Cycling as slightly erotic dress passion

Qualitymark

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/10328345/Gary-Kemp-why-Im-obsessed-with-cycling.html

Kemp will readily admit that he takes a long time to get dressed before a ride. When he invites me to join him for a spin in the Chilterns he wears a peaked cotton cap reminiscent of those worn by early Tour de France riders, a merino-blend jersey in vintage team colours and yak leather shoes with aluminium buckles evocative of old-fashioned toe-straps – all crafted by Rapha, the iconic British brand that now kits out Team Sky. 'I don’t like clashing colours so it’s always a maximum of three colours – and one has to be white,’ he says.

merc230ce

*facepalm*

redzerredzer

That article is Gold.
Its Only When You Leave and go round and round that you realise how great cycling is. It's true.
It's like a lifeline for me. Without cycling I would be Highly Strung.

To Cut a Long Story Short I would love some communication with someone who feels the way me and Gary feel about old style cycling clothes.

Hopefully we can all get some great cycles in the next few weeks before "The Freeze".

merc230ce

You're indestructable, Redzer.

Zyzz

I have a morning ritual that I need to share. I call it "the terminator". First I crouch down in the bathroom in the classic "naked terminator traveling through time" pose. With my eyes closed I crouch there for a minute, visualizing either Arnold or the guy from the second movie (not the chick in the third one because that one sucked) and I start to hum the terminator theme. Then I slowly rise to a standing position and open my eyes. It helps me to proceed through my day as an emotionless, cycling badass. The only problem is if the chamois sticks to my terminator leg. It ruins the fantasy.

BofaDeezNuhtz

Zyzz wrote: »

I have a morning ritual that I need to share. I call it "the terminator". First I crouch down in the bathroom in the classic "naked terminator traveling through time" pose. With my eyes closed I crouch there for a minute, visualizing either Arnold or the guy from the second movie (not the chick in the third one because that one sucked) and I start to hum the terminator theme. Then I slowly rise to a standing position and open my eyes. It helps me to proceed through my day as an emotionless, cycling badass. The only problem is if the chamois sticks to my terminator leg. It ruins the fantasy.

I do the same on teh motorbike, 'cept I think I'm Rossi

Wishbone Ash

The best line in that article...........

And I don’t play golf – thank God.

Lumen

What a gigantic tool.

"Last year Kemp completed L’Étape du Tour, in which amateurs ride a full stage of the Tour de France. 'You really suffer in the mountains,’ he says. 'Fortunately most men don’t have wars to fight these days, so we have to find substitutes for battle elsewhere. Cycling takes you to some dark places in your mind, but you take home wonderful memories."

Cycling up a few hills as a "substitute for battle"? I think Mr Kemp needs to take a holiday in Syria for a bit of perspective.

FFS.

ford2600

Lumen wrote: »

What a gigantic tool.

"Last year Kemp completed L’Étape du Tour, in which amateurs ride a full stage of the Tour de France. 'You really suffer in the mountains,’ he says. 'Fortunately most men don’t have wars to fight these days, so we have to find substitutes for battle elsewhere. Cycling takes you to some dark places in your mind, but you take home wonderful memories."

Cycling up a few hills as a "substitute for battle"? I think Mr Kemp needs to take a holiday in Syria for a bit of perspective.

FFS.

Not even an original tool. The same argument was spun out to explain soccer hooliganism

Eamonnator

Lumen wrote: »

What a gigantic tool.

"Last year Kemp completed L’Étape du Tour, in which amateurs ride a full stage of the Tour de France. 'You really suffer in the mountains,’ he says. 'Fortunately most men don’t have wars to fight these days, so we have to find substitutes for battle elsewhere. Cycling takes you to some dark places in your mind, but you take home wonderful memories."

Cycling up a few hills as a "substitute for battle"? I think Mr Kemp needs to take a holiday in Syria for a bit of perspective.

FFS.

Might be better, if a few Syrians, went for a nice spin.