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    Jelly Babies maybe, but Jelly Belly? It just makes me think of a big wobbly gut. And then any slight crease in the front and poolgel easily become poogel, and that makes me think those things are multi-coloured suppositories. Do not want.

    Anyone with a blond ponytail needs to get one of these in their lives. An original wool one on ebay currently for only £21, but expect it to go for a fair bit more.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-cycle-clothing-Renault-gitane-Jersey-Made-of-wool/164221831782
    Also a nice Crescent & Shimano one also currently for cheaps.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Crescent-Shimano-Vintage-Swedish-Italian-Eroica-Cycling-Jersey-Large/324180770418
    My latest cheap buy is full funk, could be from Star Trek or something Wilma Deering would wear, combined with looking like a 70's basketball tracksuit.
    https://media.giphy.com/media/3oriNKQBzsdnYJr90A/source.gif
    I think this is just a Dutch club jersey sponsored by a local paint company, but Heikera sounds like a special move on Streetfighter2 to me.


    If I had cycling shorts of the same material and a suede saddle, I imagine pedalling would generate enough static to power some bike lights, combined with the jersey acting as a massive static storage sink, this sounds like nearly free energy to me, world energy crisis solved. #science

    I realised my first exposure to the existence of any type of cycle specific clothing, was this classic public information film from the olden days. Featuring a catchy tune that you will now be singing all weekend, it also features what to me then, were the two coolest kids in the observable universe, which admittedly for me at the time was not very big, but we only had 3 channels on telly then and the internet wasn't invented.

    One kid had a full silver reflective jacket and trousers and was riding a Chopper, and the other had a jacket like Evil Kneivel's. The low-res film is also notable for the total lack of, or even mention of helmets, and the resolution is so low but it looks like Kenny Everett doing the Twede Run.

    The bit that strikes me now is the 'take a brush to your bike' bit. Whoa easy there sunshine, that's dangerous talk. I'm sure any improvements in road safety would have been more than off-set by injuries and deaths caused by little Timmy painting his Dads Colnago with white gloss from the shed. 'Make yourself seen! For your own safety you better make yourself scarce son'.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MFuSMz1zh0

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