Grey hair? Ponytail? Poser. I’ll have you know I henna my hair and let it hang free! Most guys deal with their midlife crisis by getting a fast woman and a fast car. I, instead, became a Belly Dancer.
Yehuda is so excited. I love my rain cape, they have been needed a lot this year with all this weather.
I was thinking yesterday, after I got my the 3 volumes of the comics in the mail (which are amazing), where has Fizz been? We haven’t really been updated on her or Thistle since the comic came back.
I’ve got a rain cape but haven’t used it in quite a while. The few times I’ve been rained on this past year has either been a drizzle or was accompanied by enough wind to make the cape act more like a sail. So it stays in my paniers.
Which one is that? I’ve got one like this that is just good enough to make me want a really good one and just bad enough to drive me crazy a lot of the time.
Loved it – at 0530 this morning it’s 65 degrees out (Richmond area). Grabbed the Schwinn CrissCross and did an early morning loop. The weather felt wonderful.
You bet! Some days, when I look at the weather, I do find it quite un-inviting. However, mostly, after I convince myself to dress up and get out, I’m fine. It’s more the extra preparation for “bad” weather, dressing up etc., that I don’t like, than anything else. Some days I feel not-really-enjoying-myself even during the ride, though… e.g. very strong headwind is something I could do without, if I had the choice.
But never, never EVER have I said to myself, after I got back home after a ride, that I wish I hadn’t ridden that day. Looking back, I’m always glad I did!
The same way his products had a reputation for being cheap, unreliable, and easily broken!
Alan was and still is a master of salesmanship. He didn’t offer many discounts but his products were so cheap to begin with that many people used them as a stepping-stone to other things. Better things.
Having said that, his computers were the means that many small businesses used to help get under way and as a result, they are still held in fond memory as is Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar of Clapton – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Sugar
In a very early interview Alan was heard to say that he wanted his products to be affordable by the working man – I forget what job he said, ‘Taxi driver’?
also: In February 2005 Sugar famously predicted that the iPod would be “dead, finished, gone, kaput” by the following Christmas. The comment topped the poll by T3 on the ten worst technology predictions ever!
In the long run, he’s right. iPod nanos, classics and shuffles are pretty close to dead, even if Apple won’t release the numbers. The App Store is more profitable by far.
It’s not supposed to hang down that far. It’s like an umbrella you wear that keeps you dry from the falling rain, while your fenders keep the road splash off your legs.
As Opus said, it’s not really that long. Better ones also have wrist straps and some even waist strap, so that it doesn’t fly around.
What I wonder for a long time now (probably since I first saw Yehuda in a rain cape) is something different – why dark green, Yehuda? Dark green on a rainy day (or even night) is good for hiking, perhaps, and maybe for a bike ninja, but definitely not for someone who wants to be seen on the road (note that the visibility, poor anyway thanks to the rain, is even worse for drivers with not-so-perfect windscreen wipers etc., and there are many such cars).
Personal choice, maybe, but this always surprises me, as Yehuda often stresses the importance of good lights etc. … but has almost “camouflage” rain cape.
One of mine is bright yellow, the other one is bright yellow with reflective stripes. For a reason.
(Though I actually seldom use them anyway, as my rainy rides are usually accompanied by strong wind as well, but that’s another story).
Yes, I just bought 2 Yellow capes for the Trandem. Both have reflective bits. The Trandem is Yellow too so they are a match
On the subject of wind – in the late 1960s I went to Cumbria for a fortnight at a camp there. We were taken on guided walks around various routes in the lake district and one was a crossing of Helvellyn. When preparing, the guide said we should put waterproof gear on as the summit was in dense cloud and it would be wet up there.
One lad wore a cycling rain cape! When we got up to the windy altitudes, he ended up with the cape slung over one shoulder, like a bandolier, as it was in danger of flying off with him attached! He got very wet indeed.
When we got to the top, we were astonished to find a team from some University, living in 2 tents, collecting data on why we wanted to go there… Almost everybody said ‘Because it was there’
Realize that the quote about climbing, “…because it’s there…” is usually taken out of context. The mountaineer in question, whose name I cannot recall, had said, “I climb there because they are there.” He was answering a question about why he went all the way to the far-flung places he did to climb mountains.
I would also gladly pay a 90% discounted rate for rain capes. Hell, I’d buy several and give them as gifts.
It was George Mallory, and I hate to break it to you, but the question that he was answering, according to the 18 March 1923 New York Times article where the quote appeared, was “Why did you want to climb Mount Everest?”
I still maintain it was about why he was climbing them where they were. He enjoyed the Himalaya. He climbed Everest partially because of where it was, not just because of what it was.
Look at that face… How could you say no to that face.
…which probably explains all of this extra stuff I bought.
Lucky him – I had to pay RRP for my raincape!
Ditto Martin. (Well worth it, however).
Indeed, an essential piece of kit!
I love the cheeky look on Yehuda’s face!
That customer has grey hair in a ponytail and he bought a fatbike. Two words: Midlife. Crisis.
Riding a fatbike? Great way to enjoy your midlife crisis!
If there’s no snow, find your fun elsewhere! Swamps? Sand dunes…?
Sorry. I’d rather have the Corvette.
@Skye: Any year in particular? Or any year as long as it’s red?
Midlife Crisis???
And your point is???
I have grey hair and a pony tail but no fat bike. At 59 I think I’m a bit past midlife, so no crisis for me.
