@Teocalli

@C. C. Rider

I guess that is your first and last post. Think we care?

One wonders about the Google search he did to arrive newly at the site on an article about Yellow Princesses.

FOR THE WIN!  Killed me!

Fuck y’all’s dumb ass rules.

I have a RED pair of fi’zi:k AND a white pair. I’ll ride in them all day!! And I’ll bust your ass if somebody says something to my face.

I’ll wear what ever color shoes or socks I feel.

….and sleeveless jersey rule! Fuck that too! I’ve been wearing sleeveless jerseys since the 90’s. The first jersey I bought (once I could pay for it myself) was a “Coors-Light” team jersey. I had the guns to show off in it back then and still do.

The last of the great internet hard men. Not.

I’ll bet your sleeveless jerseys go perfectly with your mullet.

@Teocalli

@C. C. Rider

I guess that is your first and last post. Think we care?

One wonders about the Google search he did to arrive newly at the site on an article about Yellow Princesses.

Ha Ha!  I hadn’t thought about that.

I’m assuming you got here by some search engine result?

If you’d bother to hang around here for a while rather than getting all pissy and leaving in a huff, you’d find that there’s actually some subtlety behind the rules (not much, but some) and that while we delight in giving each other shit, we’re all riders at the core.

For fuck’s sake, I’ve shown up to two cogals out of shape with unshaven legs and after the initial grief, everyone was great to ride with.

But if you’re going to threaten to bust somebody’s face over a comment about shoes, I’m glad you’re leaving.  With that attitude, I don’t want to ride with you no matter what your bike, your biceps, your shoes, or your kit is.

@C. C. Rider

I guess that is your first and last post. Think we care?

One wonders about the Google search he did to arrive newly at the site on an article about Yellow Princesses.

I guess that is your first and last post. Think we care?

I have a RED pair of FIZIK AND a white pair. I’ll ride in them all day!! And I’ll bust your ass if somebody says something to my face.

I’ll wear what ever color shoes or socks I feel.

….and sleeveless jersey rule! Fuck that too! I’ve been wearing sleeveless jerseys since the 90’s. The first jersey I bought (once I could pay for it myself) was a “Coors-Light” team jersey. I had the guns to show off in it back then and still do.

All over the yellow princesses ;-) Care should be taken to make sure kit matches.  so you don’t look like you’ve bought it all on sale and it’s all miss-matched.  Yes, that does include custom paint on your Oakleys

How are you supposed to wash these Mavics properly? I’ve seen people advocating washing machines, wiping down, or sticking them in a bucket of soapy water..
I’ve always done the last one but I was just wpndering.

I’m not sure about the Mavics specifically, but I wash my White Ladies by just filling a bucket with water and laundry detergent, and soaking them overnight. I might scrub the dirtiest bits beforehand with the same water.

To dry them, remove the insoles and stuff them with newspaper.

I don’t think the Carnacs are as ugly as these

Here’s the link if the stupid image doesn’t work (like usual)

http://i38.tinypic.com/ua5hk.jpg

Err’ dems bowling shoes!

I’m tossing up what to get in new shoes right now. I’m ditching everything Specialized I own, bit by bit. I’d really like Sidis again, but they are just so expensive. I’ve got these puppies eyed up at work, cheap to me, heat moldable and I want Black Widows to match my new black Lazer Helium.

But those V-Carnacs still get me firm…

Love this website (not quite like not going to the LBS).
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/sidi-genius-5-pro-carbon-road-cycling-shoes-3-hole-for-men~p~2247y/?filterString=search~cycling-shoes%2F

Holy Head Tube Batman! It’s as long as the seat post!

Get thee behind me Satan…

They would look totally perfect, along with the new Witte Kitte… but I can’t, thanks though.

Yes the Bonts are hear moldable as well. Surprised more Aussies don’t seem to use them.

OMG what are they – that would go perfectly with my Ridley.

Having said that I have a recent pair of Bonts which are the best shoes I’ve ever had.

I use them in preference to my yellow princesses but it’s so hot here you can’t wear shoes two days in a row. They don’t dry out properly.

So another pair of shoes might be hard to justify. But it would go perfectly…

But those V-Carnacs still get me firm…

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:rsUuSkMkQtCAeM:http://bont.com/cycling/pictures/orange.jpg&t=1

Here’s the link if the stupid image doesn’t work (like usual)

http://i38.tinypic.com/ua5hk.jpg

Bite yer tongue! I kinda dig ’em, and they definitely got the colors nailed.

those are actually the only shoes I’ve seen that match the sacred garment well

True. The only problem being that they look like a Kindergartener with a bad cold ate too many oranges and puked all over some nice, gray shoes.

1. Because Batman doesn’t dope (have superpowers) and he still kicks everyone’s ass.
2. Because they’re black.
3. Because the Dark Knight comes home from a day’s dispensing of Rule #5 and tells the White Lady to go get him a beer and make him a sandwich.

@Jarvis

those are actually the only shoes I’ve seen that match the sacred garment well

Jarvis :Did you guys see what Sylvain Chavenel was wearing in the Tour? Now, I’ve never liked Carnac shoes ever and not even the silly expensive ones they’ve come out with in the last year. Expensive and devoid of style however, you really wanna check these out, oh my gosh
@frank
carry on

But who will be the first to rock these babies with their Sacred Garment? I’m being sorely tested by this thread…

@Marko
Ooooooh. Been there. That’s the beauty of the White Ladies. Patent leather just hoses right off.

