Originally Posted by
joninkrakow
Thanks! I never thought of biking shorts as underclothes. I need to try that.
Jon, Maybe I should clarify. I have been wearing a pair of boxer liners (I think that is what they call them) that are actually designed as underwear - although they look and fit like bike shorts. Just slightly shorter legs. I just purchased two pair of actual bike shorts from a company called Aerotech. Today will be my first time trying them under my clothes. I just don't want to draw attention to myself,.
I am probably a fool and this is dumb, but I stopped worrying about eye-contact years ago, when drivers would look me in the eye, and pull out. I don't know if they couldn't judge my speed, or if they that that, having eye contact meant that they could pull out with impunity or what. In any case, I stopped going for eye contact, and started watching their front wheels. You can judge what they are doing by how their tires are rotating. That has been a better judge for me than eye contact. Plus, I suspect it makes the driver more nervous about whether you are going to stop or not, and he stops. In any case, my close calls became much fewer and further between.
That's a good idea, and is more likely what I am doing too. I think my point is I find I am hypervigilant. Just yesterday, I'm tooling along at a decent pace, and an 18 wheeler coming from the opposite direction makes a left turn right in front of me. I had to brake, or they would have been scraping me off the street.
Definitely can't be day dreaming.
Thanks for the reply.
Cras108er