have lost toenails, got blisters, besides just usual sweaty feet, because of shoes. At nearly every single race I've ever done, mountain I've climbed, my bare feet have been in better shape that my friends wearing shoes, albeit a bit more dirty (big deal).
First century ride barefoot:
First 3 day trip barefoot:
Sorry for the contradictory t-shirt there, most all my shirts are from running races. I won first place in that 10k the shirt is from though, barefoot.
I rather enjoy it, thanks. I couldn't stand flip flops though, why put something completely useless on your feet? I suppose if you needed to go into somewhere that required footwear after/during the ride and you had no bag on the bike to stash em.
Running, cycling, hiking... plenty have lost toenails, got blisters, besides just usual sweaty feet, because of shoes. At nearly every single race I've ever done, mountain I've climbed, my bare feet have been in better shape that my friends wearing shoes, albeit a bit more dirty (big deal).
First century ride barefoot:
First 3 day trip barefoot:
Sorry for the contradictory t-shirt there, most all my shirts are from running races. I won first place in that 10k the shirt is from though, barefoot.
This could easily be it's own thread.
(I have signatures turned off. Sorry if the answer is in yours.)
08-23-16, 06:50 AM
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Ergon PC2 is my main pedal I have on a couple bikes, and for a more polished look on my old steel bikes I also have V.O. Grand Cru Sabot pedals (I left the studs on one side of the pedals and removed from the other). I am in the process of trying to make a whole foot sized custom pedal too, for less strain on the plantar fascia and other underfoot ligaments and tendons.
And I don't really suggest it to anyone, I'm not evangelist, just chiming in with what I do, and that it works just fine.
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08-23-16, 06:54 AM
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Yeah don't want to go on too big of a tangent, but I suppose the thread is already played out.
Ergon PC2 is my main pedal I have on a couple bikes, and for a more polished look on my old steel bikes I also have V.O. Grand Cru Sabot pedals (I left the studs on one side of the pedals and removed from the other). I am in the process of trying to make a whole foot sized custom pedal too, for less strain on the plantar fascia and other underfoot ligaments and tendons.
Ergon PC2 is my main pedal I have on a couple bikes, and for a more polished look on my old steel bikes I also have V.O. Grand Cru Sabot pedals (I left the studs on one side of the pedals and removed from the other). I am in the process of trying to make a whole foot sized custom pedal too, for less strain on the plantar fascia and other underfoot ligaments and tendons.
Just curious.
08-23-16, 07:21 AM
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Ok, I'm going to commit a cardinal sin here and comment without having read the whole thread, so forgive me if I'm restating a point already made, but...
Who the hell said "long" (3"? Really?) socks had any sort of benefit in the first place? Or even a point for that matter? How can they be pointless if no one had initially posited that a point should be present for your choice in socks? Why are you concerned with the length of other people's socks? You mentioned they are usually faster than you. How about you just work on being faster and stop worrying about socks?
Also, the problem with the "Fred" label is that no one can agree on the exact definition. There seems to be a lot of overlap with fred/poseur/nu-fred. That being said, I don't think you're allowed to call someone a fred for their sock length when you can't even commit to properly shaving your legs. Just saying.
Who the hell said "long" (3"? Really?) socks had any sort of benefit in the first place? Or even a point for that matter? How can they be pointless if no one had initially posited that a point should be present for your choice in socks? Why are you concerned with the length of other people's socks? You mentioned they are usually faster than you. How about you just work on being faster and stop worrying about socks?
Also, the problem with the "Fred" label is that no one can agree on the exact definition. There seems to be a lot of overlap with fred/poseur/nu-fred. That being said, I don't think you're allowed to call someone a fred for their sock length when you can't even commit to properly shaving your legs. Just saying.
08-23-16, 07:34 AM
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08-23-16, 07:48 AM
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08-23-16, 08:06 AM
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