Vegan Cycling Kit

[JohnBarleycorn]

White socks certainly make up for most things !

While an immaculately turned out rider with black socks looks awful, however good the rest of the kit looks.

But those coloured Assos socks can look very good with the right kit.

[the crazyest vegan]

i'll reserve judgement untill fredrikw post a picture of himself in said sock's as i have no idea what one's your on about

[fredrikw]

I think you guys are putting way too much into the socks, they are after all just one of many parts of what makes, or breaks, the total style of a cyclist. But if we need to stay down tehre I'd say that the length of the socks is much more important than the colour, can't stand all these long socks you see nowadays. I'd say anything longer than 1.5 cm above the edge of the shoe is way too long, and takes us into Lance-land.

With mismatched pro gear I mean jersey from one pro team, and shorts from another, none of which you are sponsored from and hence are paying for wearing advertisments.

So, do you think we've made enough fool of ourselves in the eyes of the non-cyclist here yet, or should we dig ourselves even deeper?

[RawKev]

Black socks are only acceptable if the rest of the kit is black, and MUST contain one other color from the team kit. Black shoes are unacceptable, however black aero booties are okay if they adhere to the sock rule of containing one other color from the kit as well.

I heard heard that socks must extend above booties though. Can anyone confirm this? How much extension should I be measuring with my ruler before the ride? What if they come down during the ride? What is the protocol on pulling socks up?

[the crazyest vegan]

black bootie's are only to be worn of they have a prominant logo on the side, sock's dont need to extend more than a cm or two above the bootie.

fred i must say this is one of my fave thread's now
i love cycling

[JohnBarleycorn]

I think you guys are putting way too much into the socks, they are after all just one of many parts of what makes, or breaks, the total style of a cyclist. But if we need to stay down tehre I'd say that the length of the socks is much more important than the colour, can't stand all these long socks you see nowadays. I'd say anything longer than 1.5 cm above the edge of the shoe is way too long, and takes us into Lance-land.

With mismatched pro gear I mean jersey from one pro team, and shorts from another, none of which you are sponsored from and hence are paying for wearing advertisments.

So, do you think we've made enough fool of ourselves in the eyes of the non-cyclist here yet, or should we dig ourselves even deeper?

I agree. Long socks are the most awful thing ever ! Cipo never wore long socks ! Nor Visentini. Or Sarroni.

Long black socks are unspeakable !

[JohnBarleycorn]

Black socks are only acceptable if the rest of the kit is black, and MUST contain one other color from the team kit. Black shoes are unacceptable, however black aero booties are okay if they adhere to the sock rule of containing one other color from the kit as well.

I heard heard that socks must extend above booties though. Can anyone confirm this? How much extension should I be measuring with my ruler before the ride? What if they come down during the ride? What is the protocol on pulling socks up?

I am most concerned about this...........

In track/time trial terms, socks must never ever ever, appear over the top of aero boots or overshoes. Its looks awful. I have red aero overshoes. If white sock was showing over the top, it would look careless and scruffy. Like I had got dressed in a hurry !

That way lies madness !

I think you can just about see in my avatar, yellow aero oversocks, and no sock showing over the top. Just finely turned calf muscles and sun tan !

[fredrikw]

Yeah, who has ever heard of socks extending above the bootie/overshoe? that's crazy talk. But I guess if we're talking about football socks it makes sense. I stand by my strict limit of 1.5cm above the edge of the shoe, that'll never bring the sock near even the lowest cut overshoe.

I'm still a white sock sceptic though

[JohnBarleycorn]

Yeah, who has ever heard of socks extending above the bootie/overshoe? that's crazy talk. But I guess if we're talking about football socks it makes sense. I stand by my strict limit of 1.5cm above the edge of the shoe, that'll never bring the sock near even the lowest cut overshoe.

I'm still a white sock sceptic though

Yes, the 1.5cm rule should probably become a European Standard mesurement !

Anything above 2cm should see you thrown out of races.

Anything above 2.5cm should be treated like a positive dope test.

But white socks are pure ! Like cycling. And me !

[the crazyest vegan]

i personally dont allow sock's to extend past the bootie but it is a point some people like the adhere to.

black sock's are banned at my club, you turn up in them and you will be disgraced.

[fredrikw]

i personally dont allow sock's to extend past the bootie but it is a point some people like the adhere to.

Style is not about learning a set of rules, something the above quote clearly shows an example of. Focusing too much on a set of rules, completely disregarding the aesthetic virtuosity it takes to look good wearing clothes frowned upon by 99% of the general public, will inevitably lead to fashion disasters of great magnitudes. Since Cipo was mentioned, I doubt he ever cared about some set of rules postulated by a bunch of cycling computer geeks trying to mimic an art form.

Now, I've raised the pretentiousness to a new level, let's keep it up folks.

[the crazyest vegan]

giggle

it is true, when you conform to one part of the rule's you can't stop their, i try my best but i'm not a flashy cyclist like maro of any of those guy's, at the end of the day action's speak louder than word's and for all i care chris hoy can wear black sock's he wont be any less of a cyclist in anyone's eye's, but i find that if my bike is clean, my kit is new and my sock's are white i feel more confident and have a certain something i dont have otherwise

[JohnBarleycorn]

But Cipo was born with style....it was natural, as it is with most Italian cyclists !

Remember that time, he turned up at the start of a Tour stage in a chariot, dressed as Julius Caesar, in a toga, with a laurel wreath, to celebrate Caesars 2100th birthday ? And he had special white and gold jerseys made for the team to wear.

I remember, when I went to France, we were all still wearing those cotton peaked caps. But they all laughed at the way I wore mine. I couldn't understand it. I thought there was only one way to wear a cotton cycling cap. But they I was shown how to push it up at the back, a bit, and down at the front, and suddenly I saw how much better I looked. That was the Italian way, I believe.

Cycling, due to the French and Italian influence, is inherently a stylish and sexy sport. Afteral, its hotbeds are Milan and Paris. When America got into cycling, the land of baseball caps, bad shorts and knee high white socks, fashion disasters were sure to follow.

Anyway, if you look good on the bike, you go faster. Up to 50 watts, I think.

[Dave Noisy]

errr, somehow I think I would be best to avoid this thread, but Dave, any word on the replacement of the OA shorts with the sewing problems? I'm not sure how much longer mine are gonna be rideable and I never heard anything back from them.

YES!

There's a form that needs to be filled out, and a new pair will be sent to you.

Then you need to ship yours back to Verge.

You didn't get the email i'm guessing..?

[Dave Noisy]

Exactly !

Dave will join us too !

He wears white socks ! :lol:

hehe - actually, i wear green and orange socks, but they're with my kit. ;)