Friday, October 20, 2006

Lycra Bottoms

A sentence you don't want to hear too often,

"CYCLISTS of all ages and levels of ability have a chance to unleash their lycra,"

oooooooooh yuck, i hate lycra bottoms flashing past me, they really are very rarely worth it, but this ride sounds very organized in Sydney

too organized, buying tickets to go on a ride??

it's a shame the new cyclists in london are just buying all the things they're told to buy, special jackets, helmets why? face masks? sunglasses, you're having a giraffe, i love seeing cyclists in the early dawn light wearing their sunglasses; is that affectation or what? Silly asses in Silly glasses.

Dress down, get baggy shorts or even your ordinary clothes, ditch the helmet, they invite drivers into the game and make you ride like a wally, sit up properly so you can look around at the view and drift along, flowing through the traffic like the free spirit you are. Forget that manic pedalling that London cyclists do. Only in London would you see a cyclist pedalling manically downhill. Do about 12 miles an hour and you won't go over any bonnets, 15 miles and you will. And forget that crap about red lights, treat them as discretionary for cyclists, the road rules were only introduced because of motor cars travelling too fast and drivers being unable to control themselves. So less of that waiting at red lights when nothing is happening like pretend cars
Pity we can't all ride like these guys. You'll notice no helmets or silly flashy gear, you can wear dresses as well if you want. Fetch me my tutu, I'm off.

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