[At the 1940 Giro, Mario Ricci] had noticed that his young team-mate only wore black socks and asked him why. Coppi replied that as an independent he could not afford white ones, which got dirty far more quickly and were harder to wash. ‘We joked that when he won the pink jersey, he would get white socks to go with it.’

Boom. White socks. End of.

@Batt57

Are those Avenirs? How are they?

Avenirs good for certain rides — and rain shoe. And (calling all V) help me to determine an unrelenting pair other than Zxellium Ultimate (Black) for race events — and intense days training ??

He’s really growing on me… And I’ve been a fan for years. I’m now a BIG fan (at 88kg winter training weight, what other kind of fan could I be). #Cav4SPOTY oh, wrong website

Nice, but careful with Rule #35 and Rule #36

Yeah, I liked them the most out of ones I tried, but finances dictate I must remain with my black MTB shoes. Is the sole stiff so far, any hot spots or the likes? Seems like a good value.

At least your legs are Rule #33 compliant.

Well the three inches we can see are, at least.

Someone who could wear socks like that is probably capable of leaving their hairline below their shorts line.

I only have about 200 miles on the Mavics. We’ll see how they are when they get some more miles.

Are those Avenirs? How are they?

But nice entrance, welcome.

First post and I though I would go ahead and piss everyone off.

@ToeOverlap
You just said a mouthful son. I too like wool socks, very thin ones and I have a drawer of old smartwool socks, all of which were called white and aren’t quite there. Woolistic made a nice pair but, but, but selling them in the USA was too much trouble. !*^@?!*#.
I settle for mostly white assos socks these days.

As I wear wool socks exclusively, which seem to be easily only available in (borrowing from dog breeding parlance) ACOW (any color other than white)*.

Strange, considering that, if memory serves me well, sheep are naturally quite white.

*- I’ve found that Smartwool rocks an ultrawhite color they call ‘Silver’ but they only make a couple of styles in this color and the ones I’ve found at stores are quite thin, where as I prefer a rather thick sock, even for summer riding, as my foot is slightly narrow and this helps assure a snug fit in my cycling slippers.

Otherwise, it looks like you’re an accountant who forgot to bring his proper socks to work.

@xyxax
Cold. So cold…

I’m sorry Oli, I can’t do that.

Here’s my solution, 5 pairs, $12 and no colour nor branding anywhere near them!

@Marcus
Accessing my vast knowledge of all things Australian (and a popular internet search engine), I would put the bionic ear, the wave-piercing catamaran, and Kiwi (why?) shoe polish (our household brand since forever), as superior examples of OZ inventiveness.

@Oli
I’m still trying to figure out how you got your foot into the inky void of deep space to take that photo.

That year the guy above should have win the Tour…

YES! My favorite Tour ever.

@Oli

@frank
I do have a pair of the shorts that were recently donated to me, but not the jersey. I stopped buying team kit in the 90s. I pretty much only wear my own kit these days.

I know what you mean. But Ulli was so cool that year, I bought the kit. Never really wore it. Just bought it in homage.

@Souleur
White shoes I have none, and new shoes aren’t on the cards just yet sorry.

I mean, I would certainly not think less of him if he came out w/uggs on and a bold coffee, or a quad SHOT of espresso, or w/a dark ale, but a pink drink on top of that? That is just wrong, as SHE has the JO

PS: frank, can you please rebutt the eternal second german from the mix up in the above picture, as he was accidentally wearing the Italian celeste kit. Must have been a fundraiser for beer drinking, partying and crack dealing. Grazie friend.

Actually, back on point, those socks need white shoes bro.

Ruling please. These socks will be worn in my silver/black Sidi Genius 4s, with my Roadworks kit (dark blue jersey, predominantly, and black shorts), with my white helment.

While I’m a massive fan of celeste, I’m afraid those socks may only be paired with the Bianchi Kit I’m sure you have laying around. I know I’ve got one of these kits, I can only assume you do as well (not that it ever gets worn).

