Road shoes: colour taboo?
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Road shoes: colour taboo?
Hi, I've been looking around for a while now to get a new pair of road shoes. I currently have a set of Louis Garneau with the carbon sole and ratchet. They're... ok, but I'm looking for an upgrade. I'm pretty much settled on either the SIDI ergo 2 lights or the S works bg ones. The question I have is if I got the SIDI ones I'd go for the "red vernice" colour which is quite loud... would I officially be a wanker if I wore these shoes?
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Hi, I've been looking around for a while now to get a new pair of road shoes. I currently have a set of Louis Garneau with the carbon sole and ratchet. They're... ok, but I'm looking for an upgrade. I'm pretty much settled on either the SIDI ergo 2 lights or the S works bg ones. The question I have is if I got the SIDI ones I'd go for the "red vernice" colour which is quite loud... would I officially be a wanker if I wore these shoes?
You are a "wanker" (and this is even more so if you are not from the UK) with or without the shoes.
I have the Bettini gold ones--they were significantly cheaper than black, probably for a reason--even though they say "Olympic Games Champion" on them. It won't change my feelings when I get dropped every Sunday.
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I don't think so. You could be just as easily be categorized by some detractors as a bugger.
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Do you really need approval from the BF members on what shoes you should wear? I couldn't care less what shoes anyone else wears other then myself.
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good god!
what next? a thread asking if these cycling shorts make my arse look fat?
what next? a thread asking if these cycling shorts make my arse look fat?
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Yes, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't get them.
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wanker |ˈwa ng kər|
noun Brit., vulgar slang
a person who masturbates (used as a term of abuse).
BTW; there is a mountain in Germany named Mount Wank.
I guess people who live there, are all wankers.
noun Brit., vulgar slang
a person who masturbates (used as a term of abuse).
BTW; there is a mountain in Germany named Mount Wank.
I guess people who live there, are all wankers.
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wanker |ˈwa ng kər|
noun Brit., vulgar slang
a person who masturbates (used as a term of abuse).
BTW; there is a mountain in Germany named Mount Wank.
I guess people who live there, are all wankers.
noun Brit., vulgar slang
a person who masturbates (used as a term of abuse).
BTW; there is a mountain in Germany named Mount Wank.
I guess people who live there, are all wankers.
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wanker |ˈwa ng kər|
noun Brit., vulgar slang
a person who masturbates (used as a term of abuse).
BTW; there is a mountain in Germany named Mount Wank.
I guess people who live there, are all wankers.
noun Brit., vulgar slang
a person who masturbates (used as a term of abuse).
BTW; there is a mountain in Germany named Mount Wank.
I guess people who live there, are all wankers.
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wanker |ˈwa ng kər|
noun Brit., vulgar slang
a person who masturbates (used as a term of abuse).
BTW; there is a mountain in Germany named Mount Wank.
I guess people who live there, are all wankers.
noun Brit., vulgar slang
a person who masturbates (used as a term of abuse).
BTW; there is a mountain in Germany named Mount Wank.
I guess people who live there, are all wankers.
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It's not so much the color, it's the Hello Kitty theme.
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those red shoes OP is considering are seriously ugly. only a wanker would wear them.
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