:: at my command unleash hell :: opps meant kittens, not hell ::
June 15, 2007 at 12:10 am
· Filed under Now Seriously
If you’ve been pedalling around Melborings environs the last few days you would of clearly noticed two distinct things:
1. It’s faaarking cold.
2. It’s quite damp.
I haven’t been pedalling around Melboring environs the last few days due to a skirmish with the Snot Fairies, which is probably a smart thing to do, either by trying not to infect anyone or make things worse for myself. Now despite that, cycling around in the fog can be a extremely sublime, surreal experience.
As this picture I took less than an hour ago clearly illustrates, the fog billowing around out there is a dense, thick, pea soup variety we haven’t witnessed for quite awhile. Bear in mind, our street is up on Beer Can Hill, so it must be rather opaque down in the lower delta regions! So if you’re rugging up, donning the thermals and gortex for a bracing fog experience, please remember one important thing.
Now is NOT the time to practice stealth ninja cyclist moves while fully garbed in Fitzroy Safety Black. Please ensure you’ve got adequate lights (please, white on the front, red on the back, sadly some people need to be reminded!), be more alert than usual and leave the post-modernist goth-black for another time. Preferably in full sunlight.
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Why does road cycling clothing come in black? Fair enough for the shorts but black tops too? It don’t make no sense to me whatsoever, I can tell you.
Bwca wrote @ June 18th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Comiseration re those damn fairies. While trying to figure out how they got me(when I am isolated from people), I discovered that one must wash hands between ‘handling cash money’ and ‘touching any part of face’.
It is not called filthy lucre for nothing.
Up here high in the NandyDingDongs I am amazed by the cyclists who
a) get up the hill,
b) so darn early and
c) without getting hit by the damn passing cars
(not me though, I’m a cycle-aware driver) on the narrow road.
d) in the fog. FLUORO colors everyone.
I can recommend the Kalorama Lookout Cafe and its verandah with the snuggly blankets on every comfy chair.
cfsmtb wrote @ June 18th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Black knicks make complete sense. Some of the more over-the-top fluoro stuff is quite horrid, although more manufacturers are designing clothing with reflective inserts & material. Safety vests can be found very cheapy, or as I’ve done, they can be found discarded in carparks and industrial sites. So there’s really no excuse for not being more visible or proactive in regards to safety. ie: duty of care cuts both ways.
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