@xyxax
Easy champ! Uggs are possibly Australia’s greatest invention!

With them being made of sheepskin, I figured they were Kiwi in origin.

And, I’m with @xyxax for the following reason:

Yes, a palate-cleansing sorbet.
While we all may have our minor disagreements on both style and substance, this has been a reminder that, like world hunger and seasonal epidemics of Uggs footwear, there is still much work to be done.

Great, now we need a whole new Belgian Affirmations photo thread to undo that damage from that:

I’m with you Gianni, white is the way.
Luckly is not the Texan that started the schism, look here.

Is it compulsory for derny riders to have walrus moustaches – or was it just Belle Epoque Movember ?

To be fair, the chain on the wrong side suggests that the artist may not have paid great attention to detail… or sock colour.

Has this been Eddy, he would have made cipo look overdresseds as Eddy would not have even needed shoes; he would have just clipped his toes in and said ‘lets rock’

@Marko
@scaler911
In the end, it is the children that suffer. My two little girls were present, bearing witness. There’s no medicine that cures that kind of trauma.

HA!

In the end, it is the children that suffer. My two little girls were present, bearing witness. There’s no medicine that cures that kind of trauma.

@Ron
Duathlon encouragement is my secret plan to convert my wife from runner to road cyclist. She was really disappointed with her cycling and realizes she needs a bike upgrade; a 2012 CAAD 10 WSD 48cm tops her wish list at the moment.

And am I the only one getting annoyed with runners running the wrong way AND taking up a lane? I see it more and more around here, especially out on country roads. Drivers hardly give me two measly feet of shoulder but these joggers think they can take up a lane?! When there is a nice, wide, grassy shoulder? On Sunday I saw a guy doing this within city limits, though there is both a sidewalk and a jogging trail around the uni campus, which was one block over. It pisses me off how much respect pedestrians and joggers get, but we get squat since we involve a machine? Or they just don’t like adults on kid toys? I don’t know, but joggers are treated by drivers like saintly gifts bestowed upon us while we put up with constant near-misses.

This sleeveless top is making my shoulders cold.

Cycling socks, no matter what colour, are dorky looking. And that is the cold hard truth. While totally dorky, they can be quite comfy. So I say go ahead, where whatever colour socks you like, this isn’t the Milan runway ;)

Dorky is a bit harsh? Awesomeness has to start somewhere, bottom up – shoes-socks-knicks-etc. This is where Rule #2 has to step in before the damage is done.

@Nate
nipple lube
hopefully this thread won’t segue into a war over synthetic chamois color and the number of angels on the head of a pin.

Or the Big Endians and little endians of Gulliver’s travels.

For those times when your arms and core are really cold, but your shoulders are burning up..

Watched my wife do a duathlon yesterday. From the photo gallery, I give you 2 (two) examples of sartorial malfeasance, here and, may god have mercy on our souls, here.

So I gotta ask the question: even if you are only a tri-geek, don’t race cycling only races ever, if you’re wearing a wife beater jersey, what in the name of Merckx’s sack do you need arm warmers for??!!?? I’m with @Marko, I hate you too.

@Steampunk

@MarcusAny eedjit can play with his hands. It takes a real man to play with his feet…

Queue Oli.

cue?

God damn it being able to heap out The V should not be a licence to dress however you please! Standards and decorum count! Does sock colour matter?? Does it matter? Hell yeah it matters!

That’s what I’m sayin’ hea’. It does matter.
Paulo, I’m going to let you and G’phant do all my arguments from here on out.

@Marcus
Any eedjit can play with his hands. It takes a real man to play with his feet…

Queue Oli.

Forget about the roundball game. This and this are what you need to get watching

@Steampunk
Possibly deserved it. One he’s wearing trainers. Two, he’s a ginger. Three, Vinnie’s playing for Leeds. That’s a license to be a merciless bastard. For evidence see the film The Damned United.

And he started out at Wimbledon, which was a pretty merciless outfit in the late 1980s.