Re: [RBW] Re: Wind, fixed gears, drop bars, and old ladies, nice and nasty

2019-04-04 Thread Patrick Moore
I was once wearing a similar costume on a morning multi-modal commute -- wool knicks, wool sox, wool jersey (actually, Rivendell Wooly Warm cycling sweater over wool jersey), wool cycling cap, and twee little Vittoria sheepskin-lined winter ankle-height cycling boots -- dapper indeed! -- that,

[RBW] Re: Wind, fixed gears, drop bars, and old ladies, nice and nasty

2019-04-04 Thread Craig Montgomery
2 decades ago, while wearing knickers, wool over the knee socks, Sidi cycling slippers, Irish wool sweater, and a Navy watch cap, I got a "My you look dapper" from a 90 year old. Dapper! And I'm sure she know what dapper is. I had to look it up. Craig in Tucson On Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at

[RBW] Re: Wind, fixed gears, drop bars, and old ladies, nice and nasty

2019-04-03 Thread Patrick Moore
The Tifosi photochromatic shades were my only sartorial sin; I rode in jeans and button-down shirt (and Bianchi cap, but *that's *no sin). On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 4:04 PM Patrick Moore wrote: > ... Nice old ladies, who are polite even if they look askance at the more > aggressively styled riding