Now I’s got to clean the shoes.

@frank
carry on

Gee, if ya not wearing those Assos’s, I could give em a good home…

Souleur :but all the more power to the dudes that pull it off….hands down in respectful Cognoscentia bow

no doubt there. if one can look good, Obey the Rules, and rock some sweet shoes all the while bulldozing blokes into the pain cave, then I say: A-Merckx

Free to good home: Used size 46 DMT Ultimax (as worn by Chris Horner, Ivan Basso, Frank Strack, and Marko). These ones were actually worn and used by the latter two, one of which actually rides a bike well. They have soul, can tell stories, and demand Reverence. Contact Marko for shipping information.

Speaking of kits – is it just me or do others out there find it impossible to ride in anything but a complete kit now? So now I got $200 Assos bibs that never get used. The only not kit jersey I ever wear now is my Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here jersey.

@Marko: thats all so true, its just some times I like the show and go and going unnoticed and out-performing the pussies that buy a $7k bike they don’t know crap about, or show w/duds they shouldn’t be wearing. Ultimately, your spot on, it matters none, its what is in your head.

And your attitude on ‘I don’t care what they think’ is quinessentially cycling too, we are a tad bit narcissitic at our core, the colours, the gear, and all. Isn’t it about a little getting noticed? If we all are honest, it sure doesn’t hurt.

So, I am in on the DMT’s, yellow isn’t for me yet.

Cyclops: I did have some Time’s bitd that were red and white but that was a special Employee Incentive deal so I got the pedals and shoes for like a hundred bucks or something.

Jarvis, I think we might have to pull a little trick out of our sleeves, no?

@Souleur, @Cyclops

Those shoes just exude ‘PRO’, so do you fella’s find a ‘self fulfilling’ prophecy with these things.

That’s what the White Ladies did for me. They look so damn good…I look at my feet, and see a Pro’s feet, stroke perfect, power flowing from the shoes to the pedals like a Jedi’s strength flows from the Force.

Nothing wrong with black, mind you, but once you discover the Power of the Ladies or the Principessas, you will see the light.

Assuming, of course, that there are already some Rros out there rockin’ that shit and making it look cool. Because otherwise you’ll just look like an idiot who bought reject shoes from the bargin bin.

Totally. I think the Average Joe can pull off a unified, dialed-in kit/bike combo w/o being expected to generate 500 Watts per hour but show up with some fancy dancin’ shoes and there WILL be expectations. But if you can pull the look off – more power to you.

I like my shoes in all colors as long as it is black. I did have some Time’s bitd that were red and white but that was a special Employee Incentive deal so I got the pedals and shoes for like a hundred bucks or something.

I just know for me, if someone comes up along side in those shoes, they better be ready to go.

On a completely different issue, just read that the World Champs course has over 3,000m of climbing in the last 180kms. A sprinter’s race???

However:
i)I reckon he squandered a bit of his early career by not making the most of his early Euro-racing years (not really the point of my mention of him, but since you mention him…); and

ii) he definitely cannot be looked to as a cycling style icon.

To wit, this quote from an article I found in 10 seconds of googling:

“Before the final stage of this year’s Vuelta a España, Horner made an announcement at the breakfast table to his younger teammates. He told them that what they really should be focusing on for the remainder of the season was finding the Starbucks in every town the team visited and reporting back to him about it immediately.

To quote the NZ Bruthas, “Starbucks, like fuck.” Horner is a cool rider, but still a redneck yank Frank and thus cannot be a reliable style maven.

http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=10250

Paired with your old pink JT racing pants, tight at the ankles, that’s a sweet look.

G’phant :Certainly cooler than the slip-ons Horner appears to have abandoned prior to donning his Princesses.

To be a complete pimp you MUST wear Vans slip-on’s sockless when not clipped in.

and where’s the pic of Horner giving the buck from? i’ve seen it but don’t know the context. was that in a race?

As for Horner, I have one image to present:

In a word, “Stud”.

But he makes riding a bike look miserable, I’ll give you that. Head all cocked to the side, like Popeye.

On to the shoes, until my heart went the way of the White Ladies, my eyes were firmly planted on the Principessa è Gialla. I think they have just a totally rad look, but no one pulls them off better than LL Cool J.

@Brett
Yeah, I like Horner, so what. I think his interviews on the little veloTV thing are funny. I like that he doesn’t seem to take anything too seriously. I was also happy to see him bury the COTHO on the GC this year.

As for the shoes, they could have Leopard spots and I’d probably still wear them. They’re that good. It’s got to have a lot to do with the burrito wrap upper, as opposed to a traditional taco. It swaddles the dogs.

@KitCarson
Silver Clouds, it’s good. We’re starting to compile a long list of shoe nicknames for the Lexicon. I’d have gone with those had I not picked these up for such a fantastic price. There’s no way I’d pay $300 for shoes.

@Marcus +1

But the shoes are ok…

Horner – whilst a fantastic domestique and seemingly all round nice guy (even Cadel used to like him as a teammate for crissake!) – is still an American. In my book that diqualifies him from being used as a style barometer – isn’t he a redneck too? Those shoes look hideous Marko.

And before you say it, yes, Aussies are disqualified too (although Phil Anderson’s pioneering with Oakley wasn’t a bad collaboration between two unstylish countries).

So maybe just exclude all non-europeans?