24-08-12, 08:27 PM
When it gets hot and humid, I just wear ordinary jeans and try and keep the speed down. Just on my short commute to work that is (7 miles mostly open road)
Jeans and T-Shirt if I just wanna pop down town and just take my time. Having to wear a helmet at times is a pain, but I suppose you got to cos it's the darn law.
When I was cycling I used to hit over 50mph at times going down hill, wearing lycra shorts and a T-shirt, with a wee bit o polystyrene on ma heid, used to overtake the cars.
Guys in that video are getting right down to peg scraping, no room for error. If you wanna use knee sliders, try a race track. Also they don't seem to backing off to take into account of cars coming the other way, and the barrier on the right which does have the potential to tear a limb off. Second guy too close too quick to react. The guy at the back drops for no good reason, other than he's shit his pants at all the carnage suddenly in front of him. Of course it's also easy to sit back and criticize. I sure don't claim to be an angle or riding god!
Perhaps more a good example of how wearing fancy gear gives you a false sense of security? I'll bet that hurt.
Hope they were all OK.
Jeans and T-Shirt if I just wanna pop down town and just take my time. Having to wear a helmet at times is a pain, but I suppose you got to cos it's the darn law.
When I was cycling I used to hit over 50mph at times going down hill, wearing lycra shorts and a T-shirt, with a wee bit o polystyrene on ma heid, used to overtake the cars.
Guys in that video are getting right down to peg scraping, no room for error. If you wanna use knee sliders, try a race track. Also they don't seem to backing off to take into account of cars coming the other way, and the barrier on the right which does have the potential to tear a limb off. Second guy too close too quick to react. The guy at the back drops for no good reason, other than he's shit his pants at all the carnage suddenly in front of him. Of course it's also easy to sit back and criticize. I sure don't claim to be an angle or riding god!
Perhaps more a good example of how wearing fancy gear gives you a false sense of security? I'll bet that hurt.
Hope they were all OK.