Gear up, or just go?
For my winter commute, I have to carefully and deliberately gear up.
Originally Posted by
tjspiel
When it's below zero it looks like I'm wearing a space suit as opposed to anything you'd normally see somebody wear on a bike, but they're not exactly street clothes either…
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
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When I’m carefully dressing in layers for my winter commute, making sure everything is in place and adjusted, I envision an astronaut preparing for a mission. When I arrive, all pumped up from the ride, and I walk down the hall swathed in my winter gear, helmet on my head, I think about the scene from the movie,
“The Right Stuff.” where the astronauts stride down a corridor in their space suits to the Hallelujah Chorus.
See this movie trailer, at 2:58:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuR1p7UdI2Y
Originally Posted by
tractorlegs
The words "toy" and "play" seem to be appropriate at this time
When I ride I am Captain Picard!
Even for my summer commute, I wear Lycra cycling shorts and clipless cycling shoes, though I do wear a surgical scrub shirt top with a bright high visibility vest instead of a cycling jersey.