Grey hair? Ponytail? Poser. I’ll have you know I henna my hair and let it hang free! Most guys deal with their midlife crisis by getting a fast woman and a fast car. I, instead, became a Belly Dancer.
My personal response to mid-life, was a custom Waterford RST-22. Color had to be “Intense Red”. Now, all I need is a new “motor”.
Yehuda is so excited. I love my rain cape, they have been needed a lot this year with all this weather.
I was thinking yesterday, after I got my the 3 volumes of the comics in the mail (which are amazing), where has Fizz been? We haven’t really been updated on her or Thistle since the comic came back.
I expect she’ll (they’ll) be back when Rick fits them into the storyline.
I’ve got a rain cape but haven’t used it in quite a while. The few times I’ve been rained on this past year has either been a drizzle or was accompanied by enough wind to make the cape act more like a sail. So it stays in my paniers.
Which one is that? I’ve got one like this that is just good enough to make me want a really good one and just bad enough to drive me crazy a lot of the time.
I love Joe’s reply — “It’s on back order”. Priceless!
Loved it – at 0530 this morning it’s 65 degrees out (Richmond area). Grabbed the Schwinn CrissCross and did an early morning loop. The weather felt wonderful.
And here in Denver it was 14 F and stunningly pretty with the new snow from yesterday….any day is a good day for a ride, hmmm?
You bet! Some days, when I look at the weather, I do find it quite un-inviting. However, mostly, after I convince myself to dress up and get out, I’m fine. It’s more the extra preparation for “bad” weather, dressing up etc., that I don’t like, than anything else. Some days I feel not-really-enjoying-myself even during the ride, though… e.g. very strong headwind is something I could do without, if I had the choice.
But never, never EVER have I said to myself, after I got back home after a ride, that I wish I hadn’t ridden that day. Looking back, I’m always glad I did!
Yea, snow this past Sunday in the Richmond and then 70′s a few days later–rad
90% off??? That’s a loser…
But Yehuda’ll make it up in volume…
I’d buy at 90% off. Those things aren’t cheap.
Don’t knock it. How do you think Alan Sugar first made his fortune?
The same way his products had a reputation for being cheap, unreliable, and easily broken!
Alan was and still is a master of salesmanship. He didn’t offer many discounts but his products were so cheap to begin with that many people used them as a stepping-stone to other things. Better things.
Having said that, his computers were the means that many small businesses used to help get under way and as a result, they are still held in fond memory as is Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar of Clapton – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Sugar
In a very early interview Alan was heard to say that he wanted his products to be affordable by the working man – I forget what job he said, ‘Taxi driver’?
also: In February 2005 Sugar famously predicted that the iPod would be “dead, finished, gone, kaput” by the following Christmas. The comment topped the poll by T3 on the ten worst technology predictions ever!
In the long run, he’s right. iPod nanos, classics and shuffles are pretty close to dead, even if Apple won’t release the numbers. The App Store is more profitable by far.
Actually been able to ride more than just the wet weather bike this winter — what a treat. But how does one keep a raincape out of the spokes?
That’s what a skirtguard is for. Any civilised bike should have one.
It’s not supposed to hang down that far. It’s like an umbrella you wear that keeps you dry from the falling rain, while your fenders keep the road splash off your legs.
As Opus said, it’s not really that long. Better ones also have wrist straps and some even waist strap, so that it doesn’t fly around.
What I wonder for a long time now (probably since I first saw Yehuda in a rain cape) is something different – why dark green, Yehuda? Dark green on a rainy day (or even night) is good for hiking, perhaps, and maybe for a bike ninja, but definitely not for someone who wants to be seen on the road (note that the visibility, poor anyway thanks to the rain, is even worse for drivers with not-so-perfect windscreen wipers etc., and there are many such cars).
Personal choice, maybe, but this always surprises me, as Yehuda often stresses the importance of good lights etc. … but has almost “camouflage” rain cape.
One of mine is bright yellow, the other one is bright yellow with reflective stripes. For a reason.
(Though I actually seldom use them anyway, as my rainy rides are usually accompanied by strong wind as well, but that’s another story).
Yes, I just bought 2 Yellow capes for the Trandem. Both have reflective bits. The Trandem is Yellow too so they are a match
On the subject of wind – in the late 1960s I went to Cumbria for a fortnight at a camp there. We were taken on guided walks around various routes in the lake district and one was a crossing of Helvellyn. When preparing, the guide said we should put waterproof gear on as the summit was in dense cloud and it would be wet up there.
One lad wore a cycling rain cape! When we got up to the windy altitudes, he ended up with the cape slung over one shoulder, like a bandolier, as it was in danger of flying off with him attached! He got very wet indeed.
When we got to the top, we were astonished to find a team from some University, living in 2 tents, collecting data on why we wanted to go there… Almost everybody said ‘Because it was there’
Realize that the quote about climbing, “…because it’s there…” is usually taken out of context. The mountaineer in question, whose name I cannot recall, had said, “I climb there because they are there.” He was answering a question about why he went all the way to the far-flung places he did to climb mountains.
I would also gladly pay a 90% discounted rate for rain capes. Hell, I’d buy several and give them as gifts.
It was George Mallory, and I hate to break it to you, but the question that he was answering, according to the 18 March 1923 New York Times article where the quote appeared, was “Why did you want to climb Mount Everest?”
I still maintain it was about why he was climbing them where they were. He enjoyed the Himalaya. He climbed Everest partially because of where it was, not just because of what it was.