prevail24

I look like a geek, but I also teach middle school kids, so everything is geeky. My usual get up for the winter is a baby blue giro eclipse helmet black balacava. red and black performance exhalt jacket. Green army pants with tights underneath. Fox gloves and my adidas spds. When I was a courier that was total dorkdum. In the late fall, early spring I used to rock army shorts with tights, a long sleeve jersey and a black vest. It sounds pretty normal for us, but when you are surrounded by suits all day, it is a bit strange.

My license plate says BIKEDORK

ridealot

I am pretty sure that my mountain bike hates me because I put on a rack, some panniers, a mirror, a fender, a big light and some slicks.

I may look like a geek but at least it works for me and gets me to and from work.

LittleBigMan

Choices:

1) Horribly geeky, embarrasingly so
2) Pretty danged geeky, wouldn't want to be seen at work/school
3) Not so geeky, but with some subtle geekiness
4) Pretty danged cool looking, actually
5) A veritable god(dess) on wheels

I would say I fall into the "Pretty Danged Geeky" category, if it were not for the unlikely addition of the phrase, "wouldn't want to be seen at work/school."
Frankly, I think it's hip to be geeky.

In fact, I have prepared my very own "geekiness" list of geek-like things that make me proud to be who I am:

1) Rubber band. This is actually three rubber bands attached end-to-end, used as a means of keeping my glasses from falling down my nose when riding. After several attempts to use store-bought alternatives, I find these more effective, easier to use, more comfortable, cheaper and disposable.

2) Landscape lights. My 20W and 35W halogens landscape lights are fantastic headlamps. I've discussed these ad-geekeum in other threads.

3) Car horn. Again, a hands-down winner on the road and geek-of-the-month award nominee add-on.

4) Shifters borrowed from a 20 year-old Schwinn Super Sport. When my Trek's shifters malfunctioned, I couldn't afford new ones. They actually work fine.

5) Plastic bags. When it dips into the 20's, I fit plastic bags between two pairs of socks to keep my feet warmer. These are secret Dr. Geek items, since they aren't noticable on the outside.

6) $10 Chinese-made velcro strap sneakers. These grip well in my toe-clips (another geeky choice) and come off and on quickly when changing clothes at work.

7) $7 foot pump. This is cheap and easy to use. I've kept my tires full on it for years at home.

8) Bandana. I hope this looks geeky when I take my helmet off and not reminiscent of membership in a gang.

9) Backpack. Yes, after years of flirting with racks, I have yet to settle down with the right one. Geeky? Totally.

10) Natural peanut butter. This geek-paste I keep in my drawer at work along with... 11) ...dry milk. Together with bread and water, I can pack in almost 1,000 calories and over 40 grams of protein after the 14-mile morning commute. Geeky and nutty!

12) Biking to work. I don't think this is geeky and I'm sure you don't, but I bet a lot of my co-workers do!

Zin

I chose "Pretty danged geeky"...

This really depends on the temperature, however. When it is SUB-ZERO I look like I'm still 300lbs...(is there a bike under that dude?)

When above 25F I wear some wind breaker pants and jacket over the cycling clothes. Also a couple of layers of cotton long sleve t-shirts.

If its above freezing I reduce the layers of t-shirts and wear a vented wind breaker. Oh, I loose the tights as well.

Geek. Heck yea.. but I stay warm!

Summer, I'm just another FAT guy in lycra. So of course I look like a GEEK!

PaulH

Dress suit with Hermes tie, European city bike. I must look like a Dutch banker who got space warped across the Atlantic. I think this falls into the "so ungeeky that it actually is profoundly geeky" catagory. I'm clearly on one extreme or another of the scale; can't figure out which.

Paul

robertsdvd

I wouldn't know where to categorize myself, but I can say I aspire to be as geeky as I can be. Though if spandex is geeky, I guess I'll never get there.

What is our working definition of geeky here anyway?

caloso

I think I looked pretty good this morning: french blue button down shirt, red tie, buff colored dress pants. Lost style points for the blinkies, backpack, and spd shoes. (When will Sidi come out with wingtips?)

madpogue 

The scale seems to equate geekiness with embarrassment. Where's the choice for "utterly geeky, but incapable of embarrassment"?

Simon Ed

Year round, cotton sweat pants T-shirt (Summer) t-Shirt & Swetshirt (Winter) Hybrid MTB/Road with Panniers.

ollo_ollo

I went "subtle" because booties over my carnacs were subtler than the fellow I saw riding along with a pair of hip waders to keep his feet warm & dry. Don

Simon Ed

ROTFLMAO!! Classic!

Astra

I can't commute but when I go out for long rides I wear those full-length black cycling short thingies and my BikeForums cycling top. I think I look quite cool but I do get some funny looks when I stop at shops and garages to buy food and stuff .

timmhaan

i look pretty cool among other cyclists i think. my clothing is very basic solid colors and it almost all matches. according to my non-cycling friends, the only thing they consider geeky is the helmet. they know the reasons for wearing it of course, but it doesn't stop them from making a few jokes once in a while.