Also can’t call it a shower unless you take your clothes off. For cycling this means you have to wait for the WNBR, which also means you only get to shower once a year. Cue the jokes about medieval people who bathed once a year, whether they needed to or not….
Before air conditioning, bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. wore seersucker suits and shut down Congress during the summer. I wouldn’t mind seeing the return of both of these “old-timey” traditions.
If anyone wants to catch a fascinating glimpse of The Tour’s history, check out Life magazine’s photos from the ’53 Tour. <LINK> Older tech (both bike and road) but the fans and the riders clearly loved their sport.
Wool is not hot in summer. Clarence Pickard at age 83 rode the first ride of what became RAGBRAI, wearing woolen long underwear that wicked the sweat off his skin. In RAAM 2006, Dr. Breedlove was interviewed while riding and he had an arab-like white light sleeves and head covering, included in the movie Bicycle Dreams.
Clarence also rode with long-sleeve shirts, long pants, and a pith helmet painted silver. He showed up for the first RAGBAI on a borrowed girl’s-model Schwinn 10-speed, rode about three laps around the parking lot of the hotel in Sioux City that was the starting point for the ride, and pronounced himself ready. He then went out and proved that he was, indeed, good to go, causing a lot of supposedly-fit seasoned riders to have to eat all sorts of crow.
Hmmm. Warm weather.
Would be nice – down here in the southern hemisphere we’re shivering in the, oooh, 10C (50F) temperatures!
Lovely!
I’m on my way!
Also can’t call it a shower unless you take your clothes off. For cycling this means you have to wait for the WNBR, which also means you only get to shower once a year. Cue the jokes about medieval people who bathed once a year, whether they needed to or not….
How about Idle and Yehuda’s hygienical issues?
Febreze?
It’s July and Joe’s still wearing long sleeves?
He obviously isn’t here in the mid-Atlantic suffering through a power outage like we are…
Think of the poor slobs wearing suits with wool jackets and neckties!
Not me!
Before air conditioning, bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. wore seersucker suits and shut down Congress during the summer. I wouldn’t mind seeing the return of both of these “old-timey” traditions.
Joe probably would rather get his work shirt greasy and dirty than himself.
Sweet sweat… Nectar of the gods…
(no avatar this week)
So Idle wants him to move in with her so she can force him to bathe regularly?
If anyone wants to catch a fascinating glimpse of The Tour’s history, check out Life magazine’s photos from the ’53 Tour. <LINK> Older tech (both bike and road) but the fans and the riders clearly loved their sport.
Wool is not hot in summer. Clarence Pickard at age 83 rode the first ride of what became RAGBRAI, wearing woolen long underwear that wicked the sweat off his skin. In RAAM 2006, Dr. Breedlove was interviewed while riding and he had an arab-like white light sleeves and head covering, included in the movie Bicycle Dreams.
Clarence also rode with long-sleeve shirts, long pants, and a pith helmet painted silver. He showed up for the first RAGBAI on a borrowed girl’s-model Schwinn 10-speed, rode about three laps around the parking lot of the hotel in Sioux City that was the starting point for the ride, and pronounced himself ready. He then went out and proved that he was, indeed, good to go, causing a lot of supposedly-fit seasoned riders to have to eat all sorts of crow.
Here’s a picture of Clarence from the 1973 ride…. http://ragbrai.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/pickard3.jpg