Pacific Northwest - This is crazy

I work on the BG trail across from Gas Works. There is a new regular who rides by every morning wearing only bike shorts and a helmet. Okay so he is a little crazy if he wants to ride through this cold rain with no shirt. But no shoes :eek:

That is not crazy that is just plain stupid !

At least he's wearing his helmet! :lol:


Seriously, tho... no shoes? Yikes. I won't even get SPD sandals for the summer because I'm worried about something happening to my toes.
I'm recovering from the flu so I haven't ridden in all week, but I would be wearing a wool long sleeve base under my Tundra II jersey, PI Gavia tights, wool socks, shoe covers, long gloves and a fleece helmet liner in this kind of weather. Low 40s and raining is not "shirtless" weather for me (unless I'm in my living room in front of the fireplace.)

Maybe he's trying to get his own "You're one of us" commercial from Pemco?

Cold is a relative term, and here in the Pacific northwest we've developed an affinity for "liquid sunshine." Rain? It's barely sprinkling out. Shirtless, shoeless, 40 degree rain bicycle commuter; you're one of us.

Maybe he's trying to get his own "You're one of us" commercial from Pemco?

Cold is a relative term, and here in the Pacific northwest we've developed an affinity for "liquid sunshine." Rain? It's barely sprinkling out. Shirtless, shoeless, 40 degree rain bicycle commuter; you're one of us.

He is one up on the 30F shorts and parka crowd

I won't even get SPD sandals for the summer because I'm worried about something happening to my toes.

Keen has a SPD sandal out that covers the toes. I hope you get better soon

sounds like a perfectly normal individual having fun to me....don't hate cause your sensitive, fragile body can't hang in this PNW climate.

gear nazis suck!!

I've been out on SR-202 to North Bend and back, in a tri singlet and short in 50 degree weather. That was a little cold. ;)

Barefoot though? Was he riding a beach cruiser or something?

Check out Vancouver BC - people wearing parka's and shorts simultaneously are both all too common and ridiculously amusing.

I've been out on SR-202 to North Bend and back, in a tri singlet and short in 50 degree weather. That was a little cold. ;)

Barefoot though? Was he riding a beach cruiser or something?

Nope he rides a road bike.

sounds like a perfectly normal individual having fun to me....don't hate cause your sensitive, fragile body can't hang in this PNW climate.

gear nazis suck!!

Gear Nazi, nope I didn't say he couldn't do it I just expressed my opinion that he is stupid for not wearing shoes.

Opinion Nazis suck!

My daily commute takes me by your place and I've seen the guy a few times both on the morning and evening commutes. There's also another guy I see running barefoot along that same route every once in a while. He wears a shirt. Modest, I guess.

Maybe they know each other...

[quote=ngateguy;9952509]Gear Nazi, nope I didn't say he couldn't do it I just expressed my opinion that he is stupid for not wearing shoes.
opinion nazis suck!


hahaha, your right, "opinion nazis" suck :D

I wear a short sleeved athletic T down to 50 degrees in the rain, and 48 when it's sunny. I see people bundled up when it's 60 and sunny, or wearing full length rain pants, a rain jacket, and a rain cover when it's rainy and 55 or 60, and I can't imagine how they're not an absolute sauna under their clothes. On the other hand, I wear long fingered gloves when it gets below 60, but my girlfriend keeps wearing her summer gloves down to about 40. It takes all kinds.

I think Bike Snob put it well: "there's nothing inherently wrong with cycling without a shirt, but I just find it wrong somehow." (paraphrasing)