Freds of the world, unite!
You have nothing to fear but fashion itself!

No, this is NOT about racing Fred.
racing fred is the butthole that buys a $5000 Ultralight crabon
Italian-ish branded bike, but only drives it to club rides strapped
to the top of his prius. Always wears the latest covered in
marketing logo’d bib shorts, with color-coordinated sunscreen
stripes on his cheeks. You know, the guy that can never finish
a ride, but is always there to tell you you’re doing it wrong.

This is about TOURING Fred.
The dorky (in a studly way!) guy that doesn’t care about fashion.
The guy with a dependable 12-year old bike with tens of thousands
of miles of touring on it. The guy that doesn’t replace components
that work perfectly well just because of some write-up in a trendy
magazine. The guy that still uses paper maps but somehow manages
to cross continents.

Anyhoo, this thread is to post your personal Fred photos.

To start off, this here is my first tour. Back in college, needed to get
to southern Austria. Decided to take icelandair to Luxembourg and
travel by bicycle, staying in youth hostels along the way. No real
cycling experience beforehand, other than toodling around campus
on a $89 western auto 10-speed.

Bought a second-hand 21-speed Schwinn Paramount with rear rack.
Bike came with a set of Kirtland panniers and a metal rod mounted
handlebar bag. Added fenders and lowrider w/panniers, which were
mailed home after one week.

Here our fashionista is wearing a bell golfball helmet, eyeglass frame
clip-on mirror, cotton khaki cycling shorts, pigskin gloves w/crochet
mesh back, high-rise athaletical socks, and cannondale flat cycling
shoes. Is that sexy, or what!

Who’s next?