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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 01-13-23, 01:02 PM
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Good socks = no toe jam = less weight.
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But, those are the things that get others to stop and talk to us.

I don’t wave when I ride. I’m in the danger zone.



*Whispers*. Danger zone.
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Old 01-13-23, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Good socks = no toe jam = less weight.


toe jam is the least of my problems.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Do aero socks get lost in the laundry as much as regular socks?

I bought a 3-pack of Saucony wool socks last year and now I only have one pair. Pretty bad attrition rate there.
I have yet to lose a cycling sock, but that could be because I don't toss them in the dryer, but rather just hang them to dry with the rest of my kit. I kinda wish I could lose some of the older ones, but I guess they work for indoor cycling.
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Originally Posted by thin_concrete
When socks have any appreciable impact on my cycling, you’ll know I’m doping.
The most noticeable impact socks have ever had on my cycling is the pair of thick-ish wool socks on cooler days. They work a treat.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
The most noticeable impact socks have ever had on my cycling is the pair of thick-ish wool socks on cooler days. They work a treat.
I can't imagine having anything but wool on my feet, any time of year.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
But, those are the things that get others to stop and talk to us.
Who's going to stop? The monster truck driver spewing a black cloud in my face?
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I can't imagine having anything but wool on my feet, any time of year.
No imagination then.
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Old 01-13-23, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Who's going to stop? The monster truck driver spewing a black cloud in my face?
In your case, likely nobody. I presume.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
In your case, likely nobody. I presume.
Knovillians go kinda crazy for 2007 Treks, I'm pretty sure.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
You're wearing a puffy shirt for the pic? Cool!
Are those knitting needles coming out of his hat? Like the Steve Martin arrow. The kid's got a sense of humor.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Knovillians go kinda crazy for 2007 Treks, I'm pretty sure.
My sole goal regarding human interaction while riding is to not get run over.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I can't imagine having anything but wool on my feet, any time of year.
True for me when I lived in sock country. I no longer do, but still it's wool when I put any on.
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And another great one!. Quite cool. So much so that I didn't work up a sweat, over 22 miles. A less serious cyclist would have stayed back for threat of rain. I wanted to take my rain jacket but couldn't find it, of course. Everything I touch lately disappears.
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize2
True for me when I lived in sock country.
???
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
But, those are the things that
show off how much money we make spend on cycling toys.
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Grandmother popped positive at the rehab place for her cracked kneecap. Asymptomatic, but no one has any idea when she got it so whether she's fine or just getting started.

Also, she's down six pounds since arrival, and that's starting from under 100.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Grandmother popped positive at the rehab place for her cracked kneecap.
What's the treatment for a cracked kneecap?
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
show off how much money we make spend on cycling toys.
He who dies with the most toys wins, right?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
My sole goal regarding human interaction while riding is to not get run over.
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize2
True for me when I lived in sock country. I no longer do, but still it's wool when I put any on.
Reminds me of underrated comic masterpiece, Freaked. Sockman is awesome.

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Originally Posted by genejockey
The most noticeable impact socks have ever had on my cycling is the pair of thick-ish wool socks on cooler days. They work a treat.
If it’s ever cold enough to where I need wool socks, I’ll probably be in the basement Zwifting away. If I am outside riding, I probably have my ski sock on and my long bibs.

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I can't imagine having anything but wool on my feet, any time of year.
Okay Mr. Fancypants.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
True. The whole world is out to get me.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
True. The whole world is out to get me.
I understand.
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